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CALENDAR OV OPERATIONS FOR MAY. 



with a strong but fine stream, 

 through small holes, all that may 

 be attacked with the green fly, 

 and especially those on walls and 

 the fronts of liouses, will he found 

 beneficial. Look over the grafted 

 and budded trees of last year, and 

 remove all growths of the stock, 

 whether suckers from the root, or 

 shoots from above and below the 

 graft or hud : the only exceptions 

 *are those of which the graft or 

 bud has failed, and in such cases 

 let the strongest shoot of the 

 stock alone grow to be budded 

 again. Koses in pots must be 

 examined to see if they have 

 enough room. Observe that the 

 moss is not removed from the 

 pots of seed not yet up, and that 

 the moss is damp and the soil 

 moist. 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



Jzalea Indica should now be 

 kept in the shade, and if there be 

 no permanent shade to the green- 

 house a temporai'y one should be 

 placed in some portion of it. Ko 

 plant sooner yields to the influence 

 of the burning sun, nor exhibits 

 signs of distress so rapidly if 

 neglected. All the kinds are alike 

 in this respect ; they should, there- 

 fore, be carefully watered, have 

 plenty of air, and be kept out of 

 the sun in the coolest part of the 

 greenhouse. 



Botany Bay plants, by which we 

 mean Acacias, Hoveas, and all 

 hard-wooded plants of the same 

 nature, though from other locali- 

 ties, have bloomed, or are about 

 blooming. Such as have flowered 

 are beginning to make their 

 growth, and now is tlie time to 

 prune all such, before they advance 

 too far. Where the branches are 

 luxuriant and growing out of shape 

 they must be shortened. All that 



are too long among the lateral 

 shoots must be cut in, so as to 

 favour handsome growth, and in 

 pruning them we ought to con- 

 sider that the object of a little 

 height or size is nothing com- 

 pared with good form ; hence, if 

 they are gawky and bare, we 

 should sacrifice a good deal of the 

 present size, that we may ulti- 

 mately improve the form of the 

 plant. We ought also to exa- 

 mine them before we leave them 

 to their growth, to see that they 

 have good drainage and pot room, 

 and if not, we ought to repot 

 them in pots a size larger. When 

 all this is done let them be 

 placed in the coolest and lightest 

 part of the greenhouse, and be 

 turned round every day, other- 

 wise they will grow one-sided. 

 Let them be freely watered. These 

 plants should always be grown in 

 peat mould two-thirds, and loam 

 from rotted turves one-third, and 

 without dung. Those plants which 

 have not bloomed must be well 

 supplied with water, as a plant 

 coming into flower absorbs a good 

 deal. All growing plants require 

 plenty of light, plenty of air, 

 plenty of water ; and if the sun he 

 very burning, which it frequently 

 is this month, let there be a shade 

 during two or three of the hottest 

 hours of the day. 



Calceolarias. — These require a 

 good deal of water as they rise for 

 bloom, and to prevent their being 

 drawn up too much, so as to weaken 

 their stems, they must have plenty 

 of light and air. Observe, too, 

 that the drainage of all is clear, 

 which may be easily seen if you 

 examine before wateiing. If any 

 one is moist at that time, Avhile the 

 others are dry, turn out the ball, 

 and put new crocks into the bot- 

 tom, removing all the old ones. 



