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GARDEN NOTES FOR JUNE. 
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red Spider and other insects. Keep up a proper bottom-heat to Cucumbers and 
Melons , by renewing the linings. Continue to earth up advancing crops, and 
stop, thin, and regulate the shoots; give air abundantly on fine days, and water 
when necessary. 
Continue to regulate the young shoots of Peaches , Nectarines , and Apricots , 
by nailing them in properly throughout the trees, removing all superfluous 
shoots ; proportion the quantity of foliage to the state of the trees ; strong¬ 
growing trees should not have their shoots thinned out so early or so much as 
the weaker ones, but avoid overcrowding as much as possible. All fruits should 
now be finally thinned. Commence the summer pruning of Apple trees on walls 
and espaliers, also of Pears , Plums , and Cherries , by pinching off or cutting out 
all foreright, ill-placed, or superfluous shoots. It is always best to begin thus 
early, that the shoots may be removed with the finger and thumb, but if through 
any neglect or oversight they are too firm for this operation, they should be 
removed with a knife. Apricots bear both on the young wood and on spurs, but 
generally it is safer, especially in the north, to depend on the spurs, as the young 
wood does not always get properly matured, although when it does, the finest fruit 
is obtained from it. The Morello Cherry bears principally on the shoots of the 
last year, it is therefore necessary to retain a proper supply of young wood, but 
it need not be nailed in like the young wood of Peaches, as it ripens well with¬ 
out. All newly planted trees should be copiously watered in dry weather. Keep 
down insects of all kinds. Put some straw between the rows of Strawberries , and 
if the weather be dry keep them copiously supplied with water. 
After the middle of the month, when all danger from frost is over, most of 
the large specimens of hard-wooded plants will do best out-of-doors in a rather 
sheltered, shaded situation ; but the young growing stock should be retained in 
cold pits and frames, and encouraged to grow. Shift all plants that require it, 
and keep all plants well watered. Give abundance of air, and keep every thing 
and place scrupulously clean. Guard against insects by timely fumigation and 
washing. All plants intended for autumn flowering should now have their final 
shift, and every attention should be paid to the stopping, thinning, regulating, 
and training of the shoots. Shift Cinerarias and Primulas , and encourage them 
to grow by proper attention to their wants. Give Balsams , Cockscombs , Arnaran- 
thus , &c., their final shift; keep the plants near the glass, and avoid crowding 
them; give air freely, and water well when they require it. 
Continue to get out Bedding Plants of all kinds with all the despatch possible, 
so as to bring this work to completion. If the weather be dry and hot after plant¬ 
ing, water must be constantly had recourse to until the plants are well established. 
Every necessary attention should be paid to the plants for a few weeks after 
planting. Look over the beds and borders frequently, and tie up all advancing 
shoots ; if this be neglected until the plants get too forward, no after treatment 
can make them look neat. Thin out annuals and give them plenty of room, as 
