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CARTER AND CO.’S GARDENER’S VADE-MECUM FOR 1862. 
JUNE. 
Kitchen Garden. 
Plant oat now the main crop of Brussels Sprouts in very good ground ; also Borecole, Chou do Milan, Broccoli, Cauli- 
flowers, Cape and Walcheren Broccoli, Savoys a good breadth, Early Cabbage, and Cos Lettuce as fast as the ground becomes 
vacant and can bo got ready for them : seo that a good supply of manure is trenched in. Persevere in thinning out all 
advancing crops of Carrots, Turnips, Red Beet and Cabbago Lettuces, and do not neglect to keep the surface constantly 
stirred, not only to destroy weeds, but for the welfare of the crops : make again two sowings of Peas, — the first of Harrison’s 
Glory, Perfection, and Auvergne ; the last of Carter’s Earliest and Dickson’s Favourite : sow also more Turnips and French 
Beans ; also Scarlet Runners and Long-Pod Beans for the latest crop ; also more Spinach, Lettuces of sorts, Radish twice, 
a few Early Horn Carrots for drawing in the autumn, and a few Onions for drawing young if required : make also another 
sowing of Endive for the main crops. Plant out a good breadth of Celery for the principal crops ; let the trenches bo well 
manured, and give the plants an abundance of water. Finis h earthing up all the main crops of Potatoes. Train up and stop 
Tomatoes as they advance hi growth, and give them some manure water occasionally. 
Fruit Garden. 
In tliis department, this is ono of the busiest montlis in the year. Cherries, Pears, Plums, Vines, Peaches, Nectarines, 
Apricots, and Figs will all bo claiming attention at once. Disbudding must bo continued, the fruit judiciously thinned out ; 
in the ease of stone fruits, a few more should be left than are quite necessary, in order to make up for those tho treo will cast 
in stoning, which, however, will not be many if tho above operations have been gradually carried on us recommended in 
previous months. Strawberry beds should be immediately mulched with some suitable material to keep the fruit clean ; 
nice straight straw is undoubtedly the best, and short grass about the worst. Now is the time to apply to these beds somo 
dreneliings of stimulating liquid manure : attend also to the removal of runners ; such as are required for tho purpose of 
making new beds should be layered into four-inch pots and kept well watered ; all other runners must bo constantly 
removed. Thin out Gooseberries for bottling, und ut tho same time remove some of the strong luxuriant shoots from the 
interior of the trees ; Currant trees also may be so treated with advantage ; and let the ground under both bo well mulched 
over with somo of the cleanest of the long littery dung fresh from the stable, to keep tho fruit on the lower branches 
clean. The old plan of spurring in the breast wood on the old Wall Pear trees ought to bo exploded ; we recommend, in 
preference, that it should all be completely broken out when in a young state, taking care, however, to train-in a few young 
shoots where there are vacancies, which will often produce abundance of fruit tho second year. Persevere in following 
up with powerful syringing all disbudding and thinning operations. 
Flower Garden. 
As the season is now arrived in which it becomes an absolute necessity to get out the whole of the stock of bedding-plants, 
such tilings as Turban Ranunculus, Hyacinths, and other bulbs which have been occupying the beds must bo taken up at 
any sacrifice ; they must therefore be very carefully lifted without injuring tho foliage, and plunged in sand for a time 
before being exposed to dry for storing ; the next thing is to give the beds a little fresh compost, and proceed with the 
planting. Wien all the bedding-out is done, let the surface of the beds be neatly levelled, and such as require it have tho 
plants pegged down. Continue tho planting-out of Tender Annuals : these are very useful in the mixed borders to supply 
the vacancies which arc always occurring through the plants going out of bloom ; take care that there is a reserve bed of 
these things to supply future vacancies of the kind. Patches of Annuals sown last month must be well thinned out ; and 
more may be sown for later blooming. Plant in tbe mixed borders a good number of Cuphea platyccntra and strigulosa ; 
they come in so cheerful-looking late in the autumn. The propagation of Spring-flowering Herbaceous Plants must be 
finished off immediately. Pinks also, and Pansies, must now bo propagated. About tho middle of the month, sow Brompton, 
Queen, und Emperor Stocks, to stand through the winter. Finish off tho planting of Dahlias, and keep them well watered. 
Continue to give Roses thorough syringings, unless just when they are in full hloom, and also repeated doses of liquid manure. 
Attend particularly to the destruction of weeds and insects, to the neatness of the borders and tying up all plants requiring 
support, to the finished appearance of edgings of all sorts, to tho pruning away any luxuriant overgrowth in slirub or flower, 
to keeping grass well mown and gravel well rolled, — all of which, Bimplo and obvious as they aro, yet constitute tho 
minutiae of enjoyable gardening. 
Plant Houses, Conservatory. 
Now will be seen tho advantage of starting varieties of Aehimones early, as they will bo highly conspicuous ornamonts 
amongst the many beautiful objects which will now be concentrated in this structure, for tho good of wliich, and also of 
the permanent plants, remove any large plants in pots or tubs to a sheltered place out of doors ; this will allow a greater 
liberty in changing tho arrangement of the flowering plants, as well as affording room for the concentration of all tho best 
and gayest flowering plants hi a situation where, as a whole, they arc much more likely to bo admired than when scattered 
here and there. Orange trees in tubs are at tliis season very liable to tho attacks of insects of various kinds, wliich must bo 
guarded against by constant syringing and occasional fumigation, 
Stove. 
Achimcnes picta, started now in well-drained pots or shallow pans, will be found a very useful plant for winter flowering ; 
other varieties of Aehimenes, started late, may now be shifted, and grown on freely for tho Autumn. If the heat of the 
bark bed is declining, freshen it up by the addition of some well-sweetened new material. Give a good supply of liquid 
manure to all fast-growing plants, such as Allamanda, Alpinia, Aristolochia, Clerodendrons, Hidychium, and Stephanotis. 
