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be run out into an open border to ripen; afterwards 

 they may be shaken out, and put away in a cool, damp 

 place till autumn. All spring flowering shrubs should 

 be plunged into the border for the summer season. 

 Staking and training annuals, young Chrysanthemums, 

 and all growing plants should be done as required, 

 small green painted stakes being used for the staking. 

 Cuttings of good sorts of Fuchsias, Geraniums, &c., 

 may be taken, and inserted in pots to strike. Smoking 

 with tobacco paper and syringing should be done to 

 destroy greenfly and other insect pests as soon as they 

 appear. 



July. 



All seasonable flowers will now be in great beauty, 

 and windows and balconies will be very gay. All 

 creepers will require attention to train them where 

 wanted, to hang in graceful wreaths from balcony and 

 window. All superfluous growths, however, should be 

 cut ofi", and all dead flowers, leaves, and decaying 

 parts removed. All plants done flowering should be 

 placed aside and others put in their place. Window 

 plants should be allowed plenty of air and light to 

 prevent them getting weak and drawn. Put in 

 cuttings of all bedding and pot-plants you wish to 

 propagate, and sow seeds of tree Mignonette for winter 

 flowering. Destroy all insect pests by fumigating and 

 syringing ; and wash the foliage of the plants occa- 

 sionally to remove dust. See that no plant suflers 

 for want of water, and water always now after sun- 

 down. 



