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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ June, 
VILLA GARDENING FOR JUNE. 
t UNE is the most glorious montli of the 
year. It is full of the most splendid 
gifts of the rich summer-time :— 
“ And now tlie mother of the rose, 
Bright June, leads on the glowing hours, 
And from her hand luxuriant throws 
Her lovely groups of summer flowers.” 
This is how poets have sung of June ; and the 
sweetest song that poet ever imagined would 
fail to do justice to that glad tone of the sum¬ 
mer rising to the swell of the grand chorus of 
earth’s joy. 
Greenhouse. — A succession of blooming 
plants, so as to secure a continuous display, is 
now indispensable, and as soon as any decay, 
they should be removed, and others be brought 
forward to take their place. There is no neces¬ 
sity for crowding the shelves of the Green¬ 
house, and it is far better to have a few 
well-grown plants nicely displayed, than many 
of an inferior character crowded together. 
Cleanliness must be strictly adhered to, for 
what can look worse than dirty plants ? and 
so fumigation and syringing will be found very 
necessary; the latter is of great service in 
keeping down green-fly, and giving a good 
appearance to the foliage. In syringing, if a 
little care be used, the foliage can be nicely 
cleansed and invigorated, without drenching the 
flowers. Plants that have their pots well filled 
with roots will be greatly benefited by the 
application of a little weak manure-water. 
As Cinerarias go out of flower, they should 
be stood out in a shady spot in the open 
air, on an asli-bottom, at least any that it 
may be desirable to propagate by cuttings. 
Calceolarias will now be very gay, but 
the delicate flowers must be shaded from 
the sun, or they soon get damaged. Pelar¬ 
goniums are now very brilliant; one of the 
most desirable a villa gardener can grow is 
Triomphe de St. Mande, one of the decorative 
Show class that produces immense trusses of 
bloom. Heroine, Rob Roy, Empress, Duke of 
Cambridge, and Crimson King are also good. 
Nice bushy plants of Deutzia gracilis in 48- 
pots are most useful, greatly helping the supply 
of cut-flowers; and Harrisoii’s Neiv Mush is 
especially good for the greenhouse. Fuchsias 
are getting very gay, and Zonal Pelargoniums 
in variety back them up well. There are many 
other things, too numerous to mention, that 
are now most useful in the greenhouse. 
Many things that have gone out of flower 
can be removed to the open air, for it is now 
mild enough for them to bear exposure. A 
sheltered and shady spot is necessary, where 
wind and sun cannot harm them. If the 
plants be stood on an ash-bottom, worms 
cannot work through to the roots. Any that 
require shifting should be so treated. If a 
continuation of wet weather should follow, it is 
an easy matter to lay the plants on their sides, 
to keep them from harm through saturation. 
Flower Garden. —Bedding-out, whether to 
fill up certain beds after an arranged plan, or 
simply in the way of occupying spaces in 
ordinary flower-borders, must now be proceeded 
with and finished. An observant gardener 
puts out the hardier plants first, and finishes 
off with the tender ones. During the end of 
May, bedding-out was pushed forward with 
ardour, for were not the days warm, though 
dull, and the nights correspondingly favourable. 
In showery times plants quickly make root, and 
fasten themselves to the soil. If blustering 
winds continue, it will be necessary to stake 
some of the largest plants, to keep them from 
being loosened or snapped off near the ground. 
Carnations , Picotees , and Pinks are very 
rapidly throwing up their flower-stems, and 
staking is absolutely necessary ; the stems are 
brittle, and they are very apt to be snapped off 
at a joint. Pentstemons, Pyrethrums, Phloxes, 
and Brompton Stocks are particularly exposed 
to damages from gusts of wind; and so are 
Sweet Williams, but the branches of the latter 
can be secured by passing a piece of bast round 
them. As Anemones and Ranunculus go out of 
flower, cut away the flowering stems, but leave 
every leaf of foliage on them ; its presence is in¬ 
dispensable to the ripening process. Pceonies , 
the Double White Rocket , Aquilegias in variety ; 
Canterbury Bells , Antirrhinums , <£■<?., are now 
objects of great beauty in the hardy border, and 
they well repay care and attention. What a 
season this is for bedding Violas; they are 
growing away and flowering with great profusion, 
and are charming objects in beds and borders. 
Plenty of Weeds are putting in appearance, 
and must be kept down ; rake, hoe, and do all 
that is necessary, so as to impart a tidy appear¬ 
ance to the beds. Grass-plots must be fre¬ 
quently mown and edged, while the weather 
keeps moist; gravel walks must be kept clean 
and neat, and box edgings nicely clipped. 
Kitchen Garden. —Here there are Peas to 
stake, and Beans in flower may have their tops 
pinched off, to cause the pods to swell. 
Mustard , Cress, Lettuce , and Radishes should 
still be sown for succession, and full crops of 
Cabbage , Cauliflower for late cutting. Kales 
must be planted out. The hoe should be 
constantly in use, and kept in motion among 
the crops, to open up fresh raw portions of the 
soil to the pulverising action of the atmo¬ 
sphere, and to admit the air and moisture freely 
into the mass. This is most beneficial to the 
luxuriant growth of all vegetables, and as a 
fine old gardener once remarked, “ is opposed 
to the growth of weeds, and acts with terribly 
destructive force against the health, comfort, 
