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able situation not exposed to high winds; water liberally with manure 

 water. 



Strawberry beds may have frequent waterings, if large jruit is wanted ; 

 cover the beds with clean chopped straw, which answers as a mulching as 

 well as protecting the berries from the dirt. 



Fruit Trees of all kmds will need much attention : thin out the fruit if 

 fine specimens are wanted ; fifty good pears are better than one hundred 

 poor ones. Summer prune, the last of the month, and mulch the trees with 

 leaves, manure, seaweed or tan. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



The fine weather of May, without frost, has enabled the gardener to have 

 his houses in fine order. Everything should have a gay appearance now. 

 The geraniums, calceolarias, verbenas, &c., should be in full bloom, and 

 all half-hardy kinds should have been removed to the open air, in order to 

 make room for the summer plants. Most of the propagating and repotting 

 being done, there is no excuse for not having everything in the neatest 

 condition. 



Camellias will now be completing their growth, and forming their 

 flower buds for next year. Keep them well syringed every day ; water 

 with liquid manure, and as soon as the buds are well swollen, remove them 

 to their summer quarters in the open air, unless it is intended to keep them 

 in the house. 



Fuchsias will need another shift, if the specimens are required to be 

 large and handsome. Keep them neatly tied up, and nip in the side 

 branches to make stocky specimens. 



Pelargoniums will now be in full bloom : shade them slightly in the 

 middle of the day, and their beauty will be prolonged to the middle of July. 

 Water occasionally with liquid manure. 



Chrysanthemums should be topped and repotted. 



Achimenes, Gloxinias, &lc., should now have a shift into larger pots. 



Heaths will need care now; repot all that will require it till next win- 

 ter ; keep in a frame for a few days, and then plunge them in tan or coal 

 ashes up to the rim, if the pots are in a sunny, airy place. Do not spoil 

 them by placing them in the shade. 



Epacrises require the same care as heaths ; cut in all long, straggling 

 branches. 



Calceolarias for a succession, or seedlings of this spring, should be 

 shifted into larger pots. 



Gardenias of all kinds may have a shift now into larger pots. 



Euphorbias, for winter flowering, should now be shifted and grown 

 vigorously to get strong wood. 



Azaleas will now be making their growth; keep them in the warmest 

 part of the house ; syringe freely and let them have a sulHciency of water. 



Climbing Plants of all sorts, for summer blooming, such as Stephano- 

 tus, Allamanda, Sollya, Hibbcrtia, &c., should be shifted into larger pots, 

 and trained neatly to a good trellis. 



