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of growth, or the consequence will be ££ long-legged" and lanky 
plants ; let them rather have room enough on all sides to receive a 
full degree of light, that their growth may be well ripened. Some 
of the early growing plants will now be mature, and should be 
gradually brought to a state of repose. Some of the Orchidaceae, 
too, will have completed their first growth ; this may be ripened 
off quickly, and a second growth will be secured later in the 
season; this is useful when it is desirable to increase the size of 
the plants rather than the development of flowers. 
Greenhouse. Greenhouse hard-wooded plants may both be 
kept and grown better in cool pits during summer than in any 
other situation. They should be shaded from intense sun heat, 
and a circulation of air through the bottom of the pits about the 
pots should be secured. The free growing and soft-wooded 
plants may be grown wherever there is plenty of air and light, 
and the auxiliary of shading from the scorching rays of the sun. 
It is scarcely material at this season whether these conditions 
are supplied to them out of doors, or in frames or pits, or 
houses with the lights partially or wholly removed. The green¬ 
house and conservatory should be kept gay by a succession of 
plants in bloom, and these ought now to be frequently changed 
and renewed. 
Flower-Garden. Propagate extensively for next year’s 
supply. Sow the seeds of biennial and perennial flowering 
plants. Propagate double Rockets, double Sweet-Williams, 
Mule Pinks, Pansies, and such like plants, by cuttings and slips. 
Increase Pinks by piping, and Carnation and Picotees by layering. 
Carefully preserve the dried roots of bulbous plants until the 
planting season returns. In the modern flower-garden plant out 
duplicates to fill vacancies ; peg down diffuse-growing, and tie up 
erect-growing plants ; water liberally and frequently, examine and 
remove dead leaves and stems. ££ Let every thing be done 
decently, and in order.” The amateur would derive much 
advantage from making a careful note of the exact heights and 
colours of the summer-flowering plants he cultivates, as well as 
of those which he may intend to add to his selection : this inform¬ 
ation will be found to be particularly useful at planting time 
next year, and there is some satisfaction in turning one’s own 
observation to account . 
T. M. 
