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THE GAKDEN GUIDE. 



Bar.— 29-94. 

 Theb.— 44, 33, 38J. 



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Rain. — 1*5 in. 



Wind— S.W., W.,and N.W. 



Gbeenhousb Flowers. — Acacia ar- 

 mata and grandis ; Azalea ama'na; Cine- 

 rarias, Genctyllis tulipifera. and Hookerii; 

 Erica gracilis vernal is, Epacris deUcata; 

 E. hyacinth' flora, auALady Panmure ; Cor- 

 rea cardinalis ; Cyt.isxus Everestiana ; 

 Tropceolum Jarratti; Chorozema varium 

 nanum ; Camellias ; Tree violets. 



Garden Fiowers. — White Wall Cress, 

 Arabis albida ; Candytuft, Iberis semper- 

 Jlorens ; Coleki; n Barreiiwo t, Epimedium 

 pinnatum elegans ; Forsythia viridissima ; 

 Erica herbacea carnea ; Daphne meze- 

 renin; Laurestinus ; Polygala chamwbuxui ; 

 Cyclamen coum : Jlelleborus Olpmpicus. 



Weather. — An uncertain month ; frosts and storms frequent. Range of tem- 

 perature large. When barometer falls slowly, look for rain, suovv, and fop, especially 

 if wind N.W. With a high barometer, and wind easterly, sharp frost likely. 



Floweb Gaeden. — Very little can be done here beyond preparing the beds and 

 borders for their summer occupants, if it has not been already done, and the beds 

 are not filled with bulbs and spring flowers. The ground should be trenched or dug 

 up deeply, and have a liberal dressing of manure. Shallow digging and want of 

 food are the principal causes of such subjects as verbenas and calceolarias failing in 

 dry, hot summers. Any alterations that may be on hand should be completed 

 without delay, for the ordinary routine of garden work will be quite sufficient to 

 occupy the hands and head for the next two months. New turf should be laid 

 down as speedily as possible, to enable it to get rooted before the dry, hot weather 

 is upon us. This is also a good time for turning and making gravel walks, and for 

 renovating and making new box edgings, as it gives the onetime to get consolidated, 

 and the other rooted, before summer. Draw a little soil over the points of any of 

 the bulbs that may be making their appearance above ground, or, better still, cover 

 the beds with a few inches of cocoa-nut refuse. Complete the planting of deciduous 

 trees and shrubs, towards the end of the month, if the weather should be mild and 

 open, unless the situation is low and wet — in that case, it must be deferred until the 

 soil gets into favourable condition. 



Gkee.nhouse. — Some little attention must be paid to the management of this 

 structure just now. In frosty weather use just sufficient fire to keep the frost out, as 

 the employment of a large amount of fire-heat at that time is injurious to nearly all 

 the greenhouse plants. It is wrong to suppose that it makes little difference how 

 high the temperature is, so long as the frost is kept out. After two or three damp 

 days, light a fire to warm the pipes, to enable the ventilators to be open, without 

 the temperature being materially lowered, and at the same time set the air in motion, 

 and drive out the stagnant atmosphere, which soon accumulates, without ventilation. 

 A few fuchsias should be started in a genial warmth, to furnish cuttings for growing 

 on for midsummer and autumn flowering. Autumn-struck plants of show and 

 fancy pelargoniums should be potted in five or six-inch pots, without further delay, 

 and they will then make fine plants for conservatory decoration. Camellias should 

 be carefully watered, for, if allowed to get too wet or too dry, they will soon shed 

 their buds. Sudden changes of temperature are equally as injurious, therefore any 



Bulbous Flowers. — Hyacinths ; Tu- 

 lips ; Polyanthus Narciss ; Lily of the 

 T alley; Crown Imperiaiis ; Lachenalia 

 tricolor; Jonquils; Dog's Tooth Violet; 

 Erythroniicm dens canis, wlute. rose, and 

 red ; Amaryllis Ackermanii, Marginata, 

 conxpicuu, pardinum, Cleopatra; Bulbo- 

 codium vernum. 



Stove Flowers. — Anthurium Scher- 

 zerianum, Begonia fuchsioides, and Saun- 

 dersiana ; Dalechnmpia Roezliana rosea; 

 Eucharis amazonica; Francisci-a calycina 

 major; Monochtztum sericeum mullijlorum ; 

 Cypripedinm rillosum;' Lycaste Skmneri;* 

 Cwlogi/ne cristata ;* Dendrobium nobile ;* 

 Onciaiumflexuosum." 



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" They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, 

 bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his 

 sheaves with him." — Ps. exxvi. 5, 6. 



