58 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. [March, 



porated with the soil. The conns should be planted from three to four inches 

 deep, and may be put in any time from March till June ; if planted at intervals 

 of three or four weeks, a succession of bloom may be obtained. The soil between 

 Tulips, Hyacinths, and other bulbous plants, should be stirred occasionally, and 

 during severe frosts and hail-storms the plants should be protected by a covering 

 of some kind. Dahlia roots should be put into a little heat, to start them into 

 growth, and to get cuttings of them. 



All plants intended for the decoration of the flower garden in summer should 

 now be freely exposed to the air at every favourable opportunity. Autumn- 

 struck cuttings should at once be potted off. Pelargoniums of all kinds will be 

 benefited by a little heat, if it can be given to them, until they get established ; 

 afterwards, they will do very well in a cold pot or frame, but should be kept 

 pretty close until towards the end of April, so as to encourage them to make 

 growth. Verbenas, Lobelias, and similar bedding plants, when first potted, 

 should, if possible, have a little heat until they begin to root into the fresh soil, 

 when they will do well in any cold pit. Yellow Calceolarias are among the 

 most useful of bedding plants ; they begin to flower early, and continue more or 

 less in flower until destroyed by the frost in the autumn : they are also among the 

 most easily wintered of all tender plants, as they will do well even during a 

 month's or six weeks' frost in a cold pit without any daylight, if only they are 

 well covered up so as to prevent the frost entering. When the cuttings are put 

 in late in the autumn, they root and do well in almost any situation where they 

 are safe from frost. All the cuttings, whether kept over winter in pans, boxes, 

 or cold frames, should now be planted out into nice leafy soil, in cold pits, about 

 six or eight inches apart, so that they may form good stiff plants by bedding- 

 out time ; they should be well watered when planted, and when they require it 

 afterwards. The pits should be kept close for a week or two after they are 

 planted, until they begin to root into the fresh soil, when air should be admitted 

 freely in mild weather. Lawns should occasionally be well rolled, whilst the soil 

 is moist and soft, so as to prepare it for the machine, which, from present 

 appearances, is likely to be wanted earlier than usual this season. 



Much should be done during this month in the Kitchen Garden. All seeds 

 should be sown when the soil is in a nice dry state, never when wet. If the soil 

 be in a fit state at the beginning of the month ; the main crop of Onions should be 

 got in at once ; they may be sown in drills or beds, but where ground is limited 

 it is better to sow in beds, covering the seed lightly with soil from the alleys. A 

 bed of Early Horn Carrot should be sown at the beginning of the month, and one 

 of James's Intermediate towards the end of the month. Most people like to have 

 good Parsley, of which a sowing should now be made. It is best to sow the 

 seed in drills, as then all the worthless plants can be easily weeded out, and only 

 the best should be left ; if seed be saved the following season from the very best 

 plants, a good sample will with a little care be secured. The main crop of 



