June Flowers and Fragrance 



they must be kept in a cool and airy frame. Persian 

 Cyclamen in small pots may now be repotted in those 5 

 or 6 inches in diameter, in which they will bloom in 

 winter and spring. These plants thrive best in an airy 

 and cool frame, preferably on a base of ashes. 



An attractive plant suitable for those possessing a 

 large conservatory or greenhouse is Humea elegans. It is 

 grown largely for the sake of its fragrant leaves, though 

 very ornamental when in bloom. The loose sprays of small, 

 reddish-brown flowers render the plants especially grace- 

 ful. The Humea is often used for filling summer beds in the 

 flower garden. Seeds are sown now in pots in a frame, 

 and the seedlings are repotted as becomes necessary ; they 

 pass the winter in 4-inch pots, and in spring are repotted 

 into those 7 or even 8 inches wide. 



Greenhouse Climbing Plants usually make vigorou 

 growth at this season, and unless care is taken to thin out 

 and regulate the shoots they are liable to become a hope- 

 less tangle. Those for which there is not room ought to 

 be cut out, together with others that are weakly. Only 

 by allowing each shoot sufficient room for its proper de- 

 velopment can climbers be kept healthy and presentable. 



Celsia cretica, or Cretan Mullein, is a handsome plant 

 for the greenhouse, and as its cultivation offers no difficulty 

 it ought to be more generally grown by amateurs. It 

 produces a leafy steni some four feet or more high, and 

 the upper portion bears an abundance of Mullein-like 

 yellow flowers ; if the stem is " stopped" two or three others 

 are produced, and the plant is then naturally less tall, 

 though perhaps more generally useful. Seeds are sown 

 now, in pots of light soil in a frame. The seedlings are 

 potted singly in small pots, and in autumn are placed in 

 those 5 or 6 inches wide, in which they will bloom. During 

 the winter a temperature of from 50 to 55 is suitable. 



Perpetual Carnations should be " stopped " for the 

 last time during June. If the points of the growths are 

 pinched out, the effect is to induce the formation of other 



