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June’s Reminder 
\\T ATCH the Currant-worms on Cur¬ 
rants and Gooseberries, Rose-bee¬ 
tles on Roses, Grapes, Plum and Cherry 
trees. 
Look out for cut-worms in your gar¬ 
den beds. Use Arsenate or Paris green 
on pigweed, peppergrass and mullein as 
"baits,” distributed between the rows of 
plants at nightfall. Fresh "baits” are the 
most efficacious. 
Perilla, Dwarf Nasturtiums and Por- 
tulaca may be sown late in the month in 
half-shaded places to take the place of 
failing annuals. 
Transplant Tomatoes, Celery and Pep¬ 
pers. 
Privet hedges may be trimmed this 
month. 
Plant Dahlias and Gladioli. 
Begin to tie up tomato vines. This is 
a matter that ought not to be neglected. 
Sow for late crops beets, carrots, po¬ 
tatoes, and for succession radishes, sweet 
corn, beans and turnips. 
Spray for garden pests — insects and 
blights (see spraying table on page ioo 
of House and Garden for March, 1910). 
June is the critical gardening time — 
you must weed and cultivate carefully and 
persistently for successful results. 
Tender annuals planted after June 
first, will develop with wonderful rapidity. 
Set out Cabbage and Cauliflowerplants 
in rich soil. Well drained clay soil is best 
for cabbage. 
When Small Fruits and Trees 
Bear 
OW long should it take the Blackberry, 
Currant, Gooseberry, Raspberry, Quince, 
Plum and Strawberry plants I set out last 
season to bear? 
Blackberries, Currants, Gooseberries, 
Raspberries and Strawberries should 
yield fruit one year from setting, and 
bear good crops in from two to three. It 
will take the Quince two years, and the 
Plum three years from setting to bear. 
Wax Plants 
If you have a pond or stream on your coun¬ 
try place, planting it with water-lilies and 
other aquatic plants will be worth while. 
A WAX plant has just been given to me 
^ and I should be glad to know some¬ 
thing about its growth and habits, and about 
the proper soil for potting. 
This plant {Hoya carnosa) is a sum¬ 
mer-blooming plant not difficult to culti¬ 
vate. Let your new plant rest through 
the winter, in a temperature of about 50° 
if possible. In the spring give it plenty 
of sun and air. For potting-soil use loam, 
leaf - mold and lime - rubble or sand. 
The Wax Plant will attain considerable 
height under proper care, producing at¬ 
tractive sweet-scented clusters of star¬ 
shaped flowers of waxen textures. When 
the flowers have bloomed do not cut off 
the spurs as these bloom again. 
The Balsam 
QNE of the loveliest of old-fashioned 
garden flowers is the Balsam (Im- 
patiens Balsamina), often called Lady's 
Slipper, an annual that has suffered 
strange neglect, when one takes into ac¬ 
count the beauty of its flowers and foli¬ 
age. It thrives best in moist ground and 
will reach a height of eighteen inches or 
more. As it flowers from July to frost 
it should find favor in every garden. 
Balsams are excellent border plants, and 
may also be grown successfully in pots 
and in window-boxes. 
Hen-and-Chickens 
'TTIE plant commonly called Hen-and- 
Chickens (Sempervivum giobifcr- 
ian), also is called Houseleek, is a hardy 
perennial, stemless, and rosette in appear¬ 
ance, with succulent leaves, cultivated for 
carpet-bedding, rockeries, and adapted to 
covering sandy waste spots. As carpet- 
bedders they are more thrifty than the 
more tender Cotyledon (known to the 
The Balsam is one of the most satisfactory 
annuals for color, border and mass effects 
and for small gardens. 
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