214 THE EOSE GROWER'S CALENDAR. 



JUNE. 



June opens the flood gates of the floral world, and 

 Roses bloom in the open, increasing- in numbers as 

 the month advances. The glory of a June Rose is 

 ihard to excel ; there seems to be a greater freshness 

 about the foliage than there is with those of July, and 

 with many varieties iirst blooms are often the finest. 

 Disbudding must proceed apace, and the slaughter of 

 the innocents must take place if exhibition blooms are 

 to be secured. Read carefully the information given 

 to you on disbudding contained in this book, and do 

 not let a day go by without putting it in practice. 

 Continue your vigilant care to ward off and exter- 

 minate pests, whose attacks will gradually lessen to- 

 wards the end of the month. The labours of the 

 Rosarian this month are not arduous unless the 

 weather proves very dry, when all trees will require to 

 have the surface of the ground hoed round them to 

 conserve the moisture in the soil. 



A good watering with weak manure water will 

 help all trees, and soot in the water will certainly give 

 a deeper green to the growing foliage. 



Branches damaged by frost will now show clearly 

 if they are going to die off, and if so they should be 

 cut back. Pot Roses may now be placed out in the 

 open, and from these may be selected trees to fill up 

 many blanks that 'have been occasioned owing to frost 

 and other causes. 



If the exhibitor has not already prepared his 

 show boxes, let him do so at once, and let him secure 

 a good supply of green moss, which can be laid on the 

 ground in the shade and damped down each day to 

 keep it fresh and more or less in a growing condition. 

 To obtain well-ripened seed, some of the earliest 

 Roses may be crossed as soon as the pollen is ready, 

 but, like old Mother Hubbard, you may find results 

 for labour empty and that someone — In this case in 

 the shape of insects — has been there first. 



