La^vn and Garden Hints for June 



THE lateness of the season this year 

 has kept garden crops backward. 

 Seeds that were put in the ground 

 a month and more ago are in many in- 

 stances barely showing through the 

 ground. The wet weather last month 

 may have rotted some kinds of seeds and, 

 therefore, may necessitate reseeding. 

 Plants started too early, that have 

 been injured, may need replacing. 



Warm weather this month will bring 

 things on rapidly. Watch the weeds 

 and cultivate the garden frequently. 

 Stirring the surface soil, even if it is ap- 

 parently clean, will destroy many young 

 weeds that have started to grow in the 

 soil. 



Sometimes young vegetable plants find 

 it difficult to break their way through 

 the surface of the dry soil and are either 

 delayed in appearing or killed. To pre- 

 vent this condition, it is well to soften 

 the soil by means of watering. Apply 

 water also when needed by growing 

 plants. Do not allow anything to suffer 

 from drought. 



Plant sweet corn, cabbage and cauli- 

 flower. For a small garden, buy plants 

 of the two latter rather than attempt to 

 grow them from seed. 



Be sure and have a variety of crops 

 for salads and garnishes. The best of 

 these is lettuce. It is easy to grow ex- 

 cept during the heat of summer, and 

 even then, it will prove successful, if 

 shaded and watered and grown care- 

 fully. Other crops of these classes, some 

 of which should be in every amateur's 

 garden, are parsley, endive, cress, chic- 

 ory, mustard and corn salad. 



When danger of frost is past, sow 

 seeds of such tender plants as melons, 

 cucumbers and squash. Sow plenty of 

 seed and do not thin out the seedlings 

 until the insects have a chance to do 

 their work. Keep young plants covered 

 with some good insecticide. The use of 

 lime or road dust also is useful for this 

 purpose. 



Thin out the onions, beets, carrots, 

 parsnips and others that require it. The 

 more space that is given to these crops, 

 the larger they will grow, but better 

 quality is had by allowing the plants to 

 stand fairly closely together and thereby 

 keeping them on the small side. 



WITH THE FRUITS 



Cultivate the newly-set strawberry 

 plants and nip off all blossoms that ap- 

 pear. Replace any plants that have 

 died. Some radish or lettuce may be 

 grown this month between the straw- 

 berry rows. They will be off long be- 

 fore the strawberries need the space. 



Pick the berries from the fruiting 

 patch every day or two so that they will 

 always be fresh and none of them will 

 go to waste. 



To have clean fruit 09 fruit trees they 



must be sprayed. By this time, the op- 

 eration should have been performed at 

 least once, and better twice. Spray 

 again immediately after the blossoms 

 fall, particularly for the codling moth of 

 the apple. 



Few amateur gardeners possess a 

 spray pump of any kind other than pro- 

 bably a little one for bucket attachment. 

 Most home gardens are too small to 

 warrant the purchasing of a large spray 

 pump. The results of one season's 

 spraying, however, would amply prove 

 that it will pay three or four neigh- 

 bors to get together and purchase a 

 barrel pump jointly. 



To have large fruit of the best quality 



A Home-GrowB Lemon 



The tree on which this fruit grew is owned by Mrs. 

 Geo. Kerslako, Luniley. Ont. The fruit weiglied 1} 

 pounds and n»easured 8| inches from base to apex and 

 X.'> inches around horizontally. The photoghaph was 

 taken by Mr. Jos. Senior, Exeter, Ont. 



on our trees, it is necessary to thin the 

 fruit when young on the branches. Re- 

 move enough fruits so as to leave those 

 on the branches about six inches apart. 

 Do this work after what is commonly 

 called the "June drop." 



Have you any home-made devices that 

 make gardening easier? If so, seYid a 

 brief description of them for publication 

 in The Canadian Horticulturist, and 

 thereby help others. A drawing or 

 photograph also would be appreciated. 



the flower' garden 



Plant gladiolus bulbs in full exposure 

 to the sun. Plant two to four inches 

 deep according to the size of the corms 

 and two to four inches apart in double 

 rows which may be made as close 3S 

 twelve inches in beds or borders, 



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Have a good variety of anr 

 Among the best of them are salpiglf 

 eschscholtzia, scabiosa, schizan 

 mignonette, calliopsis, balsam, zi 

 poppy and many others. Among th( 

 plants for use on the edges of be 

 and flower plants are sweet aly: 

 candytuft and lobelia. 



During hot weather, water the 

 bed twice a day — at noon and at i 

 The pansy is one of the plants tl 

 not injured by watering under th 

 sun. Give them water when they 

 it most, and that is at mid-day. 



If your sweet peas were sow 

 trenches, commence filling in. To 

 large flowers, disbud and allow t 

 few of the buds to grow to ma 

 Water sweet peas often. 



Plant dahlias and cannas. Re; 

 article on dahlias that appears c 

 other page. 



Get the window boxes ready ai 

 them in position as soon as dan; 

 frost is past. Hanging basket; 

 rustic stands also should be looked^ 



Keep the perennial border well 

 vated and clean. Pick off all 1 

 when they commence to die. 



Keep the walks and drives 

 Keep the mower going on the 

 Watch lawn weeds and use th< 

 frequently. Read the article about 

 in lawns on another page. 



Mushrooms 



When and how is the proper tii 

 way to plant mushroom spawn? Thi 

 way I planted it. I dug a trend 

 eight inches deep and in this trer 

 good heated horse manure and dug 

 trench and put the clay from that tr 

 the manure and kept on that way 

 had about eight square feet and the 

 the spawn in (which I broke in pieci 

 the size of a hickory nut or larger 

 a day or so I watered the bed wi- 

 warm water but they did not grow. 

 M., Telfer, Ont. 



I have had no experience in c 

 ing mushrooms in the open air. 

 of the difficulty of maintaining a 

 temperature and a uniformly pre 

 gree of moisture in open air bed.' 

 climate, I think that any succ 

 tained would be more the result o' 

 or luck, than of skill or mana 

 I would advise the amateur, whf 

 to take up mushroom growing, 

 cure some standard work on t 

 ject, and study and follow carel 

 directions given. Falconer's 

 rooms, and How to Grow Ther 

 standard work. It may be secui 

 The Canadian Horticulturist f 

 postpaid. Mushroom growing is 

 fishing. There is enough um 

 about it to make it fascinating, 

 always profitable. — Thos. T. 

 Weston, Ont., President of the 

 Vegetable Growers' Association 



