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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ J UNE, 
It is a lovely little plant for the rock-garden, and is of easy culture, flowering in 
great profusion, and continuing for many months in flower. The Messrs. Veitch, 
to whom we are indebted for the illustration, describe it as perfectly hardy, and 
recommend it both as a dwarf border plant and for rockwork.—T. M. 
FLOWER-GARDEN MANAGEMENT.—JUNE. 
® HE planting out of the summer bedding and other plants should now be 
pushed on with energy, and be completed as soon as possible, in order that 
f the flower garden may have a neat and orderly appearance. Every 
necessary attention must be paid to the plants for a few weeks after 
planting. Keep the surface of the beds well stirred up among them, and in dry 
weather water well everything that needs it. Baskets and vases should now be 
filled with suitable plants. Attend to the regulating and tying up of climbing 
plants. Stake and tie up Dahlias and Hollyhocks , and attend to the tying up of 
all plants requiring support. Thin out Hardy Annuals, which are generally 
allowed to grow too crowded ; sow some more for late blooming. As soon as 
the leaves decay, Ranunculuses , Anemones , Hyacinths , Tulips, &c., should be 
taken up, dried, and put carefully away. Continue to propagate Perennials of 
all sorts. Sow Brompton and Intermediate Stocks on north borders. Roses will 
now require attention ; commence budding as soon as the stocks and buds are fit; 
look frequently over the plants, remove all weak and bad shoots, and keep them 
clear of insects. They are very liable to the attacks of green-fly and cater¬ 
pillars ; fumigating or syringing with tobacco-water will clear them of green-fly, 
but caterpillars must be carefully hand-picked and destroyed. Attend regularly 
to the rolling of walks, and the rolling and mowing of lawns, and endeavour to 
maintain as complete an appearance of polish as your means will allow. 
In-Doors. —Plant houses are often so crowded, that the season when many 
things can be removed out-doors with safety, is generally welcomed. After the 
middle of the month all the large specimens of the more vigorous and hardy 
kinds of Hard-wooded Greenhouse plants may be removed out-doors to a sheltered 
situation, where they will be shaded from the mid-day sun. The plants should 
be well attended to as to watering, and all that require it should be shifted. The 
more tender, delicate plants should remain in the houses, and should be set thin 
on the stages, and have abundance of air at night as well as during the day. The 
young stock should be kept in pits and frames, and encouraged to grow ; give 
plenty of air during the day, and shade in bright sunshine ; water in the after¬ 
noons, and give the plants a sprinkling overhead occasionally. Shift into large 
pots all plants that require it; many of those shifted early in the season will now 
want another shift. Guard against insects by timely fumigation, and attend 
regularly to the stopping, training, and tying-out of the young shoots. Pay 
regular attention to the wants of Soft-wooded plants intended for autumn decora¬ 
tion. Most of them should now be shifted into the pots they are intended to 
flower in. Pot off and shift seedling Cinerarias , Primulas , &c., as they require 
it.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
