The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-07 00:00:00

HORTICULTURE.

FLOWER GARDEN.—When the plants have fairly covered
the beds, the principal thing to attend to will be to preserve
that symmetrical appearance over the whole of the beds which
is indispensable in every regular flower-garden, to render the
effect pleasing. To do this will involve frequent attention and
considerable labour for some time to come, as some of the
plants will incline to grow much too strongly, and will be
continually encroaching upon the edgings and extending beyond
their proper limits, and also getting too, high and bulky for
other parts of the garden. For this there will be no remedy
but pegging down, and thinning out the shoots, and shorten-
ing back such as extend beyond their proper limits. In shorten-
ing back shoots, however, that may incline to overstep the
edges of the beds, care should be observed to avoid the least
appearance of stiffness, by thinning out the, under shoots, and
causing the mass to, as it were, die away at the edge. Plants
of a weakly habit of growth, such as the melindres varieties of
verbena, may require the assistance of an occasional watering
with manure water, to get them to grow sufficiently free to
make a strong good bed, and, in the case of these and some
other free-blooming plants, this may be used freely without any
danger of inducing growth at the expense of bloom. If green-
fly makes it appearance upon any of the beds, syringe the
affected part at once with tobacco water and soapsuds ' • for if
neglected, the mischief will soon spread, and be both trouble-
some and expensive to eradicate. Attend to plants trained on
walls, keeping the young shoots neatly laid in or cut off before
they become unsightly. The climbing roses should also be gone
over occasionally, stopping or cutting out strong shoots not
wanted for laying in. Keep phloxes and other herbaceous
plants neatly tied to stakes, to prevent their being injured by
wind, &c.; also see to tying dahlias and hollyhocks, and give
the latter a liberal supply of manure water.
FRUlT.—Where not already done, strawberry plantin g
should be finished at once ;, and if the plants are expected to
bear next season, they should have been planted previous to
this : but by selecting strong runners, planting carefully, and
keeping them well supplied with water, they will make strong
plants yet before winter. No expense should be spared in pre-
paring the ground for this crop ; and as the plants will
last for several years if the soil is made deep and rich, and re-
quire but little attention in the way of manuring or digging
among them, the ground should be trenched some 2 feet deep,
well incorporating with the soil a very heavy dressing of
manure. _

KITCHEN GARDEN.—SeIect a piece of open light soil, and
prepare it for spinach by well manuring and digging deep.
This crop should also be got in at once, sowing in drills in beds
with wide alleys, so as to allow of gathering the crop without
treading the ground. Also provide ground for winter onions,
&c. Finish planting out broccoli and winter greens as
soon as possible, for unless the autumn should prove very
favourable, those planted after this time will not attain much
size. Get plenty of endive planted on rich soil; also lettuce
to maintain the succession. See to providing a good supply of
parsley for. winter use ; a good sized bed should be planted in
some convenient situation for being protected in bard weather,
choosing light dry but rich soil ; and if some well established
strong plants can be cut over rather closely, stirring the sur-