A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 465 



JUNE 



I. Plant and stake dahlias. 



2-- Plant out winter and spring green crops. Sow salads such as 



radish and lettuce for succession. Sow parsley for winter use. 

 3. Continue to thin out and where necessary stake hardy annuals. 



This will especially apply to Shirley poppies and cornflowers. 



4- All bedding out should now be numed on and completed as soon "" 



as possible, especially if the weather is showery. 



5- Repot ferns that require more root room. 



6. Sow herbaceous calceolarias, cinerarias and primulas for green- 



house, and wallflowers, Canterbury bells, campanulas, evening 

 primrose, andTbflaer Biennials and perennials for furnishing 

 the borders next year. 



7. Remove faded blooms from pansies and viola, and stir the soil 



regularly between the plants. 



8. Sow main crop of winter turnips. Look for black fly on broad 



beans, and where it appears cut off the tops and burn them. 



9. Plant out early rows of celery. 



10. Finish earthing up potatoes. Plant vegetable marrows in pre- 



pared beds. 



11. Continue to syringe roses for greenfly, and thin out buds if large 



blooms are desired. 



12. Apply liquid manure to roses after rain or after a heavy watering. 



13. Stake and tie carnations, and also attend to staking of tall-growing 



subjects in the herbaceous border. 



14. See that newly planted half-hardy annuals do not lack for water, 



and use the hoe freely to keep down weeds and loosen the 

 surface soil. 



15. Feed asparagus bed with liquid manure or a good dressing of 



artificial manure to promote strong growth and the pro- 

 duction of crowns for next season's crop. 



16. Remove axillary growths from stems of tomatoes, and give 



generous supplies of moisture in dry weather. As soon as 

 fruit forms, feed with frequent doses of liquid manure. 

 i7.--Kosi:s may n.nv be fed twice a week with liquid manure. An 

 f i;u:uio in a gallon of water makes a serviceable 



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