JUN 



331 



KEL 



shade ami water. — Flowering Plants 

 generally require training and support. 

 — Gra,ss, mow, roll and trim edges. — 

 Gravel, weed, sweep, and roll. — Guern- 

 sey Lilies, take up; separate otTsets, 

 and replant. Do this every second year. 

 — Hedges, clip, e. — Leaves and stems 

 decaying, remove as they appear. — 

 Liquid Manure, apply occasionally to 

 ail choice flowers. — Mignionette, plant 

 out; sow, b. — Pink seedlings, prick out; 

 make layers. — Pipings (or Cuttings) of 

 Carnations and Pinks may be planted. — 

 Potted Flowers, dress, stir earth and 

 water regularly. — Ranunculuses, take 

 up as leaves wither, dry and store. — 

 Roses, bud, lay, and inarch; fumigate 

 with tobacco to destroy the Aphis, or 

 Green Fly. — Salvia Patens, pinch down 

 centre stem to make it flower bushy. — 

 Seedlings of Perennials and Biennials, 

 transplant. — Seeds (ripe), gather in dry 

 weather — Seed Vessels, remove, to pro- 

 long flowering. — Water, give freely and 

 frequently to all newly moved plants, 

 and to others in dry weather; early 

 morning best time. 



HOT-HOUSE. 



Air, admit freely during every mild 

 day; but exclude as evening approaches. 

 — Bark Beds, occaeionaliy will require 

 stirring; water and ventilate freely. — 

 Grapes, thin; ripening keep dry. — 

 Heat, keep up as required. — Pines are 

 now ripening; plant crowns as they 

 occur; give liquid manure; syringe; 

 shade in very hot days. — Propagation, 

 continue as requisite, by seed, suckers, 

 slips, layers, cuttings, oflsets, &c. (See 

 May.) — Steam, admit almost daily. — 

 Strawberries done forcing, allow to dry; 

 remove into larger pots with new earth, 

 and keep for second forcing. — Syringe 

 Pines, and other plants, frequently. — 

 Tobacco fumigations, give occasionally. 

 — Vines, push forward by warmth, li- 

 quid manure, &c. ; mulch round roots 

 outside the house; stop laterals. — 

 Watering attend to duly; it is required 

 generally oftener and more liberally 

 than in preceding months; apply it in 

 the morning early. 



GREEN-HOUSE. 



Air, give with all possible freedom ; 

 bring all but the tenderest out of the 

 house. — Camellias, done flowering, re- 

 move into higher temperature. — Cut- 

 tings of various plants may now be in- 



serted. — Dress the plants as they are 

 brought out of the house. — Earth, give 

 fresh, and liquid manure, as necessary. 

 — Flowering shrubs, shade. — Gera- 

 7iiums, plant cuttings. — Head down and 

 prune irregular growing shrubs.^ 

 Heaths, plant slips; water frequently. — 

 Inarching of jasmines, oranges, &c., 

 may be performed. — Leaves (decayed), 

 remove, and wash the foliage generally, 

 — Layers of shrubs generally make. — 

 Mowings of grass spread over surface of 

 earth in large pots or tubs — an excel- 

 lent mode of arresting evaporation.— 

 Myrtles, propagate by cuttings, e. ; — 

 Oranges and Lemons in bloom, give 

 liquid manure : thin blossom when in 

 clusters. — Rain, if excessive, move ten- 

 derest plants back into the house; and 

 tilt the pots of others. — Seedlings, trans- 

 plant. — Shift into larger pots, as neces- 

 sary, b. — Succule?it plants propagate by 

 cuttings ; remove to outside, e. — Water 

 frequently, butmoderately ; some plants 

 require it every morning or evening. 



JUNIPERUS. .Tuniper. Nineteen 

 species besides varieties. Hardy ever- 

 green trees and shrubs. Seed and cut- 

 tings. Sandy loam. See Coniferce. 



JUPITER'S BEARD, Anthyllis bar- 

 ba-jovis. 



JUSTICIA. Sixty-four species. 

 Stove and green-house plants; some 

 shrubs, others biennials and annuals, 

 and a third group trailers. The bien- 

 nials and annuals require to be sown in 

 a hot-house or hotbed; the others are 

 increased by cuttings, and all delight 

 in light loam and peat. 



KAGENECKIA cratagoides. Half- 

 hardy evergreen tree. Cuttings. Sandy 

 loam and peat. 



KALANCHOE. Seven species. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



KALP>. See Borecole. 



KAL^^X. Five species and more 

 varieties. Hardy evergreen shrubs. 

 Seed and layers. Sandy loam and peat. 



KALOSANTHES. Eight species. 

 Green-house evergreen succulents. Cut- 

 tings dried for forty-eight hours ; sandy 

 loam and peat. 



KANGURU VINE. Cissus antarc- 



KAULFUSSIA amelloides. Hardy 

 annual. Seed. Sandy loam. 



KELP is the ash remaining after sea- 

 weed is burnt, and has been used with 

 great advantage as a manure to pota- 



