240 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Straviberry beds, where it is very desirable to keep the fruit clean, 

 should have a little clean straw, laid on the surface of the soil between 

 the roots. 



Fruit trees of all kinds should be frequently looked over, so as to see 

 if insects of any kind are coiuniitting depredations upon them. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias. We have before recommended the month of June, as the 

 best period for setting out the plants. For a beautiful bloom there is 

 no doubt of its being, in our opinion, the most favorable. Those who 

 fear that a dahlia planted as late as the 25th of June will not bloom, 

 are unacquainted with the plants. In our article upon the dahlia, (p. 

 126,) we have given some data by which the planter may be governed 

 in setting out his roots. From the 10th to the 25th is sufficiently early. 

 Young plants in pots should be turned out carefully into the soil, which 

 should be well pulverized, and dug deep. 



Annual flower seeds sown in pots in hot-beds should now be trans- 

 planted into the border. Many kinds may yet be sown, and they will 

 flower well. 



Gladioluses may yet be planted. 



Chrysanthemums should be potted. 



Hyacinths should be taken up the latter part of the month. 



Ranunculuses in bloom should be watered, if the weather proves dry. 



Tulips should be taken up the latter part of the month. 



Geraniums may be propagated from cuttings this month. Head down 

 the old plants. 



Camellias and ericas should be placed out of doors in a sheltered sit- 

 uation, with a northerly aspect. 



Verbenas, petunias, &c. in pots may now be safely turned into the 

 borders. 



Roses in pots will do well plunged in the border, or in clumps to- 

 gether. 



Perennial flower seeds maybe sown with success any time this month. 

 Tie up and prune old plants of all irregular or unsightly shoots. 



Chinese primrose seeds should be now sown to obtain good plants 

 for next winter. 



Trevirana coccinea: plants potted off into thumb pots in March, 

 should now be shifted into the next size. 



Carnations, in pots, should be top dressed with rich soil. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Peas. Sow for a succession crop. The blue imperial or dwarf mar- 

 row are, both, fine kinds. 



Cucumbers in frames should have good attention, and the vines prop- 

 erly trained. 



Lettuce should be transplanted into rich soil to make large heads. 



Celery plants raised in pots, and pricked out into beds, should be 

 transplanted where they are to stand to make their growth. Let the 

 situation be moist and the soil rich. 



