GARDENER'S CALENDAR. JUNE.

Southland Times, Volume VI, Issue 506, 2 July 1866, Page 2

GARDENER'S CALENDAR. JUNE.

" See winter comes to rule the. varied year, Sullen ancl sad with all its rising trains, Vapours and clouds and storms." Yet when we compare our June to December of England, how different. Picotces, pansies, heliotropes, agerotum, mexicana, and fushias, are still in the bloom ; should there bo any tender plants out of coors, shelter them in the event of a frost. The signs of a frosty night are, a calm, clear sky, and stars at night appearing with more than usual brUliancy. Give the borders a top dressing of well decayed manure, or weU pre pared compost. Planting and pruning must now j be carried on as quick as possible ; root pruning ( particularly should now be attended to. Where „ fruit trees are in the habit of making wood and no fruit. Forest, trees, evergreens, fruit trees, orna- ' mental shrubs, whether native or not, should be 1 planted as early as possible ; and in planting see 1 that the rootlets are spread out ; don't be afraide £ of bending the back nor, of using the bandjw-here necessary. In the successful planting of v., five of . any kind much depends on the manner in which * it is planted. Pruning must be weU looked to, ] Clean strawberry bed? not; already done, axid fork. ] in well decomposed mamr?? ■ in slsaniag it, it is j best to hats " .hum-t at.d toko.avo'-y we^d dear, j , away, &r if- fey &*■-• left, *uid dug w u-i'h •sumut'-o : ': they *-i.U ire?,fe kjo!' vm\ he acre ivo \ible?on:e, I ■ Make i;rsv s'MpV-rJ'V W.-i if .r?f>ui;.'F-'V 7- J i 4ucl iTJvv-5 1 . sitimthiJis. (i<y^»\)iyrr find ouysaiit j f eut'oxg? *w.-;>!>t fui* vo'js-.ig "•••><• e, • Tr-cn?h nnd risigt* i «;* evsfy an-v<-"i ,'gfccp •_',' g5-oU-yl^jvb^iieyßiv.t|-<e j T»'t-i\th_r wiii permu J '^~^'" : ' ~ ' " -a-

In the vegetable garden we can only repeat that in our Almanack of last year viz. Early York ' cabbage sown in summer may now be planted out , to produce early spring cabbage, also any of the cabbage tribe. Cauliflower sown at the same date wUI produce flowers much superior to those sown in spring aud planted in summer. Peas : , sow in a dry border for early crop. Beans : 3 plant. Also prepare ground for early potatoes ; . dig in manure throughout the ground, not placing i the manure close to the set, and plant a few in a dry border for very early use. Aspara.us and 3 rhubarb beds should now be formed. Asparagus r in rows eighteen inches wide, and nine inches ; from plant to plant ; rhubarb, if in beds, thirty i inches from row to row and eighteen inches from , plant to plant, the beds of each to be weU ? manured. The potato onion, garlic, and eschalots } to be now planted as early as the weather permits; i; they delight in a rich sandy loam, and top coati ing of wood asher wUI assist them. We plant ' them on the top of the drUls so that when cleaned , the earth is level ; and the bulbs can fully enlarge I the ridiges being 18 inches apart, the plant 6 . i"ches. All bulbs and tuberous rooted flowers f ought +o be in ; but if not, plant as early as . possible, taking care that the border is weU t drained, or they are liable to rot off. AU herbaceous plants take up, divide, and - transplant. Eoses, transplant. In the pruning > of roses greatc are should be taken as some sorts i wUI not bear the knife, whUe others require a i great deal. Auriculas should now be piaced in f the pots for blooming. Carnations, &c, not yet s separated must be done as early as possible to l secur.; strong blooming plants for the spring. ; Pansies secure against too much wet and wind ; : peg them down and keep them close cut in to j ensure a good bloom in the early spring. In small gardens it is weU to train the goose- ; berry tree as an espalier ; it takes up less room, I produces a larger fruit, and is easier gathered and pruned j In planting trees of a large growth where it l requires stakes to prevent their being blown out, place hay bands or some soft substance to' take the abraision, U' not, it mUI materially affect its growth.