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GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE WORK EOR JUNE. 



Apricots to be thinned, young shoots 

 nailed in, caterpillars destroyed, and -n-ater- 

 engine used smartly if any sign of fly, 

 ■which rarely troubles them. 



Amf.kicans newly planted nmst have 

 abundance of ■water, overhead as well as 

 at the root ; this dry, liot -n-eather will 

 try them severely. Remove by carefully 

 snapping out with finger and thumb the 

 dead blooms of rhododendrons and azaleas, 

 to prevent seeding. 



Annuals of quick growth, sown now, 

 ■will bloom late for succession. jSTcmophilas 

 never make a better effect than from sow- 

 ings in June, in moist, shady places. Asters 

 and balsams to be planted out during moist, 

 dull weather. 



AspAEAGus not to be cut after the 15th, 

 then to be cleaned over and allowed to gro-jv-. 



Begonias planted out in open ground 

 not to have a drop of -vs'ater on their leaves, 

 and to be handled with great care. 



Celeky to be got into trenches as fast 

 as the ground can be made ready, by the re- 

 moval of other crops. Take up each with 

 a ball, and do not injure a single leaf. Boe 

 over those that are established in trenches, 

 to break the surface that has been har- 

 dened by watering. 



Cineeakias may now he earthed up. 

 to promote the rooting of the suckers. 

 Throw away all seedlings of inferior qua- 

 lity, and propagate only the best. They 

 require a cool, shady place while making 

 suckers, which are to be removed as soon 

 as rooted. 



Camellias may be got out in a shady 

 place, on a bed of tiles or coal-ashes, and 

 kept frequently watered. If kept in the 

 house, there must be air on night and day. 

 This hot weather will ripen the wood to 

 perfection for next year. 



Dahlias planted out, to be staked he- 

 fore the roots extend. Plant out all that 

 are in pots at once ; they will do better in 

 theground now than with any more nursing. 



Fuchsias keep well shaded, well wa- 

 tered, well ventilated, and with a coo], 

 moist bottom. Plants from spring cuttii:gs 

 will be useful in five and six-inch pots, to 

 keep the houses gay with bals.ims and 

 other summer flowers. 



Gera.mums propagated now will flower 

 in the autumn ; sorts of which a large 

 stock is required for next year, should be 

 cut at as soon as established in the reserve 

 ground. In bedding out u.?e a trowel, 

 and close in neatly, as the plants will not 

 thrive with hard cakes of soil about them. 

 Where the soil is very rich, and geraniums 

 are found to grow too rank for flowering 

 freely, merely raising the beds to render 

 them dry will do much to insure a gay 

 bloom. Eoad sand from gravel roads is the 

 best of all soil for Tom Thumbs and other 

 ordinary scarlets. 



Helicteopes make rapid growth on 

 hot walls, and are very useful to fill up 

 blanks. Petunias may be used the same 

 way, to run up to five or six feet. Eich 

 soil and plenty of ■water are requisite if 

 such a free growth is required. 



Herbaceous Plakts may now be pro- 

 pagated from cuttings as thej' go out of 

 bloom. Alyssums, -wallflowers, perennial 

 Iberis, etc., are easily propagated, and the 

 borders may be richly furnished with them 

 by a little timely trouble. 



Vines to be frequently syringed, and 

 every appearance of vermin to be dealt ■with 

 promptly. Train in as soon as the shoots 

 can be handled, that there may be no after - 

 twisting and injuring. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



CATAtOGUfs Received. — " gpring List of Soft- 

 wooded, Bedding, and other plants, fold by E. 

 G.llender.'on and Son, St. John's "W'ocd. N.'VV." 

 A very intf resting and copious Ut-i, rich in 

 new verbenas, geraniums, begonias, dahlias, 

 roses, etc., etc., with all the best old-esta- 

 blished decorative plants. — " Sf ring Supple- 

 ment to Carter and Co.'s Gardeners' and 

 Farmers' "V'ade-Mecum, comprisn g Bedding 

 Plants, Greenhouse anfl Stove Plants, etc., 

 237, High Holborn, ■yV.C." Copious and in- 

 telligible, contains a ftw inaccuracies. Among 

 the novelties announced are many of Tery high 

 merit, on which we shall have to remark here- 

 after. — "Spring Catalogue of Jlosee, Eolly- 

 hoclis, Pelargoniums, Dahl as, etc., gro^nn by 

 "William Paul, "Waltham Cross, N. A short, 

 but good list of things in genera] demand, but 

 of special interest for the list of new roses. 



Makdkvilleas A^•D Glxcine. — A. J?. ,S'. — "We 



have very frequently had to advise on stubborn 

 Mandcvilleas, and by referring back, you will 

 obtain, perhaps, all the inlorniation you re- 

 quire. Your plant appears to languish simply 

 for want of heat to make a smart growth in the 

 fpring. A great many people attempt to grow 

 it without having command of sutEcient beat, 

 and hence the oft-iepeated inquiry as to the 

 reason of the failure. The AVisiaria is evi- 

 dently in a soil that does not suit it. It re- 

 quires a deep sound loam on a dry bottom. 

 The season is too tar advanced for much to be 

 done. Give ii frequmt waterings, and ply the 

 syringe frequently of an evening till tlie middle 

 ot August, and not beyond that time, and you 

 will perhap.s get a little growth. In Februaiy 

 next take it up and replant, using two good 

 ban ow -loads of lurly pi at, two of yellow 

 loam, and ohe of old cow-manuie. As soon as 

 it begins to break, cut it back to a low plump 



