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JUNE. 



densed, every blade of grass and leaf 

 saturated an hour or two after sunset and 

 sunrise. 



June. Conservatory, Work in. 



The difficulty of furnishing the conser- 

 vatory is now one of taste and selection. 

 Every floral tribe will now be ready to 

 furnish its quota, and discrimination is 

 only required in selecting and arranging 

 them. Avoid crowding ; encourage variety 

 and harmonious contrast in colour ; remove 

 all decayed or decaying blossom, and guard 

 against insects of all kinds by cleanliness 

 and timely fumigation. Regulate the luxu- 

 rious growth of creepers and border plants, 

 watering copiously , occasionally using liquid 

 manure. Water should now be given 

 liberally to plants in the open borders of 

 the conservatory, excepting, perhaps, plants 

 very recently planted. 



Ventilation. Proper and systematic ven- 

 tilation is now of the utmost importance, 

 but it must be regulated in proportion to 

 the state of the external air. Air should 

 be admitted night and day, except in cold, 

 gloomy weather, and shading from the 

 burning sun attended to for an hour or two 

 daily. 



June. Flower Garden, Work in. 



Annuals. Watch the different annuals 

 as they come into flower, and mark those 

 varieties whose superior habit of growth, 

 size of flower, or brilliancy of colour, makes 

 it desirable to procure seed from them. 

 Destroy inferior sorts as soon as they 

 expand their first flower. 



Annuals for Replacing Failures. A few 

 kinds of annuals should also be sown on a 

 light soil in a shady border to take the 

 place of those which may have failed. By 

 frequently transplanting and stopping, their 

 tendency to bloom will be encouraged, and 

 the formation of roots promoted, and they 



will soon bear removing to the permanent 

 beds without injury. 



Annuals in Reserve Garden. Beds of 

 annuals to be transplanted for autumn 

 flowering should be sown in the space left 

 vacant by the removal of zinnias, china 

 asters, and marigolds planted out. 



Auriculas and Polyanthuses. These 

 should be removed into a northern aspect, 

 all decayed petals taken away from the 

 seed pods, and as the capsules turn brown, 

 they should be gathered. Water as they 

 require it, and keep the pots free from 

 weeds. 



Basket Plants and Vases. It will add 

 much to the effect of vases, &c., if, after 

 they are filled, a few trailing plants are put 

 in to peg over the surface of the mould, 

 and ultimately to hang over the sides. For 

 the larger ones the different kinds of mau- 

 randyas and lophospermums are well 

 adapted, while for the smaller vases, 

 baskets, &c., dwarf loosestrife and plants 

 of similar habit will add much ^ to their 

 beauty. Moss, which we so frequently see 

 used for the purpose, can never present 

 so elegant an appearance. Those plants 

 which interlace the meshes of basket-work 

 require continual attention now, covering 

 over the soil with some of the spreading 

 lobelias, whose colours, when in bloom, 

 harmonise with the trailing plants, and 

 have an excellent effect. 



Bedding Plants. Until the individual 

 plants in the beds are sufficiently grown to 

 meet one another, and intermingle their 

 foliage, the beds cannot be expected to 

 harmonise perfectly ; but this period of 

 their growth is approaching, and some 

 judgment may now be formed of the taste 

 with which their arrangement has been 

 carried out. The growth of some of the 

 bedding plants will be promoted by slight 

 shading from the noonday sun ; others, as 

 the verbenas, grow faster when exposed to 

 dry, cool air ; and all grow faster and 



