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CHAPTER XLII. 

 JUNE. 



PLAKTINQ OUT. 



Early June should see all the beds planted, as now 

 everything may be trusted outside. Those who wait 

 until the present month for setting out their tender 

 plants, have the satisfaction of seeing them start off with 

 a vigorous growth from the first. 



ROSES. 



This is the great Rose month. After the Remontanta 

 or Hybrid Perpetuals have bloomed, by shortening in the 

 branches somewhat, the plants will be inclined to flower 

 better in the autumn. Monthly Roses flower more freely 

 as a rule, for having the branches pegged to the ground. 

 Observe last month's notes on insects. 



SPROUTS, SUCKERS, AND ** SPORTS." 



All through the growing season a look-out should be 

 kept for sprouts that may start up from the roots of 

 shrubs like Lilacs, Oleasters, etc., or from strong-grow- 

 ing kinds of stocks, such as are used for grafting or bud- 

 ding. The stocks of Kilmarnock and other AVillows, 

 Weeping Poplar, Roses, and many others, often throw up 

 such shoots. These should be removed as they appear, 

 for if allowed to get a start they draw vitality from the 

 tree, at the expense of the budded or grafted part. Many 

 persons are deceived by such shoots, and permit them to 

 grow, which of course in the end can only result in dam- 

 age or outright death to the improved and always some- 

 what feebler jiart. We may sometimes meet a coarse, 

 wild Willow or Rose in pleasure grounds, that made its 



