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Parsnip should be got in towards the end of the month. Small sowings of 

 Spinach and Turnips should be made. Badishes for succession should be sown 

 twice during the month ; more Lettuces should also be sown. Two sowings of 

 Champion of England Pea should be made during the month, also a sowing of 

 Early Mazagan Bean at the beginning, and one of Green Windsor at the end of 

 the month. Some Celery should be sown in a little heat. Sowings of Brussels 

 Sprouts, Borecole, and Savoys for main crop should now be made ; also a sowing 

 of Walcheren Cauliflower for summer crop. Cauliflower plants and Lettuces in 

 frames should now be planted out ; also the Tripoli Onion sown in August last. 

 All the early Potatos should be planted as early in the month as possible, and 

 towards the end of the month the main crop may be got in. Potatos like light, 

 fresh land of good depth ; and when planted on newly trenched land, the crop is 

 in general large and fine. The distance between the rows must be regulated by 

 the variety, some sorts having much smaller tops than others. 18 to 20 in. 

 will in general be sufficient for the small-topped kinds, whilst 30 to 36 in. 

 will not be too much for the larger growing ones. Jerusalem Artichokes may 

 now be planted, and beds of Herbs made. 



After the long continuance of open weather we have had, all planting and 

 pruning should ere this be finished. This is the best time for grafting. The 

 grafts should have been cut some time since, before the buds began to swell. 

 Pear and Apple trees of worthless sorts may soon be renewed, by cutting off the 

 heads, and grafting with good kinds. The operation is thus performed. The 

 head of the tree is cut off, then a cleft is made from the top with a strong knife 

 or chisel, the thick end of the graft is cut in the shape of a wedge, and inserted 

 in the cleft, and so placed that both barks fit together on the outside ; then a 

 bit of matting is tied round, and some clay put over it. In general one graft is 

 sufficient, as when properly done they rarely fail to grow ; but novices would do 

 well to put in two grafts, for then if one fails, there is still the chance of the other 

 growing. Apricots, Peaches, and Nectarines should be well protected at night 

 whilst in bloom, but the covering should be removed during the day, except 

 during cold cutting winds or hail and snow-storms, when the covering will be 

 better left over them. Strawberry plantations should now be cleaned and dressed. 



Stourton. M. Saul. 



GENETYLLIS TULIPIFERA. 



J HE present is a good time to commence growing the Genetyllis tulipifera 

 (sometimes called Hedaroma). Select a healthy well-ripened young plant in 

 a 48 or 32-sized pot, and shift at once into one a size larger, using fibrous 

 peat broken to pieces (not sifted), with a sufficient quantity of sharp silver 

 sand to cause water to pass freely through when water is applied. Provide 

 ample drainage, over which place some of the roughest peat to keep the drainage 

 open and efficient. When the plant is placed in the pot, let it be so situated that 



