The Garden Calendar. 107 



Water copiously newly-planted palm trees, shrubs, 

 &c. Those that have lost their leaves should be 

 occasionally syringed. 



Dahlias for summer flowering may be planted. 



Trees should be propagated by ringing, &c. 



Glasshouses should be well ventilated and supplied with 

 plenty of moisture. Shading also will now be required. 



Sowings of American, French, and Butter Beans, 

 Vegetable Marrows, and Egg Plants may also be made. 



June. Chrysanthemums that are forward should be 

 shifted into their flowering pots. 



Flowering Cacti in pots should be plunged in sunny 

 beds, and all plants in the greenhouse, with the 

 exception of Ferns, Anthuriums, Orchids, Caladiums, 

 and very tender plants should be stood outside under 

 a light shading of palm leaves ; and those that have 

 filled their pots with roots should be potted on. 



Strict attention must now be paid to watering, and 

 plants syringed night and morning. 



Continue to sow American, French, and Butter Beans, 

 Egg Plants, and Vegetable Marrows. 



The ventilators in the houses should now be left 

 half open at night during the next four months. 



July. Lawns from grass seed that became brown and 

 dry at the end of last month should now be cut up and 

 allowed to remain until September. 



Large trees should have their summer pruning, also 

 pruning the large roots, and mulching with night soil 

 may now be done. Trenches should be made round 

 all large specimens for the irrigation and manure water. 

 Sow Artichokes, Cabbage, and the last sowing of Beans. 



August. Pot Crotons, Chrysanthemums in the open 

 ground should now be cut back. Supply Dahlias, 

 Hollyhocks, and all flowering shrubs with manure-water. 



Turf and manure should be stacked for spring potting. 



Carnation and Croton cuttings may be taken. 



Strawberry beds should now be made, and any 

 grafting or budding should be done at the end of 

 this month. Hedges may be clipped. Rose-beds 



