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A Monthly Journal of Floriculture and Horticulture, for Professional, Practical, and Amateur Gardeners 
Wor ‘ Registered at the G.P.0,, Adelaide, for 
VOL IIJ.—No, 36 ( Retcacsian Borest as a newspaper. ) 
P UR-DaY, JUNB 1, 1905. (ggQ4BSC8IPYON,..) Price 3d 
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' he Flower Garden 
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OPERATIONS FOR JUNE. 
(By W. S. Campsetu. 
The garden should still be quite gay with 
numbers of different kinds of flowers, al- 
though the time approaches midwinter ; 
and the flowers which are now to be seen 
are more bright and beautiful, and are 
sweeter scented than the same kinds are 
during the warmer season of the year. 
Many varicties of roses, of bouvardias, and 
of many annuals and perennials are bear- 
ing abundantly. The camelias, too, are de- 
veloping their flowers, which before long 
will be very conspicuous. Truly this is a 
wonderful country for flowers, which may 
be had for, one may say, the asking, by 
any one who will but take a little trouble. 
Many chrysanthemums are still flowering, 
but as the flowers fade away the flowering 
stems had better be removed by cutting 
down to the base. As the petals are some- 
what persistent, the old flowers, when they 
are faded, are anything but ornamental. 
In the coastal districts evergreens may 
still be planted, but in colder places this 
work should be postponed until early 
spring. ~ - > 
Plant out spring-flowering bulbs, if any 
good sound ones are still on hand, or can be 
precured. Plant out also a good number of 
seedling hardy annuals of as many varieties 
az pessible, and these will make a fine show 
carly in the spring, if they be looked after, 
and are not smothered by weeds, which is - 
often the case, unfortunately. 
Every eottage gardener seems to befond 
cf stocks, pinks, and wallflowers. All sorts 
of these (except the ten-weeks kinds of 
stocks, which should bo kept back until 
carly spring) may be planted. In the limit- 
ed space set apart for these gardening direc-. 
tions it is impossible to do justice to the 
flowers, or to give more than a few of the 
barest hints, which may, however, be of 
some use to’ those interested. 
The planting of all perennials, whether 
trees, shrubs, or herbaceous plants, should 
be brought to a close by the end of the 
month, although a month earlier would be 
much better. Very little root growth is 
made during the month of July and far 
in toAugust by plants that are put out after 
the middle of June, although those plant- 
ed, say, in May, will continue forming roots 
the whole winter through. Bi this it will 
be seen that the difficulty a tree, shrub, or 
other perennial plant meets with in mak- 
ing a vigorous start is in the temperature 
of the soil. Planted in May, whilst the 
soil is still warm, the roots, with) the aid 
of a little water, start off into a rapid 
growth! which continues more or less until 
it is checked by the advent of summer, by 
which time the plant is well established. 
On the other hand, plants put out after 
the middle of June with shortened or muti- 
lated root, from which‘ all the newly formed 
rootlets have been rubbed and plunged 
into a soaked soil extremely low in tem- 
perature receive a check from which it— 
takes weeks for them to recover, and even 
then heavy summer waterings must be re-. 
sorted to, whichi adds very considerably to 
the expense of the garden. In planting 
trees the holes should be some 4 ft. across 
and 2 ft. deep. Before placing the plant 
in the hole half the soil should be returned 
and formed into a pyramid in its centre. 
In all cases of tree-planting the roots 
should be first straightened and laid out 
evenly, but pointed downwards, the plant 
being held upon ‘the top of the pyramid, 
which should be made quite firm, with its 
top 3 in. lower than the surrounding sur- 
face. A layer of soil should then be 
‘thrown, over the roots and trodden firmly, 
the-hole nearly filled up, and water given. 
Trees which have been ini pots too long 
often: have roots matted and twisted round 
