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sun gains power. As the fruit of the figs hegins to swell, increase 

 the moisture and heat. Peaches and nectarines will now be making 

 considerable progress. The night temperature should now range 

 about 60° or 65°, with arise of ten degrees during the day. Disbud, 

 tie in the shoots, and thin the fruit, as may be necessary. The last 

 operation must be performed with a sparing hand, as the stoning 

 process is a critical time for these fruits to go through. Syringe 

 twice a day, and keep the borders properly watered. 



Pits and Pkahes. — Auriculas will now require more water; 

 shade from strong sunshine. Turn out the whole of the bedding 

 plants into cradles, where they can be protected with mats, if the 

 frames are required for other purposes ; if not, draw off the lights, 

 except during frosts. Herbs, tomatoes, vegetable marrows, etc., 

 must receive full exposure to the external air, to enable them to go 

 out sturdy and strong. Prepare the frames for growing summer 

 cucumbers, melons, and chilies. Plants requiring to be grown on 

 briskly should be shut up early, and have a skiff with the syringe 

 before the lights are shut down for the night. 



HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 



[HE occurrences most worthy of note during the last two 

 months have been the Royal Horticultural Society's 

 Exhibition of Lycastes and Chinese Primulas on the 

 3rd of February ; of Camellias, Lilies of the Valley, and 

 Plowering Shrubs, on March 1 ; and the exhibition of 

 Hyacinths and other spring-flowering plants, on March 15 ; and 

 the Royal Botanic Society's Hyacinth Show, March 22nd and 23rd. 

 I will not weary my readers with full details of the several exhibitions, 

 but content myself with mentioning the most important features, 

 and a brief notice of the most valuable of the new flowers and plants 

 brought forward. 



At the first of the Kensington meetings, the first prize for 

 Chinese Primulas was most deservedly awarded to Mr. Goddard, 

 gardener to H. Little, Esq., Cambridge Park, Twickenham, for the 

 whole of the plants in the collection were marvels of cultural skill. 

 They were not, perhaps, remarkable for size, but they were so neat 

 and healthy, and had such magnificent trusses of bloom, that one 

 could hardly hope for anything better. Mr. Goddard also exhibited 

 a superb group at Regent's Park, on the 22nd and 23rd of last 

 month, and again occupied the foremost position on the prize-list. 

 It is worthy of remark that the plants were not only well grown 

 and superbly flowered, but the flowers were of the finest quality. 

 Considering that plants with pale-coloured, or flimsy, ill-shaped 

 blooms require just as much attention and house-room as those 

 having the finest flowers, it appears remarkable that they are so 

 frequently met with. Mr. Goddard, of course, saves his own seed, 

 and there is no valid reason why other private growers should not 



