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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR MAY. 



chievous. The changing of pots 

 to larger sizes should take place 

 after bloom, and before the new 

 growth. The soil should be two- 

 thirds turfy peat, and the other 

 third of loam from rotted turves 

 (which is half vegetable manure), 

 or made up by maiden loam which 

 has no manure, and decomposed 

 horse or cowdung to make up for 

 the absence of it. The proper peat 

 earth is that which is very full 

 of sand. Too "much attention 

 cannot be paid to the watering 

 and giving plenty of air. The 

 Heath luxuriates in a good warm 

 wind. 



Fuchsias. — According to our 

 mode of culture these plants will 

 be now in full growth, requiring 

 only plenty of air, plenty of water, 

 and turning every day to make 

 the growth uniform all round. 

 Avoid all artificial heat, keep them 

 as cool as any part of the green- 

 house can be kept, and if the pots 

 are full of roots change them for 

 a size larger. If there be a dis- 

 position to make long shoots, stop 

 them by pinching off the ends ; 

 but if you have neglected this till 

 they have gone too long, cut them 

 actually back a joint or two. Those 

 of pendulous habits, like the old 

 Globosa, should be stopped early, 

 until there are enough branches 

 to hang over all round. Pyramidal 



plants of more than a year old 

 should be checked wherever the 

 lateral branches get out of place. 

 Cuttings may be taken at any time 

 of the year, and seed may be sown 

 now in pans or pots, and placed in 

 the warmest part of the house till 

 they germinate. Seedlings that 

 have filled their pots with roots 

 may be placed in others of larger 

 size : the soil best adapted for 

 them is peat earth and loam from 

 rotten turves, half of each, with- 

 out manure. 



Geraniums. — These are now 

 showing their blooms or bloom- 

 buds, and, as the flowers will easily 

 burn in the very hot bright sun, 

 shading is indispensable, but it 

 should be done only while the sun 

 shines. It should be so coiitrived 

 as to be easily removed and re- 

 placed. A shade on a roller, that 

 can be pulled down or up inside 

 the glass, without preventing the 

 glasses from being opened, is the 

 best, because the full air can be 

 given without difficulty. The Ge- 

 ranium is too often drawn up by 

 heat without light, whereas the 

 hght without heat is every way 

 efiicacious. They will require great 

 watchfulness as to supplying water, 

 and in killing the green fly by 

 fumigation the instant it appears. 

 They should be placed as near 

 the glass as possible. 



