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OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 
Annuals, Biennials, &c, in pots, should be encouraged to grow by increasing 
the size of the pots, and adding rich soil, composed of loam and rotten dung, peat and 
leaf or vegetable mould, mixed in different proportions, according to the nature of 
the plants. 
Bulbs that have done flowering should now be allowed to get dry by degrees, 
by reducing the quantity of water. Insects of every kind should be carefully watched 
and destroyed by syringing, fumigating with tobacco, and other practical means. 
Creepers should now be duly attended to ; for if suffered to grow out of order at 
this season, it is more than probable that they will continue in confusion the whole 
summer. 
Dahlias about the middle of the month, if the weather is favourable, may now 
be turned out into the open border; if the nights prove cold after they are out it is 
advisable to employ a temporary shading. 
Erica cuttings, as also cuttings of most greenhouse plants, may now be put in. 
Greenhouse plants may now safely be put out of doors in a somewhat sheltered 
situation. 
Geraniums, (Pelargoniums) will now be in full bloom, avoid a scarcity of 
water and they will continue beautiful a long time. Cuttings now struck will, if 
managed well, flower prettily in the autumn. 
Ixias in a growing state should be encouraged by giving them a judicious 
supply of water, &c. 
Pinks, Carnations, &c, now propagated succeed well. A gentle heating 
hotbed covered with open sandy or gravily soil answers well ; the soil before receiv- 
ing the pipings should be gently watered, and afterwards made smooth with the 
spade : in putting in the pipings it is best to make each pretty fast in the soil, and 
to cause the latter to settle properly round them, it is well to give a little water 
previous to placing on the glass, after which they must be carefully and judiciously 
secluded from the sun and air, in consequence of which scarcely any water will be 
required. 
Plants hitherto kept in the greenhouse, pits, or frames, but supposed to be 
sufficiently hardy to endure the open air, may now be carefully planted out in a 
sheltered situation, where shade, water, and other requisites should be timely 
attended to. 
Polyanthuses. The seed of these plants will now begin to ripen : as soon as 
the pods turn colour, cut them and put them into a dry airy secure place for more 
perfect maturation. 
Stove plants of most kinds may still be propagated, whether by seeds, suckers, 
or layers. Seed pots should be plunged in a gentle hotbed — pots of cuttings should 
also have a gentle bottom heat ; guard against damp by wiping the condensed 
vapour of the inside surface of the glasses, judiciously admitting a little fresh air in 
the morning, &c. 
Tuberoses should now have plenty of heat, pot room, and a free supply of 
water. 
