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no tenant can, as between him and the landlord, remove any flower, root, tree, 

 or shrub, not strictly an annual, or nut usually taken up at one season of the 

 year and replanted at another; and if without authority he should remove the 

 same, he would be liable to an action for the waste. And if a tenant of any 

 description has made strawberry-beds, he cannot, either before or at the expi- 

 ration of his tenancy, and whilst they are likely to continue productive, remove 

 or destroy the same, without being liable to an action for injury to the landlord 

 or succeeding tenant — 1 Campbell's Reports, p. 227. — A Subscriber. 



On Bignonia Venusta. — I observed in an early Number in 1841, the Con- 

 ductor recommends as a hot-house climber the beautiful flowering Bignonia 

 venusta, I immediately procured a strong plant, planted it out on the corner of 

 a bark pit in a vinery, euclosing the soil for its roots in a wood case, with nu- 

 merous holes bored in the two sides next the bark for the roots to push through 

 into the bark. During the last two summers the plant has been trained horizon- 

 tally from pillar to pillar, which are uprights under each rafter at the back of 

 the pit-wall, and whilst the plant has grown vigorously, the horizontal position I 

 find has most materially promoted the production of flowers, and a profuse bloom 

 has been afforded from June to October. It is one of the loveliest flowering 

 climbers; its beautiful buff-coloured, long trumpet-formed flowers, in large and 

 numerous clusters, render it an object of admiration, and worth a pl-ice in every 

 vinery or plant stove. Clericus. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR MARCH. 



Amaryllises, and other liliaceous bulbous plants which have been kept dor- 

 mant, may now be re-potted, and put into an increased temperature. 



Annuals, Hardy, such as Clarkias, Nemophilas, Larkspurs, &c. — If the soil 

 be moderately dry, some of the most hardy kinds, to bloom early in the summer, 

 may be sown in warm parts of the country, or situations well protected, but in 

 cold places, not until the end of the month ; for if the seeds of many sorts begin 

 to vegetate, and frost operate upon them, they are often destroyed. The best me. 

 tlioil of sowing the small seeds in patches is to have a quantity of finely sifted soil ; 

 spread a portion where desired ; after scattering the seeds, sprinkle a little more 

 soil over them, and then press it closely upon the seeds, which will assist them in 

 vegetating properly. 



Annuals, Tender, such as Cockscombs, Balsams, Stocks, &c. — Such as have 

 been sown and may be up, should have all possible air given to prevent their 

 being drawn up weakly. In watering those in pots they must not be watered over 

 the tops, or many of the sorts will be rotted by it. The best method is to flood 

 over the surface of each pot, always using water that is new-milk warm. Those 

 annuals sown in frames must be watered (when requisite) with a very fine 

 syringe, or pan rose to sprinkle with ; but the best plan is to take advantage of 

 gentle rains. For any seeds yet requiring to be sown, use fine soil pressed to the 

 seeds, and when convenient, place the pots (if used) in moist heat till the plants 

 are up. Cockscombs, Amaranthus, Balsam, Browallia, Brachycoma, Thun- 

 bergias, Maurandias, &c, if large enough to pot, should be done in sixty sized pots. 



Auriculas. — Those requiring top-dressing should be done immediately, by 

 taking off about two inches deep of the tup-soil, replacing it with some very rich; 

 more than one-half of it should be rotten cow-dung two years old, and the rest 

 loam and sand. Immediately after this dressing, let the soil be well settled by 

 a free watering. By the end of the month the unexpended blossoms will be 

 nearly full grown ; no water must be allowed to fall on them, or the blossoms 

 would be liable to suffer injury by it. All possible air may be admitted to the 

 plantn during the day, only screen from cutting frosty winds. 



Campanula pyramidalis — to have fine pot specimens should be potted', if not 

 before done, and encouraged to grow. 



Carnations — at the end of the month, the last year's layers kept in pots or 

 beds during the winter should be planted off into large pots 12 inches wide at the 

 top, 6 at the bottom, and 10 deep. In each pot three plants may be placed tri- 



