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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ June, 
paid to the stopping, tying, and training of the shoots, and liberal supplies 
of water must he given to all growing plants, with an occasional dose 
of liquid manure to such plants as have pretty well filled tlreir pots with 
roots. 
When all danger from frost is over, many of the larger specimens of the 
stronger-growing greenhouse plants will do well in a sheltered and rather 
shaded situation out of doors. The more tender delicate kinds should he 
kept under glass, and as most of the plants will now be making rapid 
growth, they must he properly attended in watering and syringing; all the 
more robust-growing shoots should he stopped, and the plants should he 
occasionally turned round. All the strong-growing plants that require 
shifting should have a liberal one, hut the more-delicate-rooting kinds 
should not be over-potted. Abundance of air should he given. 
Everything in the flower garden will now require much attention. No 
pains should he spared at the beginning of the month to remove mis-shapen 
flower-buds, also caterpillars, from Eoses, and to regulate and tie up any 
shoots that may require it. All tall-growing herbaceous plants in mixed 
borders will require tying up as they advance in growth, so as to keep up a 
neat tidy appearance. The species of Iberis, Aubrietia, and other spring¬ 
flowering plants may now be increased by dividing them. They should he 
planted on a border where they can be attended during the season. 
Tulips and other bulbs in the flower beds, which it may be desirable to 
lift, so as to fill the beds with the summer-flowering plants, may, if not quite 
ripe, he lifted carefully with a little soil to the roots, and laid in a border in 
the kitchen garden, where they may remain until fully ripe. If the 
weather he dry and hot all newly planted beds must he well watered. Her¬ 
baceous plants coming into flower will also he very much benefited by 
:an occasional good soaking of water. 
Weeds will soon become troublesome in the kitchen garden if not kept 
well down; advantage should, therefore, be taken of hot dry weather to run 
the hoe frequently between all young-growing crops. Ground should now 
be prepared for planting Brussels Sprouts, Borecoles, Broccoli, Cauliflowers, 
^and Savoys ; also trenches for Celery. Advantage should always be taken 
of showery weather to put out the plants, for then they soon get established, 
and much watering is saved. Sowings of Peas, Turnips, Spinach, Endive, 
and Lettuce should he made. 
As most kinds of fruit are abundant this season, a timely and a liberal 
but judicious thinning of the fruit is a matter of much importance, and one 
unfortunately too generally neglected. I have so often urged the necessity 
of attending to the proper thinning of fruit, and its importance, in these 
pages, that I do not think it necessary to enter on the subject at present. 
As all kinds of fruit trees will now be making rapid growth, much atten- 
