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plant out the earliest batch. Shade with a few branches of ever- 

 greens for a few days after planting, and keep well supplied with 

 water. 



Fruit Garden. — "When disbudding the wall-trees, avoid de- 

 nuding the trees too much at one time ; remove the foreright shoots 

 first, and then begin again, and remove those not required for 

 training in. Proceed cautiously with thinning the fruit until the 

 end of the month. Bush and pyramid trees must have their shoots 

 thinned out, where too crowded, and those remaining pinched back 

 to the third or fourth leaf, Remove the runners from the straw- 

 berry plants directly they push, if not wanted for layering, or the 

 parent plants will soon be choked up with the young brood. "Wash 

 all the trees on the walls, and those trained as pyramids, frequently 

 with the garden engine. 



Conservatory.— Now that the frames are clear of the hosts of 

 bedding plants with which they have been filled through the winter, 

 all small soft-wooded stuff should be removed to them, and hard- 

 wooded plants must have light and air, now that they are growing 

 freely. Azaleas and camellias require a warm, moist atmosphere 

 when making their growth, and to have plenty of air directly it is 

 made. Freely ventilate New Holland plants of every description, 

 and attend carefully to the watering, and be particular that each has 

 sufficient to moisten every particle of the soil in the pot. Shift and 

 stop fuchsias and petunias ; water them with manure-water as they 

 get pot-bound. 



Stove. — Large numbers of orchidaceous plants will now be in 

 flower, and every means, consistent with the health of the plants, 

 must be adopted to preserve the freshness aud beauty of the flowers 

 as long as possible. A cool, dry atmosphere is necessary for this 

 purpose. Shift those iu the hottest house into the cool house, and 

 those from the cool house into the greenhouse, where they can be 

 shaded and kept close; for, on no account, must the plants be 

 exposed to currents of air. Plenty of moisture at the roots, and in 

 the atmosjmere, will be necessary for growing plants. Gesneras 

 and other plants, iutended for winter blooming, must soon have 

 their last shift. Shade during bright sunshine, and place those in 

 flower by themselves, so that the flowers receive no injury from the 

 syringing, which has now become a daily necessity. Ventilate freely, 

 and shut up early in the afternoon. 



Forcing. — Inside vine borders must be liberally supplied with 

 water, where the crops are swelling, and the atmosphere kept moist 

 by throwing water on the paths, and sprinkling the bed and walls. 

 Where the grapes are colouring, give abundant ventilation, and 

 keep the atmosphere dry. The crops should be watched, and the 

 border have a good soaking just before the grapes commence colour- 

 ing, so that no more is required until that process is finished. Shift 

 on young vines in pots, and help those bearing young crops with 

 man ure- water. Peaches, nectarines, cherries, and figs, swelling 

 fruit, to have an increased temperature, with plenty of water at the 

 roots, and a thorough syringing twice a day. Crops of these in a 

 more advanced stage, which are beginning to ripen, must have less 



