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THE FLORIST AKD P0M0LOGIST. 



fal for this purpose :— Begonias, Justicias, Poin- 

 setlias, Euphorbias, Gesneras, &c. Shift them into 

 larger pots as they require them, and keep them in a 

 nice growing atmosphere. Keep down insects. 



Floaver Garden. 

 If proper care and attention have been given to 

 this, it will now be very gay and beautiful. Keep 

 the shoots well pegged down, and let everything be 

 in the most perfect order. Mow the grass frequently, 

 and keep the walks well rolled. Roses will now be 

 beautiful ; all decaying flowers must be cut away, 

 This is a eood time* to bud Roses. Attend regularly 

 to the tying-up of Dahlias and Hollyhocks ; also to 

 all tall " herbaceous plants, such as Delphiniums, 

 Phloxes, Pentstemons, &c. Pleasure Grounds.— 

 This has been a fine season for all newly-trans- 

 planted trees. The frequent showers we have had 

 have obviated the necessity of much watering. 

 Trees and shrubs of all kinds ai-e fast recovering 

 from the ill effects of 1860. The principal work here, 

 at present, is to keep everything in proper order. 



Forcing. 



Fruit.— Pine Apples.— For fruiting plants, the 

 directions given last month must be attended to. 

 Succession plants should now be grown on as rapidly 

 as possible. Ventilate freely during the day. Water 

 liberally all plants that have plenty of roots. Shift 

 such as require it into larger pots. See the bottom 

 heat is steady and regular. Syringe dail}', and shut 

 up early in the afternoons. Vines. — See directions 

 last month for Vines in early-houses. Grapes that 

 are colouring should now have all the air possible, 

 both by day and night ; and should the wet, dull 

 weather of the past month continue, a little fire heat 

 will be necessary. Cold, wet borders, and defective 

 ventilation are the principal causes of mildew, 

 shanking, &c. Keep a moist, growing atmosphere 

 in late-houses, by throwing water frequently on the 

 paths and borders. Water thoroughly the inside 

 borders when they require it. Give abundance of 

 air during the day ; always opening the lights early 

 in the morning, and closing them early in the after- 

 noon. Pen dies and Nectarines. — "When the fruit is 

 all gathered in the early-houses, give the trees a 

 good syringing twice daily for a few days to cleanse 

 them of filth and insects. Give abundance of air 

 night and day ; spare no care to keep the foliage in 

 a healthy state as long as possible, so that buds may 

 get properly formed and the wood well ripened for 

 another season. Where fruit is ripening and there are 

 late-houses, attend to the.directions in last month's 

 Calendar. Tigs. — Trees that are swelling-off the 

 second crop of fruit must be well watered, and fre- 

 quently with liquid manure. The syringe should 

 be used freely, and a moist atmosphere kept up by 

 well sprinkling with water, almost constantly, the 

 borders and paihways. When the fruit begins to 

 ripen syringing must cease, a drier atmosphere kept 

 up, and plenty of air must be given. Cherries. — 

 Pinch back all shoots not wanted. Keep the leaves 

 clear of insects, and attend well to the watering. 

 Strawberries. — Lay at once, in small pots, a sufficient 

 quantity of runners for forcing next season. Those 

 laid last month should be put into the fruiting-pots 

 at once. Use a compost of good strong loam, well 

 enriched with good rotten dung ; drain the pots 

 well, and, after they are potted, place them in beds 

 in some situation where they will have full exposure 

 to sun and air, and where they can be properly 

 attended to. They will not require much water 

 until they begin to fill their pot with roots ; but they 

 should always, in dry weather, be either syringed 

 or watered with a fine-rose water-pot every evening. 

 Strawberry-forcing is a very simple affair, if the 

 plants are properly prepared. Cucumbers and 

 Melons. — Keep Cucumber plants thin of wood and 

 foliage, and free of insects. Keep up a good heat 

 and a moist atmosphere ; give abundance of air and 

 water freely. Sow towards the end of the month for 

 a winter crop. Melons that are ripening should 

 have plenty of air, and the atmosphere of the pit 

 should be kept dry. Keep up a good heat to plants 

 that arc swelling their fruit; w.iter well when 

 necessary. Do not leave too many fruit to a plant. 



Attend to the stopping and regulating of the shoots 

 on the young plants. 



Hardy Fruit. 

 Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots. — Pinch-off 

 every shoot not wanted for next season. Tie-in or 

 nail all shoots as they advance. See there are not 

 too many fruit ou any of the trees ; if there be, take 

 them off at once. If the weather be dry, the trees 

 should have a good syringing two or three times 

 a-week with a barrow engine. Remove all foreright 

 shoots off Pears, Plum--, and Cherries, and nail-in 

 leading shoots. See they are free of insects. Cover 

 Cherry trees with nets to protect them from birds. 

 Gooseberry and Currant bushes should be gone over, 

 and the greater part of the young wood cut away ; 

 this not only lets more air and sun to the fruit, but 

 also benefits the wood and buds for next year. Rasp- 

 berry canes should be well thinned-out. 



Kitchen Garden. 

 The constant wet weather of the past month has 

 made it difficult to keep down weeds. Take advan- 

 tage of fine weather to destroy them. See all crops 

 are well thinned. Hoe frequently between all grow- 

 ing crops. Take advantage of showery weather 

 to plant out on well-prepared ground good breadths 

 of Broceolis, Savoys, Brussels Sprouts," Cauliflowers, 

 &c. Continue to plant-out Celery in well-manured 

 trenches. Endive and Lettuces. — Plant out regu- 

 larly. Dwarf Kidney Beans.— Sow for late crop. 

 Cabbages.— Sow lor winter greens. Turnips. — Sow 

 a good breadth for succession. Spinach.— Sow for 

 succession crop. Endive, Lettuces, and Radishes. — 

 Sow. Rod late crops of Peas. Stake Scarlet Runners, 

 j If the weather be dry, all newlv-planted crops must 

 bp well watered. Ash-leaved Kidney and other early 

 sorts of Potatoes should be taken up early in the 

 month, and greened for sets next season, and then 

 stored away. Herbs of all kinds should be cut as 

 soon as they come into flower. They should be 

 spread out thinly in a shed until dry, and then be 

 tied into small bunches and hung up in a dry, airy 

 shed.-M.S. 



Florists' Flowers. 

 Roses in Pots.— Well, the labour of the year is 

 nearly over, for all the Hybrid Perpetual and other 

 Hybrid Roses, are or should be withdrawn from 

 under glass and plunged in the open air by the end 

 of June. Henceforth Roses of equal beauty should 

 abound out of doors. It were a pity then to distress 

 our pot plants which are required for early blooming 

 in future years. They are then plunged and niu)ched, 

 and our aim is to obtain by the end of the growing 

 season. a full supply of healthy and well- ripened 

 shoots. To this end where the shoots superaboimd 

 so as to form a dense bush, a few of the principal 

 shoots should be staked wide apart that the leaves 

 may have the advantage of abundance of light and 

 air. Watering must be strictly attended to, for 

 during the coming months the water passes rapidly 

 from the soil. A thorough soaking of water that 

 shall reach to the bottom of the pot given occasion- 

 ally, according to the state of the weather, is better 

 than frequent driblets, which penetrate only a few 

 inches downwards, and may deceive the cultivator 

 by the appearance of moisture when the lower part of 

 the ball of earth is really dry. Remember, however, 

 that Roses do not like a 'wet soil, a moist soil is what 

 we are contending for. Keep all bloom-buds, seed- 

 pods, and wild shoots from worked plants removed. 

 Dust freely with sulphur if mildew appear. Check 

 aphis by syringing with tobacco water, or by brush- 

 ing the shoots in the palm of the hand. It is most 

 important that the plants be kept clean, and these 

 are means to that end. Further if the cultivator 

 resides near a road or town where deposits of dust or 

 soot are frequent, occasional and copious eyringings 

 with pure w r ater to remove these matters are desir- 

 able. The Tea-scented Roses may still be grown 

 under glass, where, if a cold rainy summer and 

 autumn ensue, they will likely do better than out of 

 doors, although this being a matter of the future, in 

 respect to which we caunot calculate with certainty, 

 is not t.f vital importance. — William Paul, Waltham 

 Cross, Herts, N. 



