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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



-weather will allow of tlieir being planted 

 out, and then they suffer no check. Sow 

 now for the main crop. 



Onions. — Main crop to be sown about 

 the middle of the mouth. Choose a rich 

 and sweet piece of ground that has been 

 heavily manured and ridged up. Reading 

 and James's Keeping are the best for main 

 crops. Silver Skin and White Globe, sown 

 thick on very poor soil, are the best for 

 pickling. 



Potatoes may he planted for main crops. 

 The seed should be hard, dark green ; the 

 sprouts short, and purple ; the soil in a 

 dry state and quite pulverulent; the sets 

 trenched in — the dibble is a destroyer. 

 Cover only three or four inches, so that 

 the hoeing between and earthing up will 

 add to their depth, and cover them in the 

 end with about seven inches of soil. In 

 spite of the dissase, potatoes are grown 

 more extensively than ever both as a farm 

 and garden crop. 



Rhubarb will be greatly benefited by 

 heavy waterings with liquid manure during 

 dry weather. Like all other docks, it likes 

 moisture and good living. If new planta- 

 tions are wanted for next season, now is 

 the time to make them. Choose deep, 

 rich soil, trench and manure, and plant 

 stout pieces of good varieties, with one 

 plump eve to each; rub off any small side 

 eyes, and in dividing, do as little damaire 

 to the roots as possible. If not gathered 

 from at all this season, these plants will 

 be very strong next spring; but if gathered 

 from too soon, they will never be strong. 



Saladinqs of all kinds to be sown in 

 small breadths. Lettuces may be planted 

 out in quantities, and succession crops 

 sown. 



Spinach to be sown in successive 

 breadths between rows of peas. This crop 

 is apt to come in a glut, and this should 

 be guarded against by sowing only a suffi- 

 cient breadth at one time for a fair supply. 

 Where there is plenty of room New Zea- 

 land Spinach may be sown in heat for 

 planting out; a dozen plants will be enough 

 for any family. The spinach beets are de- 

 licate and useful vegetables to sow a fort- 

 night from this time. 



Sweet Heibs to be sown and planted. 

 The m -jo ity of these do best on raised 

 banks of sandy earth, in the full sun. 



Winter Greens. — S'>w first crop of 

 Brussels Sprouts, Scotch Kale, and Savoy. 

 Drumhead Savoy sown in February will 

 now want pricking out, to get strong for 

 planting as vacancies occur in the open 

 quarters 



Fkuit Gaudkn. — Wall Fruits -are now 

 ■pushing into bloom, and protecting material 



shou 1 d be put up at once, if not done 

 already. We use Haythorn's hexagon 

 netting, and find the large meshes as 

 effectual as the small, and the price is 

 considerably lower. Beware of coddling 

 the trees by means of shelter. Sunshine 

 and air are beneficial; it is frost that does 

 the mischief. If any pruning or nailing 

 has been neglected see to it at once. 



Graft ling may be commenced now; and 

 as we are likely to have cold drying winds, 

 be careful to clay and moss the insertion? 

 securely. 



Flower Garden. — Balsams for bedding 

 out to be sown this week. These need not 

 have such high culture as those now com- 

 ing on for early bloom in pots, as short, 

 sturdy, slow-growing plants are required. 

 Ba sains must always have a rich light 

 soil, suffer no check, and be well supplied 

 with water. 



Box edgings made now will do far 

 better than in autumn. If the weather is 

 dry after planting, keep newly-planted box 

 well watered, as, if a few plants die, the 

 unsightly gaps are not easily mended in 

 the height of summer. 



Herbaceous Plants. — Continue to divide 

 and plant the bordes. The early blooming 

 kinds are now coining into flower, and may 

 be propagated from cuttings as soon as the 

 bloom is over. 



Liliums. — If these are growing freely 

 in good turfy peat, a top-dressing of half- 

 rotten cow-dung wdl now be beneficial. 

 Give plenty of water, and take care the 

 pots are not exposed to hot sun. 



Pansies to be pegged out in the style 

 of verbenas, so as to display their bloom* 

 over a large surface, and root if they please 

 at every joint. For those who use pansies 

 in beds and front lines, Magpie and Trent- 

 ham Blue are two very valuable kinds; 

 but they are not show flowers. Sow now 

 to bloom during the summer. 



Roses — This is the best time to plant 

 dwarf roses from pots. Plants from last 

 year's cuttings may now be had in 54- 

 sizei pots full of roots, and the Chinas and 

 Hybrid Perpetuals will he sure to bloom 

 freely in the autumn, if planted in a well- 

 manured loamy soil. 



Rockerg. — This is a good time to buy 

 in alpine and succulent plants for raised 

 banks and rockeries, as their character can 

 be seen in the foliage, and many will now 

 be in flower. The majority prefer a sandy 

 loam; but places should be prepared for 

 such as love chalk or peat, so that several 

 distinct features may be p-e>euted in vari- 

 ous parts of the construction. For small 

 gardens the saxifrages, varieg ted and 

 other kinds of thyme, aubrietia, smaller 



