386 CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS, [chap. xii. 
where necessary. June is, indeed, rather a 
month of enjoyment in a garden, than one 
of labour. The fruit-trees, however, may 
be pruned or disbudded of their summer 
shoots; and towards the end of the month, 
budding commences. 
The bulbs of hyacinths and tulips are 
generally taken up in this month, and put in 
to a proper place to dry; as are the tubers of 
ranunculuses and anemones. The stalks of 
those herbaceous plants that have done flow¬ 
ering should be cut down, that they may send 
up fresh shoots, and produce a second set of 
flowers. The dead roses, &c., should be cut 
away as soon as they fade, as nothing more 
completely destroys the beauty of a flower- 
garden than a number of dead flowers mingled 
with the newly-expanded ones. Cuttings of 
verbenas, and other greenhouse, or window 
plants may be made this month; and those 
that were made early in spring, may be 
planted in the beds to supply the place of 
the bulbs, and other plants that have quite 
done flowering. Roses, pinks, and carna- 
