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CALENDAR. FOR JUNE. 
nectarines, and other stone-fruits may be budded, but, unless a 
great number are wanted, this operation may be left until next 
month. Give a final thinning to the fruit of apricots and cherries, 
where necessary, thinning and laying in the young wood at the 
same time; net the latter from birds as they begin to ripen. 
Thin out the weak shoots from currants and gooseberies, espe¬ 
cially from the centre of the bushes, so as to encourage a free 
circulation of air among the branches; also, deprive the plants 
of suckers. Keep the roots of figs cool, in dry hot weather, by 
copious waterings, and also by mulching; the same with recently 
transplanted trees of all sorts. Thin and lay in the young wood 
of peaches and nectarines, being careful not to crowd the shoots 
so as to bunch the leaves up together; every leaf ought to be 
freely exposed to light and air. Nail in young wood of pears, 
where wanted, and break over the foreright shoots, removing 
entirely such as are misplaced ; thin the fruit. Continue to peg 
down strawberry runners, keeping the plants clear of all not so 
reserved ; water copiously in dry weather. Keep vines thin of 
laterals and all superfluous wood. Syringe and water generally, 
according to the state of the weather, and the requirements of 
the different crops ; and maintain constant war against all insects 
and other enemies. 
Forcing Garden. Maintain a temperature similar to that 
advised last month about the cucumbers and melons, but giving 
little or no water to such of the latter as are ripening their fruit; 
thin and regulate the shoots and fruit of later crops, and maintain 
a moist atmosphere about them, but giving air freely at all times. 
Give very little or no water to ripening pines; shift any of the 
growing plants as they require it, keeping them close and shaded 
for some time afterwards, supplying them more freely with water 
when they begin to grow, and giving plenty of air to them ; 
shade always in bright sunshine. Give air freely to the ripening 
peaches and nectarines, but limit the supply of water as they 
approach perfection ; keep the swelling fruit in a moist but airy 
condition, and destroy insects as soon as they appear. The early 
vines, whose fruit is ripe or ripening, should also be kept dry 
and airy; the late ones in a moist but airy house, with a day 
temperature about 80°, allowing it to sink about 20 degrees by 
night, D. M. 
