JUNE — THIED WEEK. 



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plants overhead, as it sometimes starts them into a 

 fresh growth that will be the destruction of the flower- 

 buds. 



Chrysanthemums.— Plant them out eighteen or twenty- 

 inches apart in an open piece of ground. Some to be 

 left to grow as standards on one stem, and others to be 

 topped, to make them bushy. 



Cinerarias. — In raising seedlings it is advisable to 

 select each parent plant, distinguished for its dwarf habit 

 and decided colour, and to place them by themselves in a 

 pit or frame. The seed should be carefully gathered as 

 it ripens. It should be sown in shallow pots, or pans, well 

 drained with crocks ; then some siftings, and over that 

 some light soil, with some finer and more sandy on the 

 surface, covering the seeds very lightly with the same ; 

 and slightly sprinkling, or watering, through a very fine 

 rose, and the surface covered with a little moss, to prevent 

 evaporation. In a few days the seedlings will be up ; 

 then remove the moss, and let them remain in the pots, 

 or pans, until they are large enough to be handled with 

 safety ; then pot them in small pots, and keep close for a 

 day or two. 



Lilium lancifolium. — Give attention to them; as 

 also to tree Carnations, Salvia splendens, Scarlet Gera- 

 niums, &c, for autumn and early winter flowering. 



Oranges. — The same as advised for Camellias. 



STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 



Achimenes. — Repot, as also Begonias and Gesneras, 

 for succession of late bloom. 



Luculia gratissima. — Propagate by cuttings. 



Some of the Orchids will now require to be topped up 

 a little with fresh soil. The Barkeria sfectahilis, Epi- 

 dendrum Skinneri, the Lycastes, Odontoglossum grande, 

 &c, will now enjoy the temperature of the conservatory. 



forcing-house. 



Figs. — Continue to stop all shoots when five or six 

 joints long. Never allow the trees in tubs, or pots, to 

 want water ; they now require daily attention. 



Melons. — Shade them during bright sunshine for a 



