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plant earthed up Avitb sandy stuff to pro- 

 mote suckers. 



Cucumbers will require plenty of air 

 and a brisk bottom-heat. Re-line the beds 

 where necessary. Train and thin the 

 shoots. After lining, give plenty of water 

 round the insldes of the frames. Sow or 

 strike cuttings for succession. Ridge cu- 

 cumbers to be planted out under liand 

 lights on trenches two and a-half feet 

 Avide, and one foot deep, filled with dung 

 twice turned to a foot above the level. The 

 dung should not be soiled over for a few 

 days after making the bed. 



Cuttings of all the beddei's should be 

 taken as far as they can be spared, either 

 by bushy plants, or to stop leaders of those 

 that ought to be bushy. Always allow 

 the plants cut from to break before dis- 

 turbing them at the root, as one check is 

 sufficient at a time. Hardy spring flower- 

 ing plants may be propagated from cut- 

 lings as soon as they have flowered, and a 

 stock of Alyssum, Arabis, double Wales, 

 etc., got up very quickly and with less 

 trouble than by sowing seeds. 



Dahlias should never go out till June, 

 unless to be protected every night with in- 

 verted flower-pots, each pot to be covered 

 with a mat. Dalilias should be potted in 



rich stuff, to insure strong plants, before 

 planting out, and be gradually hardened. 

 Cuttings put in now Avill root in a few 

 days, so that sorts of which tlie stock is 

 small may soon ha secured. 



Edgings newly formed to be watered in 

 diy weatlier. Saxifi'aga Icelandica makes 

 a beautiful bright green edging for a close 

 line. 



Fuchsias for exhibition to have frequent 

 and regular attention, the growth to be 

 symmetrical, plants never to lack moisture ; 

 not much sun. Bedding fuchsias are best 

 from cuttings of the season, the old stools 

 to be thrown away. Make the beds deep 

 and rich with plenty of old dung and good 

 leaf-mould. 



Geraniums struck now will make fine 

 plants to bloom from July to November. 

 Cuttings of geraniums should now be in- 

 serted singly in thumb pots, so as to be 

 ready for shifting to 60's without injury to 

 the roots as soon as large enough. 



Potatoes. — Hoe between tbe rows as 

 soon as the plants appear, and hoe ft-e- 

 quently irrespective of weeds and moulding 

 up. If planted deep enough in the first in- 

 stance, we consider further moulding an 

 injury to them. 



TO COREESPONDENTS. 



CATAi-OGt'ES Received. — " Carter's Gardener's 

 and Farmers' Vade-Mecum for 1861." This 

 came to hand so late last month, that we could 

 only acknowledge it on the wrapper. It is a 

 lar{;e octavo of 108 closely-primed pages, and 

 worth much more than the shilling charged for 

 it, as a guide-book for the florist, gardener, aUot- 

 ment-holder, and farmer. The farming calendar 

 is as good as anything of the kind in our cur- 

 rent literature, and in a space of a few pujj^es 

 conveys as much useful information as would 

 suffice to fill an expensive volume. The list of 

 flower seeds has the usual accompanying notes 

 on culture, and the whole thing reflects on the 

 trade thus represented by its own literature. — 

 " New Koses of 1861, offered by Vaul and Sou, 

 Old Cheshunt Nurseries." A list of thirty-five 

 new roses offered at m. each, and comprising a 

 few names we have not observed in other lisis, 

 but on which we shall otter no remarks until 

 ■we have tried them, or seen the plants in 

 flower. — "Supplement to Catalogue No. 67 of 

 the Horticultural Establishment of A. Vers- 

 ehafielt, Ghent." A very pretty list of novel- 

 ties, among which are some I'are palms, ferns, 

 cycads, and conservatory flowering shrubs. — 

 "Addenda to Sutton's Farmers' Manual and 

 Seed List," comprismg the prices of seeds for 

 present sowing for r;)tation and iallow crops. 



Indian Seeds. — T. J3. P — The seeds of lilies 

 sent you from India ought to have vegetated in 

 heat. We can only advise you to wait in hojje. 

 Seeds that have made a long voyage are gene- 

 rally a longer time vegetating than those of 

 home growth, and it is rather a rare occurrence 

 for seeds sent privately to come to any good, 

 the donors not generally having sutUcient know- 

 ledge to know what to send or how to send. If 

 our seeds do grow, the plants will require 



greenhouse treatment. Propagate Clematis 

 from firm side-shoots under glasses in June, 

 and grow the pUmts in pots till next spring. 

 Jasminum graudiflorum requires good culture, 

 and a rather warm place ; the soil turfy peat 

 and loam. You cannot have a better if you 

 have it true. The Fraxinella seeds should be 

 sown as soon as ripe; cover an inch deep, and 

 place a tally to mark the place. The plants 

 will appear next spring, and not before. The 

 seeds ought never to be kept, but sown as soon 

 as gathered. Seeds of Mezereon are generally 

 two years in vegetating, and should be treated 

 the same as we have descritjed for holly, in 

 order to rot away the integuratnts. 



Spergulas. — W. P. — The dark-green tuft you 

 send is not Spergula pUifera, but what it is we 

 cannot say without seeing it in bloom. The 

 true pilifera is rather light green, and grows 

 closer to the ground than the tuft. sent. We 

 never advised dressing Spergula with salt to 

 keep away worms; we may have advised the 

 use of liine-water, and we aavise that now, 

 with frequent rolling. We hear from several 

 quarters of the failure of the seeds of Lawtou 

 Blackberry, and we incline to the belief that 

 the seed is not good. Wny not get a few 

 plants, or one even, and propagate by layers 

 or cuttings. The seed should be sown in June. 



Geraniums and Hydrangeas. — J. li., Tippc- 

 rary. — Your rich soil and moist air ought to 

 suit hydrangeas, so we fear your system mnst 

 be wrong. That geraniums grow rank in it U 

 quite likely, and that may be corrected bv 

 pluuijing inste.id of turning out ; but mind tha', 

 under every pot pluni»ed there is a large piece 

 of hollow crock or tile, topreveut worms gettin-: 

 up into the pots, and to keep the drainage safe. 

 But it would be better if you won! d'.nake your 



