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CALENDAR OP GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 



are tied to a block of wood, and kept perfectly dry until they begin to send out 

 roots, and manifest other signs of growth. They are then freely syringed two or 

 three times a day, and this practice is continued until the growing season, when 

 they are removed to a cooler house with a drier atmosphere. Here they are 

 allowed to remain during the winter, and when the cold season is over, the above 

 treatment is renewed. Bot. Reg. 



VANDEiE. 



CiBBHiEA fusco-lutea. Lindl. Yellow Brown Cirrhsea. Bot. Mag. t. 3726. 

 This is a delicate species, and as the name implies, bears a raceme of yellowish- 

 brown flowers. It was imported by Messrs. Loddiges, who sent a plant to the 

 Glasgow Botanic Garden, from which the drawing was taken. It flowers in 

 June, and is a native of Brazil. Bot. Mag. 



CALENDAR OF GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR JUNE 



Finish planting out Dahlias early in the month, securing them well with stakes; 

 and if the weather prove dry, give them a copious supply of water in the evening. 

 Likewise plant out Verbenas, Petunias, Pelargoniums, Lobelias, Salvias, and 

 every other free-flowering greenhouse or half hardy plant to decorate the flower 

 borders. These will become much more luxuriant and flower better than if 

 planted in pots, and add much to the gaiety of the flower-garden both by their 

 beauty and novelty. 



Turn greenhouse plants into their summer station out of doors, and as 

 they have done flowering, cut off all straggling branches so as to bring the plants 

 into a good form, For the first week, if the weather be clear, they ought to be 

 protected from the sun, and afterwards set as thin as possible, so that they may 

 enjoy a free circulation of air. 



Remove Balsams, and other tender annuals into the greenhouse as they come 

 into flower, also some plants which may be in flower from the stove. 



Many of the stove and greenhouse plants will require re-potting. This should 

 be done when they are rather dry, for if the bulbs are wet the soil is apt after- 

 wards to get sour. 



Take up hardy bulbs as their leaves decay. 



Attend to the watering of Alpine plants overhead two or three times a day 

 in dry weather, so that they may frequently have their leaves wetted : and let 

 the rose on the watering-pot be very fine. 



Some early flowering Pinks will be ready for piping towards the end of the 

 month. They are ready for that purpose as soon as the first flowers open so as 

 to show that the varieties are correct. 



Put in Pansy cuttings occasionally, and cut in those exhausted by flowering. 



