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laid, and all kinds of edgings, as Moss-pink, Iris, Stone-crop, 

 and the like, may be neatly repaired, and every thing com- 

 pletely finished for the spring dressing. If the trees and 

 shrubs have not been pruned and trained, (which see, under 

 the proper head,) as directed in April, no time should be lost 

 in performing that work in the early part of this month. 



In the middle, or latter part of the month, all kinds of 

 green-house plants may be plunged in the borders or flower 

 beds, as directed under their proper heads. The Dahlia, 

 Jacobean Lily, and all kinds of tender rooted plants, either 

 tuberous or fibrous, may also be planted the latter part of the 

 month. 



Tender and hardy annual flowers may now be transplanted 

 from the frames ; the hardy at the beginning, and the tender 

 at the end of the month. 



All kinds of flowers that are of slender growth should now 

 be supported by tieing them neatly to sticks, and every atten- 

 tion should be paid to the health of the plants and neatness 

 of the garden. 



ART. 7. June. 



The principal business to be done in this month is hoeing 

 and keeping the flower beds in order, often mowing the grass 

 plat, and cleaning the walks ; indeed, every department should 

 at this time receive the most strict attention. And here let 

 me remind the reader, that one of the principal things to be 

 attended to in flower-gardening, is to remove all weeds in 

 their infant state, for at this stage they can be easily de- 

 stroyed ; but if allowed to grow and get strongly rooted in the 

 ground, they exhaust the soil, as well as have a bad appear- 

 ance. Hoeing, raking, and destroying weeds, are operations 

 PO simple and common as to render any directions on the sub- 

 ject superfluous; but its simplicity does not prevent it from 

 being a most important subject. To avoid irksome minute- 

 ness, I will merely remark, that the most strict attention 

 should be paid to keeping every part of the garden at all 



