chap, xii.] CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 385 
June . 
In the flower-garden, this is the month for 
piping and layering pinks and carnations, 
and for making cuttings of the tenderer kinds 
of roses. The hardy roses will be probably 
much infested with the green fly, or aphis, 
which should be destroyed with tobacco- 
water. Great care should, however, be taken 
in using it, or the tobacco-water will dis¬ 
figure the plants more than even the aphis 
itself. Half-a-pound of the best shag tobacco 
should be put into a gallon of hot water, and 
the decoction suffered to stand till it is quite 
cold. The infested shoots should then be 
dipped in the tobacco-water, and suffered to 
remain in it about a minute, and then imme¬ 
diately washed in clean water. Two persons 
should perform this operation, one carrying 
a saucer with the tobacco-water, and the 
other a jug of clean water and a saucer, to 
wash the shoots immediately. 
In the kitchen-garden, there is very little 
to do, except to sow what are called succes¬ 
sion crops of culinary vegetables, and to 
continue the operations of the last month 
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