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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



when the fruit ou the walls is ripening, it 

 may be replaced to protect it from wasps, 

 which do much havoc with choice fruit 

 when they have free access to it. It would 

 also be useful as a retarding material for 

 fruit bushes; indeed, it is capable of so 



many uses in and about a garden, that it 

 may be fairly set down as one of the 

 necessities to the successful prosecution of 

 the art. Mr. Haythorn makes a variety of 

 patterns and sizes ; we have in use three 

 kinds, namely: — No. 1, No. 5, and No. 20 ; 



the latter is a new kind, called the Chiswick 

 net, the texture of which is very close, as 

 indicated in the engraving. The nets are 

 made in various widths, from 3 feet to 17 

 feet, and of any length, so that it may be 



ordered so as to fit a whole range of trees. 

 The prices range from 3|d. to 2s. per square 

 yard. The lightest and cheapest patterns 

 are sufficient to repel any ordinary spring 



frosts. 



APRIL WORK IN THE GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE. 



The month of April is one which 

 generally tests severely the cultural 

 capabilities of the gardener, as well as 

 his ways and means. The weather may 

 be summer one day, and winter the 

 next ; and inexperienced hands may 

 easily be led astray by the temptations 

 of warm showers and sunshine, to re- 

 gret, afterwards, the havoc caused by 

 sudden frosts, storms, and even snow 

 and hail. Since the 12th of March, 

 the weather has been unusually mild, 

 and the severe check given to vegeta- 

 tion by the frosts early in the month, 

 were most salutary, as tending to check 

 the readiness most plants have to make 

 a start at this season, on the advent of 

 even a few days fine weather. By the 



time this reaches the reader's hands, 

 we may be glad of protecting material 

 to keep out frosts, or parching winds 

 may be committing havoc with things 

 that have been unduly exposed by the 

 temptations of the first dawnings of 

 spring, which, in this climate, are al- 

 ways more or less deceptive. In the 

 general work of the garden, many of 

 the directions — especially as to sow- 

 ing — given last month, apply to this, 

 and more particularly to those who live 

 in exposed districts. We write for a 

 London climate, and our directions are 

 based on the general practice of gar- 

 dening in and about Middlesex, Surrey, 

 and Hertfordshire. Those who live far 

 south, in the almost Italian climate of 



