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Alpine plants are easily conveyed from tlieir native habitats by the glass-bottle sys¬ 
tem ; a strong, wide-moutlied bottle will hold a large number of such plants, if put 
up in the way described. By this method they will reach home in a much better 
condition for growing than they do when rolled in brown paper, as frequently 
happens.— James McNab, in Proceedings of Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 
KITCHEN GARDENING FOR JUNE. 
S LUGS are very destructive to seedlings in showery weather; look out for 
them early in the mornings, and late in the evenings, and dust with quick- 
f lime. The young crops will now require attention in thinning, filling up 
vacancies, weeding, hoeing, and watering in dry weather. If not already 
done, Onions , Carrots, Turnips , Beet, &c., should be thinned to their proper 
distances apart; run the hoe between the rows afterwards, to loosen the surface- 
soil. Plant out towards the end of the month a good breadth of Celery in well- 
manured trenches, and water well in dry weather ; few crops are more benefited 
than this by a constant supply of moisture ; prick out the late sowing for late crops. 
Spinach may be sown, or Lettuces planted, between the Celery trenches. Get 
out large breadths of Broccoli of sorts, Brussels Sprouts , Savoys, Borecole , &c., 
on well-manured, deeply-dug ground, and water well until the plants are well 
established. Plant out Marjoram and Basil on warm, sheltered borders. Plant 
out large breadths of Cauliflowers at the beginning, and again towards the end 
of the month ; these will come in for use in the autumn. Plant out Lettuces 
twice during the month, and plant some more Leelcs. Sow Endive at the 
beginning, and again at the end of the month, for a main crop. Sow Spinach 
twice during the month, and Lettuces of sorts : also Radishes in cool situations. 
Sow Peas , Broad Beans , French Beans, and Scarlet Runners twice during the 
month for late crops. Sow a few Early Horn Carrots for drawing in the 
autumn, and Onions for drawing young, where they are much used. Sow 
Small Salad every ten days. Continue to earth-up and rod Peas when fit. Hoe 
and earth-up late Potatos, leaving the ridges rather wide at the top. Attend to 
the thinning, stopping, and nailing-in of Tomato shoots as they require it. Plant 
out Cucumbers and Vegetable Marrows on ridges. Cease cutting Asparagus after 
the middle of the month. Never let weeds get ahead ; keep the hoe constantly 
at work, and maintain the greatest cleanliness and order.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
THE GUM CISTUS. 
HE Gum Cistus, Cistus ladaniferus , is a plant upon which a vast amount 
of admiration has justly been expended. There is something, at once so 
chaste and so exceedingly beautiful, in a finely bloomed specimen of it—the 
flow r ers, born of May showers, seeming too delicate and lovely to remain 
but an hour or two in their full-blown state—that it is greatly to be wondered 
it is not everybody’s plant; especially as it is at once easy to grow, and cheap, and 
not only hardy, but evergreen, and of moderate dimensions withal. Some of 
