June,] 



THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



901 



JUNE. 



CARE OF NEWLY-PLANTED SHRUBS AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, 



All newly-planted shrubs and ornamental trees should be 

 frequently and liberally supplied with water both at their roots 

 and also over their heads, with the garden-engine. The ground 

 round their roots should be mulched with long littery dung, 

 straw, or such like matter, to prevent the drought fi'om theii* 

 roots. Those which are of a large size, and are liable to be 

 blown about by the wind, should be frequently gone over and 

 the ground regulated round their stems, and all such as require 

 it should be supported with stakes. 



TRANSPLANTING HARDY AND HALF-HARDY ANNUALS. 



All sorts of hardy annuals may now be planted out, where they 

 are to remain in the flower garden borders, taking advantage 

 of cloudy or showery days. All sorts of half-hardy annuals, 

 and many tender annuals, may now also be planted out ; the half- 

 hardy ones from the beds, pots, or boxes in which they were 

 sown, and the more tender from the pots into which they have 

 been potted, and have hitherto been growing. As soon as 

 planted out, they should be watered and shaded until they 

 have struck fresh root into their borders, after which they will 

 only require to be supported with sticks for the season. An- 

 nuals of considerable size may be safely transplanted, either 

 where they may have come up too thick, or where it is neces- 

 sary, from other causes, to remove them to fill situations in 

 want of them, or to pot for particular purposes. In removing 

 them, let them be taken up with as good balls as possible ; 

 and if not done in showery weather, let them be well shaded 

 and watered. All patches of hardy annuals, which may have 

 come up too thick, if they be not wanted for transplanting, let 

 them be thinned out, so that each plant may have room to 



