102 PLANTING OUT PERENNIALS. [JUNE. 



it; and in cutting off old flower stems and 

 broken shoots. The sweet peas should have 

 branching supports, and the convolvulus major 

 long slender poles to twine round. You should 

 now plant out the remainder of the tender an- 

 nuals, or they will not have time to grow before 

 the season forces them into flower : keep them 

 well watered till they have taken root. 



The Canterbury bells, rockets, and all the 

 perennial and biennial plants, sown in the 

 spring, which are for the next year's stock, 

 should now be planted in beds, at about six 

 inches from each other, till the autumn, when 

 they may be transplanted into the borders. 



Bulbs, lilies, colchicums, and autumn crocuses 

 should be planted about the end of this month, 

 to flower in the autumn. Do not confound the 

 two latter, as they are different plants : the col- 

 ehicum is often called autumn crocus, which it is 



