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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 
CALENDAR OE OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 
The weather being generally warm at this time, 
coverings may be quite removed, except from such plants 
as require shelter from the sun’s rays, and considerable 
watering and syringing will be required both for newly- 
planted vegetables and flowers, as well as to prevent 
drought. Where much watering is used, the soil should 
be loosened to prevent its becoming hard on the surface. 
The gayest flowering plants, from the stores of the pro- 
pagating house, should now be potted off to furnish the 
summer supply. Plunging should be resorted to with 
newly potted plants, but the plunging medium should 
be above the ground level. 
Many of the popular beauties among the plants and 
flowers of this month, being of a somewhat ephemeral 
character, constant means must be used by the gardener 
to ensure a succession of gaiety until the frost sets in ; 
when their displacement will be filled up by other plants. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 
Glass. 
Pines, under high temperatures, will now require the 
most liberal watering; but the growing stock must have 
an abundance of air during the morning part of the day. 
The afternoon is the most proper time to encourage a 
vast amount of heat and atmospheric moisture. Both 
the succession stock and fruiters should be now in the 
height of their vigour ; and manure-water may be used 
for the fruiters, provided they possess healthy roots ; and 
the succession stock should be furnished with a gentle 
supply of air, both day and night if possible, to ensure 
success. 
Vines, &c. The roots that are inside should be pro- 
perly watered, if dry, with good manure-water at a tem- 
perature of from 80° to 90°. The disbudding and 
stopping of the very late houses should now have every 
attention. Give a great amount of air to the ripening 
fruit, and remove imperfect bunches. Vines, Figs, and 
Peaches, in pots, should be thoroughly watered ; and 
Cherries in tubs, from which the crop is removed, should 
have abundance of air, and should be well supplied with 
liquid-manure. It may be unnecessary to add that 
aphides and red spiders should not be allowed to establish 
themselves in any of the forcing houses. 
Peach Trees. The roots should be thoroughly ex- 
amined as to moisture ; and if in a mellow state embrace 
the opportunity of applying good liquid-manure to trees 
carrying heavy crops. Those beginning to ripen should 
have the lights thrown wide open to ensure flavour and 
high colour. Let the sun shine on the fruit by removing 
the leaves, which, with liberal ventilation, will impart a 
high colour, and give high flavour. 
Fig Trees. Keep up the stopping process when the 
young wood is four or five eyes long, and water the 
plants very freely. This must be observed with respect 
to those plants that are under glass. 
Cucumbers and Melons. The bottom heat should 
not be below 75 degrees. 
Open A ir. 
The disbudding of fruit trees at this season should be 
attended to ; and the present is a good time to get out 
the following crops : — 
Kidney Beans. Sow full crops both of dwarfs and 
runners ; if the weather proves dry, water the drills 
previous to sowing. 
Endive. Sow for the principal crops, and plant out 
those sown last month, 12 inches apart. 
Celery. Plant out in trenches. 
Broccoli. Take advantage of dripping weather to 
plant out a moderate crop, 2^ feet apart ; sow a little 
more seed, and prick out those sown last month. 
Savoys. Plant out the main crop for’ autumn and 
winter 2 feet apart ; if the weather be dry give them a 
good supply of water. 
Turnips. Sow plentiful crops of the stone-top, &c., 
twice during the month, and hoe and thin those sown 
before. 
In the out-door fruit department, summer pruning 
should commence towards the middle of the month. 
Peaches, Nectarines, &c., will require all foreright 
and ill-placed shoots rubbing off, leaving however a 
good supply of young wood for bearing next year. 
Apricots will now require looking over, and where the 
fruit is much crowded in large clusters, thin it out 
sufficiently to allow room for swelling, and towards the 
end of the month peaches and nectarines will require a 
similar treatment. 
FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 
Glass. 
Greenhouse and Conservatory. Little requires 
to be done in this department during the month of 
June ; the work chiefly consists in keeping the houses 
gay, giving abundance of air, supplying well with water, 
and stopping the growing shoots of Epacris, Corrsea, 
Chorozema, &c., to render them bushy. 
Orchids and Stove Plants. Amongst Orchids- 
Stanhopeas are coming into flower ; do not allow the buds 
to break themselves against the sides of the pots or 
baskets, give a free circulation of air, prevent aridity by 
throwing plenty of water about ; securely screen from 
the sun’s rays Orchids and such other plants as will 
suffer by exposure. 
Open Air. 
The early part of the month will be occupied with 
filling the borders and beds with half hardy plants for 
summer and autumn flowering; also in trimming, 
cleaning, training, and much other business which will 
not admit of delay. 
