CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 



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worked the easier they will be 

 worked. 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



Azalea Indica and Camellias. — 

 The plants of Camellia and Aza- 

 lea are making great advances. 

 If all these plants could be placed 

 under canvas, so much the better; 

 but deep cold pits, which can be 

 covered over and shaded with mats, 

 would do just as well. They must 

 not have the burning sun, for it 

 would damage the young shoots 

 and curl their leaves, spoiling 

 them for a season altogether. Give 

 plenty of air all the day through ; 

 plants can hardly have too much. 

 The plants still in bloom or com- 

 ing into flower will now have more 

 room, and should be placed a 

 good distance apart. 



Botany Bay Plants. — Many of 

 what are called the hard-wooded 

 plants, such as Acacias, Hoveas, 

 Heaths, Chorozemas, Epacrises, 

 and Botany Bay plants generally, 

 may be now declining flower. Put 

 them out in a shady border, where 

 they are sheltered from the high 

 winds and free from drippings of 

 trees, to make their new growth ; 

 but, as before, see whether the 

 shape of the j)lant can be improved 

 by cutting in. 



Calceolarias. — The plants in 

 flower must be kept well watered 

 and shaded. Those going out of 

 bloom should have the decaying 

 flower-stalks cut off, and should 

 be set out of doors in a cool, 

 airy, but not too shady situation, 

 where they will gi'adually renew 

 their growth previously to propa- I 

 gation. Any later plants coming ! 

 forward for bloom must not, on i 

 any account, have any check for ' 

 want of water. 



Cinerarias. — As these plants go 

 out of flower they require similar 



treatment to the Calceolaria, in 

 order to induce the old stools to 

 throw out shoots for the purpose 

 of propagation. As soon as any 

 suckers or shoots from the base 

 of the plant are produced, let a 

 portion of them be divided for a 

 supply of the earliest flowering 

 plants. They generally divide 

 readily with roots attached. The 

 young plants should be grown on 

 in cool frames during the summer, 

 so that they may be shaded in hot 

 parching weather. 



It is a good plan to plant out 

 some of the old plants in rich soil, 

 to furnish a quantity of suckers 

 for propagation. 



Cleanliness and Order. — Pick 

 off from the plants all dead leaves, 

 and keep the house clean. On 

 no account allow dead leaves to 

 lie about on shelves or in pits ; 

 they engender damps, which are 

 fatal to plants in the vicinity. Pits 

 should be kept especially clean 

 and dry. It is of the greatest 

 benefit to plants to keep shelves 

 and tables clean ; they should be 

 frequently washed, and wiped di'y 

 afterwards. It dislodges vermin, 

 and the eggs of vermin. 



CUmhing Plants. — At this sea- 

 son the growth of climbers is very 

 rapid, and, unless it is closely 

 attended to, soon gets into con- 

 fusion. The young shocts should 

 therefore be arranged on the trel- 

 lises or supports before they are 

 too far advanced. 



C»/^i«p underglassesmustnever 

 be allowed to get dry ; but, on the 

 other hand, the glasses ought to he 

 wiped daily quite dry, or the cut- 

 tings are apt to damp ofi" and rot. 

 Many plants root easier when 

 the cuttings are struck in sand, 

 with the bottoms just touching the 

 ordinary soil, but not entering into 

 it. Hundreds of plants do not re- 



