Nebraska advertiser., 1858-06-24
[FrOm the Valley Farmer.l
Gardening operations for June.
FLOWER GARDEN AND sHRuBBERY.


To keep the beds and borders clean by
hoeing and wedding, will be the principal
routine of work for this month"; Stir the
soil frequently among the growing shrubs
and flowers. Remove all decayed leaves.
branches or dead plants as fast as they
appear, Stake and tie up neatly, and in
as natural manner as possible, all plants
that require it. Do not bundle them up
together and tie, as though you was tying
a sheaf of grain. Dahlias, especially,
should have stake put to them early, and
a string passed round them to keep them
from being swayed about by the wind
Train it to single stem and pinch off
the week lateral shoots.
Successful sowings of some of the most
desirable kinds of ANNALS may be made,
to take the places of the first sowings,
which will soon be running away to seed,
or growing spindly and weak. There are
some ANIMALS, as the Mignonette, for in
stance, which should be had blooming all
the season through. Its fragrance is SO
delightful. Then the bees are SO fond Of
it.
Roses-As soon as these are out Of
bloom, take your flower scissors and &C
through and cut off all the seed vessels
There is a two-fold object in this. First
the decaying petals are unsightly, and are
best removed. I'd. BY cutting them of
it keeps the plant from exhausting itself
in perfeclirg its seed, and will cause the
hybrid perpetuals ia start again into new
growth and they will bloom again the
sooner and the better for it. When they
have started to grow again, an occasiona
watering. with manure water, will hell
them greatly, by adding vigor to thei
growth, and enhance the beauty Of tht
flowers individually.
Window plants, such as SCARLET ant
7 rose geraniums, heliotropes, &c., tina
have been kept in pots all winter in th,
house, had better be turned out of pot
: and planted in the open border during
! summer, having been previously well Gu
; back, if wanted for blooming again in tn
5 house next winter, they may have mos
, of the soil shaken from the roots, and re
, potted again into new soil in the sam
sized pots, and the pots plunged into tn
! ground up TO their rims, and most Of tn
blooms kept picked off through the sum
mer.
! The soil most suitable for all that clas
of I5ls.trt5 should vOIIsist vf thvIVuglIly TUI
? ted, turfy loan, or garden mould, lea
mould from the woods equal parts, wit
, sand enough is render porous, and j
] some cases little well rotted manure.
Y These plants that are kept year afte
# year for blooming indoors, should alway
o be pruned back annually and turned OF
!, or repotted. and a period Of rest give
: them, to enable them to recruit their e1
0 hausted energies, and to keep them dwal
e and bushy.
i VEGETABLE GARDEN.
i Hoeing, wedding and thinning II
growing crops will be in order. Thin OF
IT the root crops early, and give them roo
: enough to grow out well. twill depeI
st on the richness of yonr soil as to how yC
b may thin. If the soil is rich and the Gu
d tivation good, carrots viii grow larg
$, even if allowed to stand moderately thiC
+ and so will onions; they viii ride Al
r shoulder each other out In good strou
y ground. Ifyour ground IS poor, you mu
give more room and makeup for it,
J. more frequent hpeings. Beets can easi
II be grown toe, large, those not larger ths
"a a tea cup are abort the proper size f
E, the table. Shape and color are mut
or more important than size in this as we
as some other veoetabIes. The turn