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JUNE. 



Before then such sorts may be sown to 

 advantage ; but after that it is best to sow 

 shorter sorts. The time from sowing to 

 bearing is less, and proportionately certain 

 of yielding a crop. 



Potatoes. Earth up before they get too 

 tall, but leave the top of the ridges nearly 

 flat, so that the tubers are not buried too 

 deeply. It is a great error many fall into 

 of drawing the earth as high as possible up 

 the stems. They do not bear so well, 

 from the greater exclusion of air from the 

 roots. Potatoes that have been retarded 

 may be planted this month ; they will 

 field new potatoes in the autumn. 



Scorzonera, Salsafy, Hamburgh Parsley, 

 &*c. Thin to about 10 inches or a foot, 

 and stir the ground well between 

 them. 



Seakale. Thin out the crowns where 

 they are anyways thick. A few strong 

 heads are better than many weak ones ; 

 young seedlings will be benefited by a 

 sprinkling of wood ashes. As it is a 

 marine plant, salt may be strewn between 

 the rows. Keep the young plants well 

 watered, and hoe frequently between. 



Turnips. Sow a good breadth of these ; 

 they will come in well and be very useful 

 in the autumn. Sow immediately after 

 rain, or, if the ground is light, immediately 

 after digging. They grow very quickly ; 

 but some slight protection from birds will 

 be necessary the short time they are ger- 

 minating. White worsted will generally 

 be found efficient. Tread the seed in well, 

 or use the wooden roller after sowing, but 

 finish off with a rake. 



Vegetable Marrows. These and pump- 

 kins should be got out early this month. 

 If good strong plants, they may be merely 

 planted on a sunny border ; but they are 

 much better for having a little dung heat ; 

 or dung without heat will suit them, for 

 they delight in a loose bed of light but 

 well-rooted dung that they can root into 



easily. Give plenty of water if the weather 

 holds dry. 



Watering. This month being generally 

 a dry one, the watering pot must not 

 remain idle ; many kitchen crops will not 

 do well if kept dry. Most kinds of salads 

 are worthless if stinted of water ; and as 

 a rule, a judicious application of it will 

 amply repay the time and labour ; but let 

 it be applied copiously, for mere surface 

 watering only attracts the roots to the 

 surface, to be burnt up by the sun. 



June. Shrubbery, Work in. 



In the shrubbery, tying up and mulching 

 is the chief employment of the month. 

 As the rhododendrons and other American 

 plants go out of bloom, remove the seed 

 vessels and soak them well with manure 

 water prepared from cow dung, mulching 

 the roots. 



Mulching and Watering. In dry 

 weather frequent and copious waterings 

 must be given, not only to the recently 

 planted trees and shrubs, but to the bedded 

 plants, annuals, &c. Mulching, wherever 

 practicable, should be adopted as well 

 as damping the foliage of newly planted 

 shrubs every evening. 



June. Orchard House, Work 

 in. 



Red Spider. The red spider will now 

 make its appearance on the tender part 

 of the peach leaves, and must be extirpated 

 by syringing ; if that fail, by lime or 

 sulphur. The house being closed, take 

 some large flower pots filled with unslaked 

 lime, and saturated with four or five gallons 

 of water ; over this strew a handful of flour 

 of sulphur, and leave it in the house all 

 night. The next morning syringe the 

 house thoroughly. This will destroy red 

 spider and many other pests of the garden. 



Removal of Trees into Open Air. 

 j Remove plum-trees and apricots into the 



