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in open situations ; also some Lettuces and Radishes for succession. Two sowings 

 of Peas and one of Broad Beans should be made during the month. The Peas 

 sown last month should be rodded as soon as they are fit. A few Leeks should 

 be sown. Sweet Basil and Marjoram should be sown under hand-glasses on 

 warm borders. Towards the end of the month dwarf French Beans should be 

 sown on warm borders, and at the same time the first sowing of Scarlet Runners 

 should be made. A few early Dutch Turnips should be sown. Cauliflowers, 

 Cabbages, and Lettuces should be planted out for succession. Celery sown last 

 month should be pricked out, and a little more should be sown for late crop. As 

 soon as Onions, Turnips, Carrots and all other crops sown in drills are up, the 

 soil between the rows should be stirred carefully with the Dutch hoe. The 

 planting of Potatos should be finished as soon as possible. 



Fruit trees must be kept protected, but more especially Apricots, Peaches, 

 and Nectarines, which have been very full of blossom this season. The weather, 

 on the whole, has been very unfavourable, but where proper attention has been 

 paid to protection, there will be good crops ; where it has been neglected, I fear 

 the crops will not be so good. Disbudding should be commenced as soon as the 

 trees are forward enough ; it is best to go over the trees often, and remove a few 

 buds at a time. Bullfinches sometimes do a deal of damage in an incredibly 

 short space of time, if not detected. During the winter we escaped, but lately 

 several pairs have visited us, and our standard Plum trees soon notified their un- 

 welcome presence. I know of only one effectual means of getting rid of these 

 depredators, and that is to shoot them the moment they enter a garden or 

 orchard. The amateur should now get some fermenting materials together to 

 make a cucumber bed towards the end of the month ; — I don't recommend him 

 to begin sooner, — as the weather by that time becomes more settled and warm, and 

 very little attention is then necessary to ensure satisfactory results. As soon as 

 there is a nice heat up in the bed, some fresh turfy loam should be put in the middle 

 of each light, and when this has got warmed, two plants of Sion House or Lord 

 Kenyon's favourite should be planted in each hillock. All the attention that is then 

 necessary is to give them plenty of air during the day, to water the plants when 

 they require it, and to cover the frames at night with mats. M. Saul. 



Stourton. 



MRS. WARD APPLE. 



MOST highly meritorious seedling, raised by Mr. Nathaniel Lawrence, 

 nurseryman, of Chatteris, in Cambridgeshire, from the old Scarlet 

 Nonpareil. It has the outward appearance and form of the Court of 

 Wick, with the beautifully flushed cheek of its parent, the old and 

 favourite Scarlet Nonpareil, and may be thus described : — Fruit below medium 

 size, roundish-ovate, compressed at the ends, very even and regular in outline, 

 skin of a warm yellow or orange on the shaded side ; deeply flushed with scarlet 



