GARDENING CALENDAR FOR JUNE. 
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Ranunculus. — The early beds may be taken 
up when getting yellow, and those now coming 
into bloom should be shaded and liberally 
watered. 
Roses, — Prepare for budding at the end of 
the month ; propagate the fine sorts ; they 
will strike most readily by slips, put in a 
gentle heat : syringe with tobacco water when 
green fly appears ; a dusting with snuff is 
also effectual. 
Stocks. — Now is a good time to plant out 
masses of the German sorts : sow also of the 
Brompton, &c, to be planted out in autumn. 
Tulips. — Expose as they go out of bloom ; 
and when fully ripe, that is, when the leaves 
are brown, and the stems decay, then take 
them up : continue to shade those not yet 
past ; remove the seed pods as soon as the 
flowers fade, unless seed is wanted. 
WINDOW GARDENING. 
Clear away all bulbs or other plants that 
are past their prime, and advance the most 
forward of the succession plants to their places. 
The foliage of all should be kept perfectly free 
from dust. 
Begonias, as they advance towards flower- 
ing, should be shaded from the hottest sun, 
and regularly supplied with water. 
Camellias. — Keep these perfectly clean, and 
out of the mid-day sun, until they have com- 
pleted their growth ; keep them cool at the 
root by regular waterings. 
Cinerarias. — These must be watered regu- 
larly, and kept free from weeds to encourage 
their growth. 
Fuchsias will now be advancing to perfec- 
tion, and require to be neatly staked, and 
very regularly supplied with water, or they 
quickly lose their flowers ; shade those in 
bloom from the most powerful rays of the sun. 
Geraniums. — Continue shade to those in 
flower, and w r ater copiously as the heat in- 
creases ; this is now best done at night, so 
that the plant may recruit its energies before 
the heat of the day. 
Myrtles and similar evergreens should be 
copiously watered, and freely exposed to light 
and air, to prevent them from growing weakly. 
Primulas. — Shift into larger pots if requi- 
site, and keep them from the bright sunshine, 
giving them plenty of air and moisture, night 
and morning. 
Roses. — Shade those in flower, and keep 
them free from fading leaves or flowers: remove 
those out of flower to a sheltered situation, 
and do not let them suffer for want of water. 
Violets. — Keep those planted out for autumn 
potting, free from weeds, and well watered in 
dry weather ; still propagate by runners or 
cuttings if necessary. 
Wardian Cases should be placed as near 
the light as possible, and watered thoroughly 
if necessary ; replace any deaths among the 
plants, and keep all dead or decaying leaves 
picked off. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
Annuals. — As the tender annuals advance 
into flower, remove them to the greenhouse 
or conservatory, and shift such others as 
require it, giving them plenty of room and 
air as they expand ; sow again early in the 
month, so as to maintain a supply through the 
season ; and pot off those sown last month, 
keeping them close and shaded for a few days 
until they root again, and then admit air and 
light gradually. 
Half-hardy plants, as verbenas, &c, will 
be chiefly removed by this time, except new 
ones, which it maybe advisable to grow freely 
for specimens, or to supply cuttings : keep 
such plants shifted as they advance ingrowth; 
pick off all the bloom from the latter, and take 
off the cuttings as soon as they are of sufficient 
size ; insert the cuttings thinly in very sandy 
soil under bell glasses, and plunge them in a 
gentle bottom heat ; keep them shaded and 
moi?t, and in a fortnight they will be fit to 
pot off, and also to top for a fresh supply of 
cuttings. — Attend regularly to the watering of 
all plants in the frames, and guard carefully 
against the increase of green fly or other 
vermin. 
Forcing Pit. — All plants which have been 
brought forward here, require regular atten- 
tion during the heat of summer, that they 
do not suffer for want of water ; plunge those 
lately done with, such as roses, in a partially 
shaded place in the open ground, and mulch 
them with litter of any sort if the weather sets 
in very dry ; remove suckers, and cut any 
strong growing shoots, so as to enable the 
plants to form a regular head for the next 
season. Give air freely to any plants still in- 
doors, and guard against the increase of green 
fly, or other insect enemies. They generally 
multiply very rapidly in the still atmosphere 
of a pit or forcing-house. Leave air all night 
if the evenings are hot. 
THE GREENHOUSE. 
Temperature. — From 60 to 65 degrees by 
day, and 50 degrees during the night. 
Ventilation. — Give air freely day and night, 
but avoid heavy rains reaching the plants 
through the openings of the top lights, or too 
strong currents of air by the side lights. 
Watering. — Administer water plentifully, 
both to the root and top of the plants; syringing 
freely all plants in a growing state. Never 
allow a hard-wooded plant (such as a heath, 
epacris, &c.) to droop in the leaf; if this 
occurs it is generally fatal. Syringe lightly 
at night, but copiously in the morning, so that 
