CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS 109g 
this month, If a surface dressing was not applied last 
month, it ought to be given in June. All the plants in 
beds may be given a surface dressing of decayed stable 
manure, after the Dutch hoe has been used between the 
rows. If dry weather sets in, waterings will be needed. 
Malmaison Varieties.—These should now afford abun- 
dance of blooms, if thrips and green-fly have been kept 
from the leaves. Ventilate freely, and damp the staging 
twice a day in hot, dry weather. Provide shade as soon 
as the flowers are opening freely, Remove dead and 
decaying leaves, and any affected with disease. 
Perpetual-Flowering Varieties.—The work will now 
include repotting the plants, placing sticks to such as need 
support, and stopping the growths to form bushy plants. 
Seedling Carnations raised in January, or the first week 
in February, should now be planted out-of-doors where 
they are to flower. If they are planted in good soil 
at 2 feet apart between the rows, and 18 inches apart 
in the rows, they will flower freely in September and 
October. As regards those growing in pots for flowering 
in late autumn and winter, frequent. repotting is better 
than placing the plants now in small pots into their 
flowering pots at once. Repot from small 60’s into the 
large 60’s, and from these into 5 and 6 inch flower-pots. 
JULY 
Border Carnations and Picotees.—All the show and 
border varieties will commence to flower this month, from 
the zoth, or a little earlier, until the middle of August, 
according to the season. The plants ought all to be put 
under glass promptly, and it is well to fumigate them to 
destroy thrips. Disbudding should be done, and the roots 
