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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ June, 
shows the necessity, if we are to expect fruit next season, of paying every atten¬ 
tion to the young shoots, so that they may complete their growth and get properly 
matured; for if, as remarked last month, they are injured or destroyed, either 
by frosts or insects, the later growths seldom get properly ripened, and hence 
it is vain to expect fruit the following season. Keep the trees thin of wood ; 
train and nail or tie in the young shoots as they require it, and look sharply after 
insects. Attend regularly to the thinning and stopping of the young shoots of 
Pears , Apples , Plums , and Cherries. Thin out the young wood from the centre 
of Gooseberry and Currant bushes; also from Raspberry stools. Give Strawberry 
plantations a good soaking of water, and if not already done, lay some straw 
between the rows, to keep the fruit clean. Lay runners in pots for forcing. 
In-Doors. —Maintain a steady bottom-heat of about 85° to Pines; give all 
plants swelling off fruit liberal supplies of liquid manure, and admit air freely in 
favourable weather; keep the day temperature at from 75° to 85°, with arise of 
10° by sun-heat. Shift at once, if not already done, all plants intended for 
autumn and winter fruiting; and shift succession plants when they require it; 
give them a good bottom-heat, plenty of air and light, and you will get good 
strong stiff plants, which will be almost certain, under favourable circumstances, 
to bear fine fruit. Keep all ripe Grapes cool and dry, otherwise they will soon 
shrivel. Maintain a moist atmosphere in all houses where grapes are swelling, 
and if the weather be cold, keep up moderate fires. Attend to the timely thinning 
of the berries in late houses, and keep all laterals well stopped ; admit air early 
in the mornings, and close up in good time in the afternoons. Give the early 
Peaches abundance of air, and shade to retard the fruit if it ripens faster than it 
is used ; when all the fruit is gathered, attend to the ripening of the wood ; keep 
the inside borders well watered, use the syringe freely, and give abundance of air 
both day and night; keep also a moist atmosphere in houses where fruit is swell¬ 
ing ; look occasionally over the trees, and remove all shoots not wanted next year. 
Water should not be altogether withheld from Fig trees having ripe fruit, as it 
may endanger the second crop; when the first crop is all gathered give the 
borders a good watering, and to plants in pots and tubs give plenty of liquid 
manure; syringe freely to keep down red-spider. See that Cucumbers and 
Melons have a good bottom-heat; keep the shoots thin, water freely, and give 
air abundantly in fine weather; put some pieces of slate or glass under Melons, 
to keep them from contact with the soil. — M. Saul, Stourton. 
NOVELTIES, Etc., AT FLOWER SHOWS. 
HIS record opens with the Meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, on 
May 4th, on which occasion one of the leading novelties, shown by Messrs. 
Veitch and Sons, was a species of Pentstemon (f.c.c.), from the Rocky 
Mountains, supposed to be P. Menziesii , which had been found on the top 
of this range of mountains by Mr. Robinson. It is reported to possess a low, 
spreading growth, lying as it were on the ground, and forming dense tufts about 
