THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. I 59 



savoy for late crop ; cabbage, broccoli, kale, beetroot, French and runner beans, 

 lettuces, spinach, and turnips for a late supply. 



FRTJIT GARDEN. 



Give plenty of water to strawberries io dry weather and occasionally a pretty 

 strorig dose of liquid manure. As the fruit sets on wall trees, thin it, so as to 

 throw the strength into those left to ripen. Syringe both wall trees and standards 

 that are at all affected with vermin. Netting is an admirable protection for trees 

 against the late spring frosts that often do so much injury. Ttie netting should be 

 kept dry when out of use, when it will last for years ; every fruit grower should 

 have a sufficient quantity of it. Should any of the fruit trees be newly planted, 

 they should be mulched with grass mowings. Bush-pears are greatly benefited by 

 being kept moist round the stock and over the surface roots. All fort-right shoots 

 on peaches and nectarines should be removed unless they show fruit at the base, 

 when they should be stopped. All joung shoots of grape vines bearing fruit 

 should be stopped one eye beyond the bunch. The side-shoot* of pear3 should be 

 stopped by pincbiog them off when a few inches long ; this is a better method 

 than letting them run to eighteen inches or more and then cutting them back ; 

 the principle is equally applicable to wall, or espalier grown trees. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



Strike fuchsias, geraniums, verbenas and petunias, for blooming in pots in the 

 autumn, give them liberal culture, and stop frequently, to induce compact bushy 

 growth. Cut down cinerarias that have done blooming and plant out the stools, 

 to furnish a supply of offsets. Cut in pelargoniums that have flowered, and strike 

 the best of the cuttings. Calceolarias now coming into bloom will require to be 

 smoked pretty otten, owing to the fondness of the aphis for their tender shoots. 

 Give them liquid manure once a week and not over strong, and let them have a 

 shady part of the house, and the pots plunged in moss to keep the roots cool. 

 Camellias done blooming should be kept warm and moist, to induce a quick growth 

 of new wood, and those that have marie their young shoots should have air by 

 degrees, preparatory to putting them out in a shady place for the summer. Stop 

 all hard- wooded plants not required to bloom at present, and give shade when 

 necessary. 



STOVE. 



Pines require a little shading in bright weather, and should have a heat of 75° 

 at night, and 85 c ' to 90° by day. Many plants here * ill require a shift. Use the 

 syringe freely and give plenty of air. Vines that hnve their roots in inside borders, 

 should be liberally supplied with water and the shoots should be tied in in good 

 time. Vines in pots will require frequent supplies of liquid manure, and tile 

 stopping of laterals must be attended to, to regulate the growth. Red spider 

 must be kept in check by the use of sulphur, and one of the best methods of using 

 it is to paint the pipes with a mixture of sulphur, lime, soot and water. 



PITS AND FRAMES. 



The bedding plants to be kept growing till of sufficient size for hardening oft', 

 and fresh cuttings put in of ihose sorts of which the slock is deficient. Those 

 that are in a fit state for turning out, to be carefully hardened first, but avoid any 

 severe and sudden check. Place them in cold-pits first and shade from the mid- 

 day sun, and cover up at night. By degrees let them have full exposure, and be 

 lelt uncovered night and day before turning out. Cucumbers will require plenty 

 of air and a brisk bottom-heat. Ke-line the beds where necessary. Tram and 

 thin the shoots. 



May. 



