A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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JUN 331 KEL
shade ami water. Flowering Plants serted. Dress the plants as they are
generally require training and support.
— Gra,ss, mow, roll and trim edges.
Gravel, weed, sweep, and roll. Guernsey
Lilies, take up; separate otTsets,
and replant. Do this every second year.
— Hedges, clip, e. Leaves and stems
brought out of the house. Earth, give
fresh, and liquid manure, as necessary.
— Flowering shrubs, shade. — Gera-
7iiums, plant cuttings. Head down and
prune irregular growing shrubs.^
Heaths, plant slips; water frequently.
decaying, remove as they appear.
Liquid Manure, apply occasionally to
Inarching of jasmines, oranges, &c.,
may be performed. Leaves (decayed),
ail choice flowers. Mignionette, plant remove, and wash the foliage generally,
out; sow, b. Pink seedlings, prick out; —Layers of shrubs generally make.
make layers. Pipings (or Cuttings) of Mowings of grass spread over surface of
Carnations and Pinks may be planted. earth in large pots or tubs—an excel-
Potted Flowers, dress, stir earth and lent mode of arresting evaporation.—
water regularly. — Ranunculuses, take Myrtles, propagate by cuttings, e.
up as leaves wither, dry and store.
Roses, bud, lay, and inarch; fumigate
with tobacco to destroy the Aphis, or
Green Fly. Salvia Patens, pinch down
centre stem to make it flower bushy.
Seedlings of Perennials and Biennials,
transplant. Seeds (ripe), gather in dry
weather Seed Vessels, remove, to prolong
flowering.— Water, give freely and
frequently to all newly moved plants,
and to others in dry weather; early
morning best time.
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Oranges and Lemons in bloom, give
liquid manure : thin blossom when in
clusters. Rain, if excessive, move tenderest
plants back into the house; and
tilt the pots of others. Seedlings, transplant.
Shift into larger pots, as necessary,
b. Succule?it plants propagate by
cuttings ; remove to outside, e.— Water
frequently, butmoderately ; some plants
HOT-HOUSE.
Air, admit freely during every mild
day; but exclude as evening approaches.
—Bark Beds, occaeionaliy will require
stirring; water and ventilate freely.
Grapes, thin; ripening keep dry.
Heat, keep up as required. Pines are
now ripening; plant crowns as they
occur; give liquid manure; syringe;
shade in very hot days. Propagation,
continue as requisite, by seed, suckers,
slips, layers, cuttings, oflsets, &c. (See
May.) Steam, admit almost daily.
Strawberries done forcing, allow to dry;
remove into larger pots with new earth,
and keep for second forcing. Syringe
Pines, and other plants, frequently.
Tobacco fumigations, give occasionally.
— Vines, push forward by warmth, liquid
manure, &c. ; mulch round roots
outside the house; stop laterals.
Watering attend to duly; it is required
generally oftener and more liberally
than in preceding months; apply it in
the morning early.
GREEN-HOUSE.
Air, give with all possible freedom ;
bring all but the tenderest out of the
house.
Camellias, done flowering, re-
move into higher temperature. — Cuttings
of various plants may now be in-
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require it every morning or evening.
JUNIPERUS. .Tuniper. Nineteen
species besides varieties. Hardy evergreen
trees and shrubs. Seed and cuttings.
Sandy loam. See Coniferce.
JUPITER'S BEARD, Anthyllis barba-jovis.
JUSTICIA. Sixty-four species.
Stove and green-house plants; some
shrubs, others biennials and annuals,
and a third group trailers. The biennials
and annuals require to be sown in
a hot-house or hotbed; the others are
increased by cuttings, and all delight
in light loam and peat.
KAGENECKIA cratagoides. Halfhardy
evergreen tree. Cuttings. Sandy
loam and peat.
KALANCHOE. Seven species.
Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.
Loam and peat.
KALP>. See Borecole.
KAL^^X. Five species and more
varieties. Hardy evergreen shrubs.
Seed and layers. Sandy loam and peat.
KALOSANTHES. Eight species.
Green-house evergreen succulents. Cuttings
dried for forty-eight hours ; sandy
loam and peat.
KANGURU VINE. Cissus antarc-
KAULFUSSIA amelloides.
Hardy
annual. Seed. Sandy loam.
KELP is the ash remaining after seaweed
is burnt, and has been used with
great advantage as a manure to pota-