JUNE. 
June is the month for the purest delight in the gar¬ 
den: it is crowded with hope, promise and reward. 
Whoever has a garden, in the true meaning of the 
word, has a wide field f<jr pure and rational enjoyment. 
It matters not the nature and scope of one's occupa¬ 
tions, how hard their labors may be during the busy 
hours of the day. morning and night will, in the garden, 
furnish joy and rest. No month is so rich in nature's 
bounties. The woods and fields are full of wild flowers, 
the air is vocal with the songs of birds, and the days are 
at their longest, with the temperature the mildest of all 
the season. How wise the provision, that when there is 
the most to enjoy, there is the greatest opportunities 
afforded for the enjoyment. The preparations made 
last autumn have rewarded us with Tulips, Hyacinths, 
Narcissus, together with the flowers from the hardy 
herbaceous plants, just in proportion to our expendi¬ 
tures in bulbs, plants, and in the labor necessary for 
their successful development. Where we have been 
generous in our outlays, the plants have been generous 
in making their returns: where we have been stiDgy, 
mean and lazy, weak, sickly, half-starved looking 
flowers are constantly rebuking us. The few who have 
given the garden all the care and attention it deserves, 
are now the envy of the many that are always going to 
have a garden next year—a year that never comes. 
The successful gardener, only, is the one that will have 
a “ next year,’’ in the joy a garden affords, a pleasure 
that is perennial, because it is always fed from the 
fountain, which is the to-day. in the preparations for 
the future, and not the to-morrow, the promises of 
which never ripen to fruition. 
Excepting the few Gladiolus reserved for late plant¬ 
ing. and a liberal share for this purpose should always 
be saved, the arrangements for the summer may now 
be considered complete, and the chief employment of the 
owner will be in watching for the fulfillment of the 
promise that nature makes to all who assist in the devel¬ 
opment of her works. Pleasure will abound on every 
hand; much will come in looking over a newly mown 
lawn, particularly if the “mower” is in good order, and 
has done its work well, which it always will do if guided 
by an intelligent hand. It matters but little what the 
plantings have been, how rare and costly the plants, if 
the surrounding grass is not kept well cut, and the edges 
trimmed, there will be no beauty in the garden. Much 
of the beauty of the lawn, and thereby the whole gar¬ 
den, depends upon a constant application of the mower, 
which keeps the grass always soft and fine, hence a re¬ 
freshing green appearance. Insects of all denomina¬ 
tions will contest every leaf and branch; not one will 
escape their notice, and not one will survive their 
ravages, unless constant warfare is kept up; when suc¬ 
cessful. the satisfaction is intense, and no one ought to 
acknowledge defeat at the hands of a worm. 
June of all months is the month for Roses, and wo 
may now. enjoy a profusion of the most beautiful flower 
that nature affords, if we but do our part well. Early 
in the month, if not already done, all weak shoots 
should be removed, and all the strong ones carefully 
tied up: as the flower-buds develop, remove all those 
that are bad shaped, or if there are more than the plant 
can successfully carry, thin out. leaving only the more 
vigorous to flower; a few perfect flowers are preferable 
to a much greater number of small or puny ones. Hy¬ 
brid Perpetuals (as soon as the branch has expanded all 
its flowers and begins to fade) should be cut well back, 
leaving but one or two buds which will, by this time, 
have commenced to swell; and should the weather be 
dry. the surface of the soil should be kept stirred and 
the ground saturated with manure water, in order to 
stimulate new growth, which should be completed in 
time for a full crop of Roses in autumn. Monthly or 
Tea Roses of the present season's planting will not do 
much this month, other than to establish a home. If the 
plants set out are young, as they should be to give 
satisfaction, they will, during this month, commence a 
vigorous growth, and for the remainder of the season 
become objects of great beauty and interest. This class 
of Roses, like the Hybrid Perpetuals, has its enemy; the 
latter has many: this has but one that will cause much 
trouble, and that one is the Rose bug, which is a formid¬ 
able one, one for which there is no preventive, as it 
cannot be reached in the egg, larva, or chrysalis state, 
if. indeed, it does exist in other than the perfect form. 
The only known remedy for this pest is the one that has 
been applied for the last fifty years, viz., hand picking. 
This is a slow and somewhat tedious operation: but for 
the fact that their numbers are limited, and that per¬ 
sistent effort will clear them out, the operation would, 
indeed, be discouraging. 
The work of planting for the season is completed, and 
there is nothing that yet remains to be done but work; 
work constantly presents itself to the lover of flowers, 
in the garden, as reading does to the reader in the 
library, it is never done, because it is ever a pleasure to 
do it; it brings with it enjoyments of the purest and 
most elevating character; the greater the amount of 
work, the greater the amount of pleasure. In thislabor 
of love, you do not come in contact with selfishness, or 
other of the lower feelings of our natures, it is the ideal 
alone that ministers to your feelings, and for which you 
work. The love of flowers never wearies, nor grows old, 
on the contrary, it strengthens with our years, so that 
all who have watched over a gardena few years, are sure 
to continue the pleasant work to the end of their lives. 
GERANIUMS. 
The Ivy-Leaved. 
Is this section we have very interesting and effective baskets for suspension, or for mixing with othei plants 
plants for growing either separately in small or large in large or small vases or urns. 
