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CALENDAR OF OPERAXrONS FOR JUNE. 



or grafts are not growing, let the 

 stock grow, that you may have the 

 branches, for the sake of budding 

 them again in July. Examine the 

 shoots of the Rose, to see if there 

 be any grubs, for they must be 

 picked off; and if there be any 

 symptoms of the aphis or green 

 fly, syringe with tobacco water 

 first, and a few hours after with 

 Clearwater to wash off the tobacco. 

 'J he dwarf Roses growing on their 

 own roots, tliat is to say, tliose 

 which have not been worked, but 

 grown from layers or cuttings, are 

 equally susceptible of attack from 

 grub and fly, and must not be 

 neglected on any account. In the 

 beds and clumps of dwarf Roses 

 it may be necessary to stir the 

 earth between the plants, and to 

 peg down the branches, that they 

 may spread and cover the beds. 



Buddiny. — Towards the end of 

 the month circumstances may 

 occur that make it desirable to 

 bud a few ; for instance, you may 

 get a few buds that you might not 

 be able to get afterwards. In this 

 case select the strongest shoots on 

 the best stocks. Shave ofi^ the bud 

 and leaf, with a little thin slice of 

 the wood and bark, with a fine- 

 pointed knife ; lift out the woody 

 part of the slice, which will leave 

 the bai'k only on the buds ; then 

 make a slit an inch long in the 

 bark of the stock, as close to the 

 stem of the stock as you can well 

 get at it, and then a cross slit half 

 way, so that with the thin handle 

 of the budding-knife, or a thin 

 piece of w^ood, you can lift the bark 

 by tucking it under, so as to tuck 

 the piece of bark which has the 

 bud on it under the bark of the 

 stock, and tie it there with a piece 

 of worsted or bass matting, where 

 it may remain. Cut away some of 

 the bi-anch of the stock, but not 



all, because you want some growth 

 to draw the sap. 



Climbing Buses. — It will be ne- 

 cessary to pay the same attention 

 to these in respect to vermiji ; but 

 the syringe must be the principal 

 dependence for eradicating them, 

 and from day to day it may be 

 desirable to wash them with con- 

 siderable force. As the fly and 

 grub are washed to the ground it 

 will be requisite to rake the sur- 

 face, and clear them away, that 

 they may not again climb the 

 plants. If the shoots come too 

 thick, or the plants are making 

 fresh growth from tliebottoni, the 

 most vigorous shoots must be re- 

 moved, that the strength may go 

 into the estabhshed plant, unless 

 it happen, as it will sometimes, 

 that the yld plant is unhealthy, 

 in which case new and vigorous 

 shoots from the bottom may be 

 encouraged, and parts of the old 

 plant cut away to make room for 

 them. 



Seedling Boses must be weeded 

 and kept clean, especially the 

 smaller plants, which would soon 

 be overrun and damaged, if not 

 destroyed. The pans of seedlings 

 coming forward, but small, must 

 be also kept clean ; and if they are 

 too thick they may be carefully 

 thinned, and the plants withdrawn 

 may be pricked out into other 

 pans or pots, two inches apart; 

 but unless these be carefully drawn 

 without injuring the roots they 

 will not recover the change. They 

 must be placed in the shade in a 

 cold frame, or out of doors. 



I Stocks for Budding. — These 

 must be looked over, and all but 



' the two or three strong shoots 

 near the top continually rubbed 

 off as they appear, because the 

 more strength there is thrown 

 into the shoots that are to be 



