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seedling azalea, of excellent properties. From William Mellar, Roxbury, 

 two flowers of seedling camellias. 



Vegetables : From Thomas Needham, a brace of encumbers. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR APRIL. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grajpe Vines will now have so far advanced as to require considerable 

 attention. In the greenhouse, the vines will be in full bud, and, by the last 

 of the month, in full flower. As soon as the laterals have attained a growth 

 of two eyes beyond the fruit, they will require stopping ; each lateral 

 should also be laid in handsomely, and tied firmly to the trellis with good 

 strong matting. Syringing should now be dispensed with, and damping of 

 the house noon and night commenced ; this will give a fine moist and genial 

 atmosphere. Air should be given freely in fine weather, and the house 

 closed early in the afternoon. As soon as the flowers begin to expand, the 

 temperature should be slightly increased. In cold-houses, the vines will 

 now begin to swell their eyes, and due quantities of air should be omitted 

 to prevent their breaking too rapidly. Syringing should be freely given 

 when once the eyes begin to swell. Grape vines intended for making new 

 plantations should now be headed down, repotted, and placed in a favorable 

 part of the house, where they will make a fine growth, and be ready for 

 planting about the middle or last of May. Vines in the open air should 

 now be neatly tied up to the trellis. 



Raspberry plant adons may be made this month with success. 



Currants and Gooseberries may be planted now. 



Strawberry beds should be uncovered, and the surface neatly raked, but 

 new plantations should not be made till the last of the month. 



Pear, Apple, Plum, and other fruit trees, should be planted now. 



Grafting Trees may be commenced now, and continued through the 

 month. Begin with the cherry and plum. 



Pruning trees will now occupy all the leisure time when there is much 

 of a collection of trees ; all dwarf or trained trees should be very carefully 

 looked over, and every shoot cut in to its proper length. 



Pear, Plum and Apple, and other fruit tree stocks, should now be planted 

 out, making the ground tolerably rich, and digging it to a good depth. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Pelargoniums will be coming into bloom now, and will require some care 

 to have them in the best condition. Water should be regularly given, and 

 an abundance of air admitted. At the same time, the plants should be 

 slightly shaded in the middle of the day, as this will keep the flowers in 



