The Garden Under Glass

A GREENHOUSE CALENDAR 327 lien s egg, one of lime rubblc and wood ashes, one of mush room manure, half of leaf-soil, six 6-inch pots of dissolved bones or bone meal and a liberal sprinkling of soot. Make the soil quite firm by ramming, set the pots level, peg the layers in place and water thoroughly. A similar method may be applied if layering is done in 3-inch pots, but of course for this the soil must be chopped finer. Melons will now be ripening and syringing must cease, but before ceasing syringe the plants well with Spidacide. Set each fruit on a small sheet of glass, slate or wood, and expose to the sun. Flowers—Heliotropesflowering well m the greenhouse should not be too heavily shaded if the best colour is to be obtained. Towards the end of the month procure cuttings for the purpose of forming standards either for greenhouse or garden display. They are best rooted in a box, and the finest cuttings afterwards selected for the purpose. Ivy-leaved geranium cuttings should also be secured for forming tall, columnar plants. Choose the variety Madame Crousse, and put three cuttings m eac 3-inch pot. Take cuttings of violas if it is mtended to grow a few for the greenhouse, where they make a pleasmg change. Another important work this month is the layer-ing of border carnations and of Malmaisons if they weie no layered in June. At the same time some of the old tree carnations might be layered while the shprter growths no large enough to be layered might be put in a frame or hand-light beneath the shade of a north wall as cuttings, where most of them may confidently be expected to root. Chrysanthemums may now be regularly fed with liquid manure and soot-water, and be sprinkled once a or mg with Peruvian guano or Clay’s fertiliser. Later t ey may receive a top-dressing of rich soil which should e app le * when they are not dry, and be well watered in. 1 ey