330 CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. [CHAP. XII. 



for striking in a hotbed, they may be trans- 

 planted. The leaves of the rose trees should 

 be examined for a little brown grub which 

 infests them at this season, and which should 

 be picked off and destroyed. The flower- 

 garden will now be in all its splendour. The 

 hyacinths will be in full bloom, as will also the 

 different kinds of Ribes, Berberis, and Ma- 

 hdnia, among the shrubs; and several kinds of 

 Magnolia, the Judas tree, Edwardsia, &c, 

 among the trees. The Pseonia Moutan will 

 likewise expand its magnificent blossoms ; and 

 the spring heart' s-ease will be coming into 

 flower, as w 7 ill the Nemophila insignis and 

 several of the other Californian annuals. 



In the kitchen-garden, the operations con- 

 tinue nearly the same as the last month. Peas 

 and beans may be sown for the late crops, and 

 spinach, &c. This is the proper season for 

 sowing kidneybeans. If the first crop of 

 peas has not been staked, it should now be 

 done, and the tops should be taken off the 

 common beans; both may also be hoed up. 

 The blossoms of the fruit trees should be ex- 

 amined, and those attacked by insects should 

 be instantly removed, and the insects they con- 

 tain destroyed. All leaves that are found 

 rolled up should be taken off and destroyed. 



In the park and pleasure-grounds, oak trees 

 are generally felled in May, because the move- 

 ment of the sap at this season makes the bark 

 separate more easily from the wood. 



June. — In the flower-garden, this is the 

 month for making pipings and layers of pinks 

 and carnations, and also for making cuttings 



