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THE LADIES MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
FLORAL CALENDAR. 
JUNE. 
June is not the season for labouring in a garden, but rather for enjoy¬ 
ing the effects produced by previous labours. There are, however, some 
operations which may be performed in the midst of blooming flowers, and 
some flowers which require care, even in the bud, to ensure their blooming 
well. The buds of pinks and carnations, for example, have a tendency to 
burst on one side, instead of opening properly and regularly, to allow of 
the full expansion of the petals; and various means have been devised to 
prevent this evil. Sometimes the proper divisions of the calyx into 
sepals are slightly opened with the point of a small, sharp knife, or, as I 
have occasionally done, with a pin; and sometimes a piece of cord (see 
fig. 56) is cut, and the points being turned up from the centre, Figt 5 ^ 
where the lines intersect each other, it is pushed over the bud, 
and the points of the cord pressing inwards, keep it in its 
place, even after the flower has expanded. This operation is 
called cording the carnation. As the stems are very apt to 
fall on one side, they may be supported by a piece of wire bent horizon¬ 
tally near the top, and with the extremity curled into a kind of crook 
(see fig. 57). When the plants are in flower they must be pro- Fig. 57. 
tected from the sun, and this is best done by placing the pots in a 
little stand with a ledge round it, and having an upright in the 
centre, supporting a kind of cap. The whole is made of tin and 
may be painted green. 
The autumn-flowering bulbs which want removing should be taken 
up in June, and they may be kept a fortnight or three Fi S* 58 - 
weeks out of the ground, but not longer, or they may be 
replaced immediately after removing their offsets, and giving 
them fresh soil, or stirring the old soils. 
Roses may also be budded in this month; but as July and 
August are better for performing this operation, I shall reserve what I 
have to say on the subject till I give the Floral Calendar for those months. 
