A YEAR'S GARDENING 



Flower Garden. — Should you desire to try your hand at budding 

 Roses, this is a good time to begin, if it be a shovi^ery day. Note 

 that if the bark does not hft freely the operation had better be post- 

 poned for a few days. 



JUNE 25 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Begin the clearing of the greenhouse 

 in preparation for the annual cleansing and painting, as at this 

 season of the year, in ordinary weather, most of the plants wiU take 

 no harm in being left out of doors for a few days. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Look to the Broccoli seedlings and 

 plant out those which are ready. Beware of allowing them to run 

 up in the seed-bed — ^it is better to transplant them temporarily. 



Flower Garden. — Look to the Violas and peg down any exuberant 

 shoots, so that the plants may present an even and regular display 

 of flowers. 



JUNE 26 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Continue yesterday's work of cleciring 

 the greenhouse and of arranging the plants in a suitable position 

 outside. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden.-^VlsXit out the seedlings of Brussels 

 Sprouts and Savoys, puddling them in if the weather be dry. A 

 little soot mixed with the water is beneficial. 



Flower Garden. — Remove all dead flowers and seed-pods from 

 the Violas and continue to do so at frequent intervals — daily, if 

 possible — as a sure method of prolonging bloom. 



JUNE 27 



Greenhouse and Frames.— The rest of this month may well be 

 devoted to the annual cleansing and re-painting of the greenhouse. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Continue the work of planting out 

 Brussels Sprouts and Savoys. If space be scarce, plant them be- 

 tween the rows of those Peas or Beans which wiU shortly be done 

 with. Firm ground, not too recently dug up, is desirable for them. 



Flower Galrden. — Give attention to the Sweet Peas and continue 

 to pick the flowers regularly and frequently, never permitting any 

 seed-pods to form. 



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