JUNE. 6^ 



luust be placed low on the stock; if for standards, 

 place the buds as high as five or six feet. Cloudy 

 moist weather is the best for performing the operation 

 of budding. 



GRAFTED AND BUDDED TREES. 



Those trees that were budded last year will now 

 have strong shoots, some of which may require to 

 have stakos driven in the ground to tie them to for 

 support— the long shoots of espaliers in:iy be pruned 

 to six or eight inches long, to make them throv/ out 

 lateral shoots. Some of your grafted trees may also 

 require stakes to support the sho >ts. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Strawberries will now generally be ripe; such as 

 are not, should be watered in dry weather frequently 

 and kept clear from weeds. 



SHRUBS AND EVERGREENS. 



Young shoots of this year's growih, rciij be propa- 

 gated this month by layers, thus — bend down the 

 shoots to the earth ; secure them there Avith a hooked 

 stick driven into the ground — cover the shoots four 

 inches deep with earth, leaving three inches of the 

 top uncovered, and water them frequently — they will 

 be fit to plant next spring into a nursery. 



SEEDLING PLANTS. 



Keep your seedling beds well weeded and watered. 

 Shade the tender kinds from the mid-day sun. 



ANNUAL FLOIVERS. 



Transplant annual flowers, from seed beds to the 

 borders and beds Adhere they are to remain — in trans- 

 planting take a bail of earth up with each planl, and 

 place the ball where it ou^i.t to stand — water tnem 

 afterwards — support the Icug stalked flowers with 

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