CALENDAR OF GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 



Continue planting out Dahlias, Pelargoniums, and all other soft-wooded 

 greenhouse plants ; also duplicates of hard-wooded New Holland and South 

 American plants, not performed last month. 



Greenhouse plants must be set out into their summer residence as they go 

 out of flower, as well as those previously past flowering, and such hard-wooded 

 plants as are not likely to flower this season ; cutting down into shape those that 

 have grown out of form. 



Camellias will require to be kept warm, that they may ripen their wood ; 

 and should be watered very sparingly for a week when their wood is nearly ripe, 

 to make them set their flower-buds. Afterwards gradually harden them by 

 turning them out of doors until the beginning of September. As there will be 

 room for some more plants in the greenhouse, some of the flowering stove plants 

 may be placed there to make room in that department. 



Shift greenhouse and stove plants into larger pots as they require it ; also 

 continue to put in cuttings of those where the stock is deficient. 



Put in Pink pipings under hand-glasses as soon as the first flowers open, to 

 show that the varieties are correct. 



Put in cuttings of Pansies for a succession of flowering plants, and cut in 

 those exhausted by flowering. 



Transplant Annuals and Biennials in moist days where wanted. 



Keep Dahlias and other flowering plants which require support staked, and 

 carefully tied up, as they advance in growth. 



Alpine plants in pots should now be placed where they are shaded from the 

 mid-day sun, and be frequently sprinkled over head with an engine, or fine-rosed 

 watering-pot ; three times a day is about the medium for dry hot weather. 



A few showy Annuals may still be sown for late flowering, particularly some 

 of those from California. 



Bulbs of Crocus, Narcissus, and Hyacinth, may be taken up as the leaves 

 decay. 



