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OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 
Hyacinths must now be taken up if not done before ; and when the soil on 
the bulbs is dry, the bulbs must be cleaned and wrapped either in paper or placed 
in drawers as recommended for ranunculuses, page 44, rule 10. 
Pelargoniums. — -Continue to strike cuttings, either placing from 4 to 6 in a 
32 sized pot, or, which is much better, placing each cutting in a single thimble pot 
filled with light sandy loam and leaf mould. Plunge the pots in a gentle hot bed, 
and keep the frame as close as possible until they have begun to grow ; water and 
shade as they may require it. When struck, pot them in 60 sized pots, and treat 
them after the same manner as old plants. 
Polyanthuses now require re-potting, in the same way as auriculas, only the 
soil need not be so rich. 
Pinks. — -About the middle of the month commence putting in pipings, see 
page 67. 
Orange trees. — Cuttings put in about the beginning of March and treated 
as recommended, page 90, will require potting, see page 90, rules 6 — 13. 
Rose Trees may now be budded; cuttings of the China and its varieties put 
in as recommended last month, and the shoots of French and English kinds 
intended for late flowering, shortened as recommended page 100. 
Rose Acacias. — Those intended for late flowering, should have their shoots 
shortened as recommended for roses, which should be done in the beginning of the 
month. 
Ranunculuses now planted will bloom in September, see page 45, rule 13. 
Rockets may now have their roots divided for propagation, or cuttings will 
make the best plants, if properly put in, see page 108. 
Violets. — Collect the runners and plant them. 
Labels for Plants. A simple, durable and inexpensive label for plants 
in pots, is the one noticed by one of our correspondents to the 
Horticultural Register, and figured in vol. ii. page 127. It has long- 
been known and made use of amongst gardeners, and merely consists 
of a piece of lead about two inches long, and sloped nearly to a point 
from three quarters of an inch in diameter, or larger, according to 
the size of the pot into which it is intended to be fixed. They are 
marked by means of steel types about four inches long, having a 
letter or figure at the bottom of each ; this is placed upon the lead 
and an impression is made by the blow of a hammer. The labels will 
cost about one shilling per hundred, and the types will cost about 
sixpence each. 
