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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
June 20. 
of air to those in flower; shift those starting again after being pruned ; 
and propagate by seeds and by cuttings in a pit under hand-glasses. 
Examine 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 suc¬ 
cessions, such has Fuchsias, Geraniums, Balsams, Cockscombs, &c., and 
free-growing, quick-blooming plants, as Achimenes patens and cocaine a. 
Tropieolums, and other twiners and climbers, must be trained and 
fastened daily. One of the prettiest ornaments for a window is the 
Tropoeolum pentaphyllum ; when done flowering, keep bulbs in dry 
earth until they vegetate. Water mu3t 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 a3 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. 
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. 
It. Errington. 
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 slips of as cuttings; 
transplant seedlings. Calceolarias, treat similarly. Crysantiie- 
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 
ground with lime water ; mulch freely, if not already done; and water 
abundantly in fine weather ; put stakes to, if not done before. Cuttings 
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 seeds from; layer; protect from 
adverse weather; put in cuttings; seedlings transplant where they are 
to flower. Pelargoniums, specimens of, cut down ; give no W'ater till 
they give over bleeding; put in 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 
flower 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. 
FORCING HOUSE. 
! Borders, attend to. Bottom-heats, 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. Liouid-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 8.5° ; 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. 
Watering, attend to constantly. R. Errington. 
PLANT STOVE. 
Air, give most abundantly by day, and partially by night. Amaryllis 
Bulbs that have done flowering, place in a cool house, to cause a state 
of rest. Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) aulica, pot, and plunge in heat. 
Achimenes picta, put into wide, shallow pans, and start into growth. 
Apiielandra Aurantiaca, pot and grow on, to flower in winter. 
Baskets, any plant in, water freely, by dipping them in a cistern of 
well-aired water. Baskets with drooping plants dip frequently. Be¬ 
gonias, to flower in winter, repot and grow on freely. Euphorbia 
Jacsuinifoi.ia, Ep.anthemum strictum, and Erantiiemum pul- 
chellum, require liberal treatment now, to cause them to bloom well in 
winter. Bulbs, done blooming, remove into a cool house, to induce 
rest. Climbers, tie in, and keep clean from insects. Cuttings of 
various kinds of fast-rooting stove plants may be pul in now successfully. 
Cuttings that are rooted, pot off, and shade for a few days. Gloxinias 
and Gesneras done blooming, set out in the air in an open situation, to 
induce them to rest; lay the pots on one side to keep off heavy rain. 
Gesnbra zebrina, repot to bloom in winter. Ixoras, give the last 
potting for the season to such as are intended for specimens ; tie down, 
to allow the young shoots to spring up in the centre; stop these, to 
cause bushiness. Moisture, supply to the internal air liberally. 
Poinsettia ruLCHERRiMA, pot and place in heat, to start into growth 
freely. Plants (young), remove as many as possible into cold frames 
early in the month ; this gives them a stout, hardy habit, and helps to 
keep down insects, especially the red spider. Potting may yet be done 
for all free-growing young plants. Rest, give to all bulbous plants, and 
early flowering shrubby and herbaceous plants. Syringe, morning and 
evening, to keep down red spider, and to wash the dust off the leaves. 
Water, apply in abundance to the freely-growing species, but withhold 
it from such as have made their annual growth. T. Appleby, 
ORCHID HOUSE. 
Air may yet be given freely, and moisture in liberal supplies, by 
wetting the walls, walks, and pipes two or three times a day. Blocks, 
syringe daily, except such as may have ripened their pseudo-bulbs; re¬ 
move such into a cooler and drier house. Dendrobes, continue to grow 
on for another month ; w'ater 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 
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-diess 
such as require it. Water freely all growing plants, but as soon as the 
new pseudo-bulbs are fully formed, withhold water, and place the plants 
in a cool house. T. Appleby. 
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, see that these are well thinned out; use the hoe 
freely. Broad Beans, save seeds from the best kinds; a small plant¬ 
ing may be made of the Early Maxagan kind in an open south border, 
and well watered at the time of planting, should the weather be dry. 
Borage, 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 pre¬ 
viously to sowing. Capsicums, earth-stir among frequently. Car- 
i oons, 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 are forward in 
growth with plenty of water; 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. Cucumbbrs, attend to daily, as to 
thinning, topping, training out, top-dressing and watering. The hand¬ 
glass-crops, fork up the earth round about their roots, allowing them 
sufficient room to run out freely. Endive, of both sorts, make a good 
sowing towards the middle of this month, and plant out previously sown 
plants. Garlic and Shallots, lake up and dry off for winter use. 
Herbs of any kind, cut and dry 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, 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 ten or eleven 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 hoe 
freely. Peas, at this late season, sow early kinds in warm situations ; 
well water at the time of sowing in dry w eather; save seed from 
the best favourite kinds. In all kinds of Planting-out, take ad¬ 
vantage 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, 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 succes¬ 
sion, and attend to thinning-out; use the hoe freely among them. Par¬ 
ticularly attend to planting out this month; water, and use the hoe. 
Vegetable Marrows, train out and thin out. - T. Weaver. 
London : Printed by Hugh Barclay, Winchester High-street, in 
the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar; and Published for the Proprietors 
at The Cottage Gardener Office, No. 20, Paternoster Row, in 
the Parish of Christ Church, City of London.—June 26 , 1855. 
