288 Horticultural Operations for June. 



in a situation not too much exposed to the sun at fost. Inarchings may 

 now be cut from the old plants. 



Dahlias should all be planted out this month ; beginning immediately 

 for one set, for early flowering ; and a second lot for show flowers, about 

 the 20tli or 25th of the month ; the last will come in just in time for pro- 

 ducing superior blooms. Stake up the plants as soon as they are set out, 

 as one violent wind might destroy many of the best. 



Roses should now be planted out in the borders for summer blooming. 



Verbenas should now be turned out into tlie ground. 



Hyacinths may be taken up the last of the month. 



Ranunculuses avHI require now to be top-dressed witli a little sand or 

 manure, and occasionally have a liberal watering, should the weather prove 

 dry. 



Neapolitan Violets should now be divided and reset for blooming next 

 winter. 



Azaleas should now be removed to the open air, and placed in a half- 

 shady, cool, airy situation. 



Carnations and Picotees should be speedily planted, if not already 

 done. Seedlings may be planted out now so as to acquire strength. 



Heaths may now be plunged out into a cool, half-shady situation, or be 

 turned out of the pots into a prepared bed, where they will make a rapid 

 growth. 



AcHiMENES AND Gloxinias will now need larger pots. 



Pansies may now be propagated from layers or cuttings for a fall stock. 



Salvias, Scarlet Geraniums, Heliotropes, and similar plants, may 

 now be turned out into the open ground, or upon the lawn. 



Begonias now shifled, and kept in a warm part of the house, will be 

 beautiful all summer. 



German Asters, Balsams, and other annuals raised in frames, may 

 now be set out in the open ground. 



Pelargoniums now in bloom, should be kept well watered, and placed in 

 an airy part of the house, near the glass ; shade while in bloom. 



Stephanotus floribundus should now be kept in the warmest part of 

 the house, and it will grow away very rapidly, — blooming all summer. 



Cactuses will now be in bloom and will require plenty of water. 



Double Chinese Primroses should now be kept in a cool, airy, half- 

 shaded part of tlie house, or in a frame facing the nortli. Cuttings may be 

 put in now. 



Seedling Calceolarias should now be shifled into larger pots. 



Greenhouse Plants of all kinds should be removed to the open air, 

 placing them in a half-shady place, where they will not be blown about and 

 injured by liigh winds. 



Annuals of all sorts should now be transplanted into the places where 

 they are to bloom. 



Perennials, such as Phloxes, Delphiniums, Aconitums, &c., should all 

 be neatly tied up to tall stakes ; in this way they always present a much 

 finer appearance. 



