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OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 
I i By this time the most important part of planting in the flower-garden ought to he completed. 
; : here from any cause this work has been postponed till the present month — a position that is 
. ily justifiable when owing to the protracted recurrence of night-frosts, extreme aridity in the 
1 and atmosphere, or when a blaze of flower in Autumn is preferred to an earlier display— it 
t ould now receive the chief attention until it is fully accomplished. Of course, in those places 
hiere flowers are not to be dispensed with throughout the whole season, it will be necessary to 
"move many of the annuals, bulbs, and other things that have spent their beauty, and to fill up 
[ ;ieir places from time to time with a fresh stock, ready to expand blossoms almost as soon as 
i’tey are planted. 
! : It sometimes occurs, as in last Summer, that the progress of these plants is marred for a 
■ nsiderable period, by the incidence of prolonged drought. Should this state of weather exist 
iring the present month, or any time before the plants have entmely spread a carpet of leaves 
i d stems over the beds, it will be preferable to use some means of checking evaporation, than to 
1 ve recourse to repeated waterings. With a dry air and a scorching sun, waterings, however 
iiundant, can do little good ; and they act banefully, by diminishing the temperature of the soil. 
I is a far wiser plan to retain moisture about the plants by the application of some covering ; and 
i’ this purpose, where it can be procured easily, there is nothing more effectual, or that looks 
sater than moss, stripped from the rocks in large flakes, so that the winds may not scatter it 
)Out. It is infinitely more eligible than short grass, or any of the mulchings more generally 
sorted to, on account of the more untidy appearance of the latter. A lot of oyster-shells placed 
lund the plants is also a convenient and useful means of keeping the soil moist. 
But, although the continuance of a daily system of watering out- door plants in dry weather is 
least useless, it is nevertheless essential to apply a copious watering immediately after planting, 
-Lcept during a showery time, in order that the earth may be well settled about their roots, so as 
enable them to extend fui’ther with facility. And before laying on anything to intercept 
yaporation, the whole border should be rendered moist. This is the more necessary when the 
ants are transplanted from a bed, or have not been kept in separate pots. The more tender 
nds of plants which have been treated thus, will require to be shaded, if bright weather succeed 
(3fore they have got good root-hold of the soil. 
We would recommend those who have convenience for experiment to look over their collections 
' greenhouse and stove plants now ; and from those which can be spared, select what are likely 
1 1 prove useful, to test their ability to endure and contribute ornament in the open air during 
immer. It may also be advisable to plant others under the protection of a south wall, in a 
order prepared for the purpose ; climbers may be trained against the wall ; and with the shelter 
affords, many tender things thrive more prosperously than they do in the house. Manettia^ 
'chimeneSf Tropceolum tricolorum^ and similar species, Thunhergia^ various sorts of Cacti, and 
dier things of like nature, will probably succeed in most localities that are in any way favourable. 
Among the many provisions now making for future show, the stock of Chrysanthemums must 
3t be lost sight of. They are very frequently much neglected at this season, through the more 
ressing nature of the schemes in hand in the pleasure-ground, for a more immediate decoration, 
articular attention should be exercised in stopping them as they advance in growth, tp obtain 
ashy specimens, at the same time fostering a vigorous increase by giving them room ; and a 
rong rough loam, with a trifling quantity of leaf-mould mixed amongst it. Instead of incorporating 
luch dung with the soil used in potting, it is far better to depend on the application of a clear 
, quid manure : by this means you will have more command over the development of the plant, 
irough supplying a greater or smaller quantity, accordingly as it may be judged desirable. In 
, loosing a station for them, many people select a spot beside a wall : this is not judicious, as it 
lakes them grow one-sided. Let them be sheltered, but with a free and nearly equal accession 
F light on all sides. To gain a quantity of dwarf specimens for smaller pots, any old stools yet 
nseparated may be planted in a border of the reserve garden, so that the stems may hereafter be 
lyered into pots. All these plants under pot- culture require very copious watering ; and it is 
