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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
June 24. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Auriculas and Polyanthuses, supply with water in dry weather; 
repot such as were not done in spring. Carnations and Picotees, 
shade from sun, and shelter from wind and rain ; layer them as soon as 
| the shoots are long enough. Cinerarias, put in siips of as cuttings ; 
transplant seedlings. Calceolarias, treat similarity. Carysanthe- 
mums, advance a stage by repotting. Dahlias, attend to tying; see 
the ties are not too tight ; thin branches where too numerous; place 
| traps to catch earwigs ; look out for slugs, and if any are found water the 
i ground with lime water; mulch freely, if not already done; and water 
J abundantly in fine weather ; put stakes to, if not done before. Cuttings 
i put in of new and rare sorts ; shelter the flowers when they open (See 
next month’s Calendar). Fuchsias now in flower, supply liberally with 
water ; repot such as require it. Hollyhocks now advancing to flower, 
keep well tied to the stakes ; mulch and water freely. Hyacinths, take 
up, dry, and store. Pansies, save seed from; layer; protect from 
adverse weather; put in cuttings; seedlings transplant where they are 
to flower. Pelargoniums, specimens of, cut down ; give no water till 
they give over bleeding; putin cuttings; pot off those that have struck. 
Pinks, cut off decaying blooms; layer, and pipe—it is not yet too late. 
Ranunculuses, take up, dry, and store, e. Roses, cut off all decaying 
flowers and flower-stems ; destroy insects on, or the autumn bloom will 
be spoilt. Tulips, take up, dry, and store, e. or b. Water all florists’ 
flowers in pots freely in dry weather. T. Appleby. 
ORCHID HOUSE. 
Air may yet be given freely, and moisture in liberal supplies, by wet" 
ting the walls, walks, and pipes two or three times a day. Blocks, 
syringe daily, except such as may have ripened their pseudo-bulbs; 
remove such into a cooler and drier house. Dendrobes, continue to 
grow on for another month ; water them abundantly. Insects breed 
fast during this month : apply the usual destroying remedy quickly and 
effectually. The white scale propagates the fastest of any of its class: 
wash the plants infested with it with a strong soap water worked into a 
I lather, and laid on warm, but not hot. Syringe all the plants daily 
during the month, excepting it should prove cold and cloudy ; let every 
part be kept neat and clean in every plant house. Top-dressing; during 
this month go over all the plants, sponge the leaves, and top-dress such as 
require it. Water freely all growing plants, but as soon as the new 
pseudo-bulbs arc fully formed, withhold water, and place the plants in a 
cool house. - T. Appleby. 
FRUIT GARDEN. 
Apple Espaliers, train, thin, and stop. Apricots, pick off cater¬ 
pillars, stop and train. Cherries, cleanse from fly and protect from birds, 
Cucumbers, thin and stop frequently, and reserve specimens for seed. 
; Currants (red and white), prune back all side spray and top. Cur¬ 
rants (black), water freely. Figs, thin out the wood, and stop. Goose¬ 
berries, exterminate the caterpillar; thin out where bushes are over¬ 
loaded. Insects of all kinds exterminate. Melons, train, stop, thin, 
set fruit, and water freely when swelling the fruit; also syringe on fine 
afternoons. Nectarines, as peaches. Nuts, remove superfluous spray 
from the interior of the bushes, also suckers. Pears, remove waste 
shoots, stop, &c., according to advice previously given ; thin fruit if too 
thick. Peaches, make a final thinning of both fruit and wood; stop 
gross shoots wherever found. Plums, beware of the fly ; stop, and thin. 
Raspberries, thin suckers, and stop when more than five feet high. 
Strawberries, keep down runners, and water late kinds. Vines, 
remove extra laterals from those ripe, and continue stopping late grapes; 
water border, if dry and sound beneath, in dry weather. 
- R. Errington. 
FORCING HOUSE. 
Borders, attend to. Bottom-iieats. minimum 80°, maximum 90°. 
Cherries, secure from sudden changes, may sink gradually to rest; use 
a little liquid manure. Cucumbers, water and stop regularly ; beware 
of insects. Floors, moisten twice a day. Fires, try to forget at present. 
Figs, be sure the root is moistened; stop every shoot when four or five 
inches. Grapes ripening give abundance of air of a dry character ; suc¬ 
cession crops give air and moisture ; thin, tie, train, stop, &c. Insects, 
continue to destroy. Liquid-manure, apply where needed. Melons, 
sustain the foliage for a second crop ; proceed as before with very late 
ones. Moisture, Root, see well to; in air, should be well kept up, 
except with ripe fruit. Nectarines, as Peaches; neglect will prove 
painful in the end. Peaches, stop, train, and thin foliage, to colour 
fruit’; late crops, apply liquid-manure. Pines, fruiters, use liquid- 
manure, clear; sustain a bottom-heat of 85°; shut up hot and moist. 
Pines, successions, frequently sprinkle ; shift boldly when requisite, and 
air liberally, to keep them sturdy. Vines, young, train carefully, stop 
frequently, and apply liquid-manure, if moisture be needed. Venti¬ 
lation, forget not by day, and all night if possible ; be not niggardly. 
1 Watering, attend to constantly. R. Errington. 
GREENHOUSE. 
Air, admit freely night and daj r , unless when stormy; make an ex¬ 
ception, however, in those cases where growth is still desirable. There 
shut up early, and use the syringe morning and evening. Bud and 
Graft oranges, camellias, azaleas, climbers, See. Cinerarias, cut 
down, plant out-of-doors, or keep in pot, according as you wish to grow 
from suckers, or merely by thinning-out, or dividing the old plants when 
growth has commenced. Cuttings, make and plant, placing them in 
cool pits at a distance from the glass, or in a mild bottom-heat, accord¬ 
ing to their requirements. Dress and keep everything neat. Calceo¬ 
larias, give manured water; fumigate when necessary ; cut down early 
blooming ; thin the pods of those left for seed, as one pod will give hun¬ 
dreds of plants. Fine kinds done flowering, cut down and plant in light 
soil, on a north border; sow seeds of these and Cinerarias to have them 
early; for moderate early blooming in spring, it will be time enough a 
month hence. Geraniums, cut down the forwardest; tie and train 
successions; prepare for early supply of cuttings; they will do better 
now stuck in an open border, than two months hence in pits or frames. 
Heaths, cut down and prune when done flowering; give plenty of air to 
those in flower; shift those starting again after being pruned ; and pro- 
I pagate by seeds and by cuttings in a pit under hand-glasses. Examine 
i all Peat Plants as respects water, for if dried up several times, death 
is next to certain ; your only chance is to set the pot or tub in water 
until all is saturated, and then allow it to drain. All Hard-wooded 
Plants must receive similar attention; the more sun they can stand 
now, the rougher and colder the treatment they will stand in winter. 
Seedlings of all kinds prick off as soon as up, or they will be apt to fox 
off at the surface of the soil. Shade when necessary, especially things 
not well rooted; it is better in bright weather than more air or delugings 
of waterings. Shifting must be attended to with all successions, such 
as fuchsias, geraniums, balsams, cockscombs, &c., and free-growing, 
quick-blooming plants, as Achhnenes patens and coccinea. TropceolumSy 
and other twiners and climbers, must be trained and fastened daily. One 
of the prettiest ornaments for a window is the Tropceolum pentuphyllinn; 
when done flowering, keep bulbs in dry earth until they vegetate. Water 
must now be given with great judgment, especially to newly shifted 
plants that have been transferred from a small to a large pot. In general 
circumstances, there is now as much danger from want of water as in 
winter there was the danger of giving too much, and giving it when not 
required. All bulbs that have finished flowering and growing are an 
exception; as soon as the leaves get yellow, they should be encouraged 
to get into a state of rest as soon as possible by withholding water. 
Those that have their leaves yet green should be assisted with water until 
| the bulbs are mature. - R. Fish. 
FLOWER-GARDEN. 
Annuals (Tender), bring out from frames; dress; give fresh earth; 
stake and tie. Annuals, sow for autumn ; transplant generally. Auri¬ 
culas in pots, dress and water judiciously; seedlings transplant; old 
plants repot, e. BOX edgings clip, b. Bud roses, jasmines, Sec. Bulb- j 
ous Roots, take up (see June); seeds, sow. Carnations, attend to 
[ (see June); shade and shelter during hot weather; water freely, and give 
liquid-manure. Chrysanthemum suckers separate and plant; layer. 
Cuttings of most herbaceous plants will root now, and of all the scarlet 
geraniums, if planted on a south border; b. Dahlias require support 
and pruning. Edgings, clip. Evergreens, prune; seedlings, prick 
out. Flower-beds, stir surface often ; train; stop and often regulate 
the plants, to get an uniform growth and bloom. Grass, mow and roll 
often. Gravel, weed and roll. Heartsease, plan'- slips, e. ; water 
freely. Hedges, clip. Hoe and rake at every opportunity. Layering 
carnations, &c., may be performed, b ; water freely ; transplant rooted 
layers. Leaves, decayed, remove as soon as seen. Liquid-manure, 
give occasionally to flowering shrubs. Mignonette, and a few other 
quick-flowering annuals, may be sown, b., for autumn. Piping of pinks, 
See., may be still practised, b. Pelargoniums, cuttings, plant, b. Po¬ 
lyanthuses, seedlings, transplant; roots of old, part. Roses, bud, 
layer, and make cuttings of, b. Seeds, gather as they ripen. Stake 
and tie up plants wherever necessary. Transplant, b., from the re¬ 
serve garden in damp or dull weather. Water freely, not only the 
roots, but over the foliage. - D. Beaton. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
Alexanders, earth up in dry weather. Artichokes, attend to. 
Asparagus, discontinue cutting; keep clean from weeds. If salting 
has been attended to, none will appear ; but earth-stir with some pointed 
instrument. Beets, sec that these are well thinned out; use the hoc 
freely. Rroad Beans, save seed from the best kinds ; a small planting ! 
may be made of the Early Mazagan kind in an open south border, and | 
well watered at the time of planting, should the weather be dry. Borage, j 
sow, and thin out a foot apart. Borecoles, plant out and prick out; in ‘ 
all cases well water at the time of planting. Brocolis, treat the same. 
Cabbages, plant out; sow seed about the 20th of the month, in an open 
situation; should the weather be dry, well water previously to sowing, j 
Capsicums, earth-stir among frequently. Cardoons, attend to ! 
earthing-up, &c. Carraway, collect seed, &c. Carrots, see that all are 
well thinned out, and use the hoe freely among them. Cauliflowers, 
plant out; supply those that arc forward in growth with plenty of water ; j 
invert a few leaves over the heads of those turning in. Celery, plant 
out in earnest, and attend to earthing-up forward crops, and look after 
seed as it ripens. Chamomile, keep clear from weeds, and collect 
flowers. Cucumbers, attend to daily as to thinning, topping, training out, j 
top-dressing, and watering. The hand-glass crops, fork up the earth ! 
round about their roots, allowing them sufficient room to run out freely, j 
Endive, of both sorts, make a good sowing toward the middle of this 
month, and,plant out previously sown plants. Garlic and Shallots, | 
| take up and dry off for winter use. Herbs of any kind, cut and dry 
J when in bloom. Kidney Beans (dwarfs), at this late season, should be 
; sown in open, warm borders. Knotted or Sweet Marjoram, attend 
to earth stirring. Leeks, plant out, b. Lettuces, sow or plant out, 
i tie up in succession, and seed look after. Melons, attend to earthing- 
up late planted-out crops ; do such work in the afternoon ; shut up close ; 
setting the fruit is best done about 10 or 11 o’clock in the forenoon ; give 
plenty of air to those ripening off their fruit; be sparing of the water 
among the ripening fruit. Onions, well thin out, weed, and earth-stir; 
press down stiff-necked onions as they advance in growth. Parsnips, 
use the hoe freely. Peas, at this late season, sow early kinds in warm 
situations; well water at the time of sowing in dry weather; save seed 
from the best favourite kinds. In all kinds of Planting-out, take 
advantage of dull weather, and water well at the time of planting. Make 
good use of the Hoe in dry weather, in cutting down weeds and earth- 
stirring. We never like to see the rake used much in the kitchen-garden. 
Radishes, sow where required. Salsafy and Scorzonera, thin out, i 
and hoe among, b. Savoys, plant out. Seeds of all kinds look after, 
and collect as they ripen. Spinach, sow in succession and thin out. 
Sweet Basil, earth stir among. Turnips, sow in succession, and 
attend to thinning-out; and use the hoe freely among them. Particularly 
attend to planting out this month; water, and use the hoe. Vegetable , 
Marrows, train out and thin out. T. Weaver. ' 
London : Printed by Harry Wooldridge, Winchester High-street, 
in the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published by William 
Somerville Orr, at the Office, No. 2, Amen Corner, in the Parish of 
Christ Church, City of London.—June 24th, 1852. 
