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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ June, 
rotten manure ; do nobpi'ess the soil too firmly in the pots. Give a liberal supply 
of water to those in free growth, as well as to those in fruit, with occasional 
waterings with liquid manure. Maintain the requisite moisture by syringing the 
plants at closing time, and keep the temperature as before advised. 
Figs: Reduce the moisture where the fruit is ripening, and as soon as the 
first crop is gathered, go on with syringing and watering as before, closing the 
house early in the afternoon at a temperature of 80°. Thin the second crop, if 
considered too heavy. Waterings of liquid manure at times will be beneficial to 
those in pots, as well as to old trees. 
Melons: Give good soakings of water where the fruit is swelling, and keep 
the shoots thin; stop and earth-up advancing crops. Abundance of air is 
needed in good weather. Avoid shading , if possible ; syringe the plants in the 
afternoon of warm days, and close the frames early. 
Strawberries : If any pots remain on hand, place them in cold frames at once 
to ripen off their crop ; these will probably keep up the supply of fruit till they 
are ripe in the open ground ; give them plenty of water. Prepare for layering 
in small pots the runners for forcing next year, as soon as they can be had. 
Vines: In the early vinery, where the fruit is perfectly ripe, the house should 
be kept as cool as possible to prevent the fruit from shrivelling. Late Vines 
should have a little fire-lieat when they are in flower, if the nights are chilly ; and 
if mildew make its appearance, use dry sulphur on the parts affected, and keep 
the house a little warmer and dry for a few days. Muscats should be assisted 
with a little fire-lieat except in hot weather, so that the temperature does not 
fall below 70° at night; it may rise to 90° in the day-time during sunshine. 
Vines in pots should have every assistance by manure-water and mulching; plunge 
the pots or otherwise, and shade them from the sun. 
Hardy Fruit: June is always a busy month in this department. All trained 
fruit-trees will require going over often, the fruit thinned, and the points of the 
strong shoots pinched out, or the shoots themselves removed altogether, accord¬ 
ing to circumstances. Wall-trained Pears especially should be looked to in time, 
and the young shoots thinned and stopped to admit air and light among the 
fruit and foliage ; this will also greatly facilitate the formation of fruit-buds for 
another season. Peach trees, if the weather is favourable, will now be making 
rapid growth ; the thinning and stopping should, therefore, go on, but not too 
severely; always retain sufficient foliage to give partial shade to the main 
branches, otherwise a hot June sun may scorch them, and do a lasting mischief 
to the trees. Use the garden engine occasionally, and dust with sulphur if any 
mildew makes it appearance on the shoots. Look over Gooseberries and Currant 
bushes, and watch for the attack of caterpillars ; hand-picking will soon rid the 
trees of these pests. Thin the shoots in the centre of Currant trees, and stop the 
remaining shoots, which will check the ravages of fly; manure-water will greatly 
assist the trees and fruit at this period of growth. If the weather sets in hot 
and dry at the time Straivberries are swelling and ripening their fruit, they will 
require water frequently ; tie up the heavy fruit to small sticks, more especially 
those of varieties that do not colour well at the point; they will well repay the 
trouble. Give plenty of air and moisture to Orchard-houses , and keep the trees 
well supplied with water at the root. Give liquid manure to all fruit-trees that 
are weakly or carrying heavy crops of fruit.— J. Powell, Frogmore. 
VEGETABLES. 
During the present month this department should be mostly filled up with 
crops in the zenith of their growth, and the chief anxiety will therefore be to 
