editor's table 



Watcli intects that appear to lie injnrioas closely, and destroj them. They should never 

 be p«'ruiitttvl to increase in tho vineyard. 



Karly in this month the miUhw may be looked for, if it has not occurred late in May. It 

 aiijM'.-irs after a sudden chantje in the weather from warm to cold, or after heavy cold fog. 

 yiiould the young grapes escape this enemy, and too many buinhes remain on the vine, it 

 might be well to pinch oflf the weakest, leaving only about fifteen to twenty bunches on a 

 vine. This is as much as vines of six to ten years old ought to be permitted to bear, with- 

 out permanent injury to their future growth. 



BY WILLIAM SAUNDERS. 



Vf:oETAnLE Garden. — The beneficial effects of mulching to transplanted trees is well known, 

 and very generally i)ractised. Its effects in the vegetable garden are no less striking. The 

 mowings of short lawn grass, rakings of leaves, &c., thrown around and over the roots of 

 egg-plants, or between the rows of peas, and other crops, will be found of great service 

 during dry weather. Previous to applying it, the soil should receive a deep hoeing, or 

 forking up ; if covered immediately afterwards, surface evaporation will be retarded, and 

 the bad elfects from heavy rains dashing on the surface prevented. Green vegetable matter, 

 when used as above, should be spread very lightly ; otherwise, injury may result from fer- 

 mentation. 



Thin out the rows of beets, carrots, parsnips, &c., as soon as the crops are fairly advanced ; 

 nothing is gained by deferring the operation too long, but much loss if the plants are crowded, 

 as they will grow weak and slender ; thin them to stand six inches apart. 



Asparagus beds ought to be kept clean. Young plantations should not be cut very se- 

 verely, as it will weaken the plants. The green portion only of this vegetable is lit for use ; 

 there is no occasion to cut lielow the surface with a view to getting it white. It is strange 

 that white asparagus should ever be brought to market, and stranger still, that horticultu- 

 ral societies should award it a premium in preference to equally well-grown ijreen samples. 

 Water with salted rain-water, in the proportion of two ounces of salt to a gallon of water ; 

 this is preferable to sowing the salt over the plants. 



Greenhouse. — Set a few of the finest calceolarias aside, to save seed from, and water them 

 occasionally with liquid manure. Geraniums in flower will require more water than at any 

 other time. A slight shading will help to preserve tlie blooms. Primula seed for early 

 winter flowering plants, should now be sown. Do not take any of the hard-wooded choice 

 plants out of the house until their growth is well advanced. Heaths, epacris, leschenaul- 

 tias, pimeleas, &c., do as well in the house until August. Put in cuttings of chrysanthe- 

 mums ; those that are potted should be well pinched down for the next six weeks, in order 

 to have bushy, well-flowered plants in the fall. Put them in 8-inch pots, to flower ; stand 

 them out in the sun, and keep them regularly supplied with water. The small flowered 

 kind are beautiful pot plants. Put in a few heliotrope cuttings for flowering early in 

 winter. Achemenes, gloxinias, gesneras, kc, will now require attention in potting and 

 tying out; for such as Achemenes coccinea, A. longiflora, and A. rosea, a few twigs of any 

 kind form the best means of support. A moist atmosphere is indispensable for the perfect 

 growth of these plants. The dwarfest kinds do well in hanging baskets. Admit air chiefly 

 by the top ventilators ; when both top and bottom ventilators are open, it is scarcely possible 

 to keep a suflScient degree of moisture in the air. Let the ventilators remain oj^en all night, 

 unless the thermometer ranges below 450. 



Flower Garden. — Herbaceous plants should receive more attention. Verbenas, petunias, 

 and heliotropes, are all very beautiful, but not more so than Dielytra spectabiiis, Campanula 

 grandiflora, and C. nobilis, Delphiniums, Dianthus, Digitalis, Oenothera macrocarpa, Lobelias, 

 Mimulus, Penstemon, Phlox, Aquilegia glandulosa, and many others that could be men- 

 tioned. These being all hardy, do not require to be removed or replaced yearly. Holly- 

 hocks must not be forgotten ; the improved double varieties are very beautiful. 



Pleasure Ground and Lawn. — Frequent mowing is necessary to preserve a neat lawn ; 

 mow it when damp, and clean the cut grass thoroughly off with the patent grass rake. 

 Lawn mowing machines are now constructed which economize labor, and leave a beaiitiful 

 surface. Lately planted' trees should be secured from swaying about in the wind ; they 

 will grow better if the soil round their roots is kept clear of weeds. Trees fairly established 

 do not require this treatment. It destroys the harmony of the lawn when the grass does 

 not grow close up to the stems of the trees and shrubs. For the same reason, all grass 

 edgings should be kept low ; nothing is more unsightly than deeply cut edging to roads 

 and walks, although they should in all cases be well defined and neatly trimmed 



