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As roses always flower on new wood, it is essential that to have good 

 blooms the bushes must be pruned regularly. All weak growths, exhausted 

 and worn-out wood, must be removed, retaining only the vigorous growths. 

 Tt is generallv advisable to prune to four or five eyes or buds, so as to 

 have subsequent strong growths, always prunuig into the previous season's 

 wood. Spindly growths, especially in the centre of the bushes, should 

 be removed, the plants being trained with an open and angular habit. 



Vegetable Garden. 



The addition of gypsum to the vegetable plots prior to digging will 

 rid the soil of a large number of insects that infest the vegetables in 

 spring ; and thus numbers of vegetable pe.sts, such as caterpillars, aphis, ' 

 &-C., will be killed. The gypsum may be dug into the soil, at the rate of 

 about 2 ozs. per square yard. Another trouble in the vegetable garden at 

 this season of the year is the snail and slug pest. The article on .slugs 

 and snails in the December. 1910, Journal may be consulted, but one 

 means of reducing this pe.st is to keep the plots free of weeds. As hoeing 

 is generally out of the question in winter, the weeds should be hand pulled. 

 Where any foliage is in direct contact with the ground, it should be lifted 

 occasionally, and a light dusting of lime sprinkled underneath. 



All seedlings of sufficient size should now te planted out ; this includes 

 onions, asparagus, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, &c. A planting of 



broad beans may be made, and also all varieties of peas. Seeds of summer 

 cabbage, lettuce, leek, onion, radish, parsnip, may now be sown. Tubers 

 of Jerusalem artichokes .should be planted out, and also a few early 

 potatoes. 



Seeds of tomatoes may be planted in the frames ; and also, tow'ards the 

 end of the month, seeds of melons, cucumt)ers, marrows, pumpkins, may 

 be sown under irlass on the hot-bed. 



