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perfection much longer. Fumigate immediately if any green fly appears. 

 Young plants may now have another shift to encourage them on ; and, if 

 the laterals are properly tied out, they will make very fine plants, fit for 

 exhibition. 



Azaleas will now begin to grow, and will require liberal quantities of 

 water, as also a slight shade. Occasional waterings with guano will ben- 

 efit thera. Plants intended to make fine specimens another year should be 

 shifted into larger pots. 



Camellias will now be completing their spring growth, and will require 

 abundant waterings. Syringe freely till the flower-buds are well set. 



Fuchsias will now need attention ; all plants intended for flowering well 

 in June should have a good shift into a rich compost, and be liberally sup- 

 plied with water ; a succession may also be kept up by bringing forward 

 young plants. 



Achimenes of all the kinds will now begin to bloom, and will need four- 

 inch pots. 



Winter oxalises, done flowering, should be placed away in a frame. 

 Gloxinias and Gesneras will begin to flower, and will need larger pots. 

 Japan Lilies will have now so far advanced that the flowering bulbs will 

 need to be shifted into the pots in which they are to flower. Young seed- 

 lings and small bulbs which need to be encouraged in their growth should 

 also be repotted. 



Dahlias may still be brought forward in a hotbed or the greenhouse for 

 early flowering. 



Verbenas and petunias shouU now be shifted into larger pots: cuttings 

 may also be put in for a succession. 



Rocket Larkspur seed, now sown in beds, will produce a fine bloom. 

 Perennial plants of all kinds may now be taken up, divided, and reset. 

 Posonies may now be transplanted. 



Tuberoses, Amaryllis, and Gladiolus may now be potted and brought for- 

 ward. 



Hydrangea japonicas should now be shifted into larger pots. 



Chrysanthemums will require to be propagated either from cuttings or 

 suckers. 



Annual Floiver seeds of all hardy kinds may be sown this month in the open 

 ground, and all tender sorts in pots or boxes, in the hotbed or greenhouse. 



Hyacinth and 'lulip beds should have the surface of the soil very carefully 

 loosened. 



Cyclamens, noio done Jlowering , may be removed to a cold frame. 



Roses should be well pruned now, always cutting quite out the old wood, 

 and, except with some few classes, heading in all new shoots very short. 

 Manure well, and spade the ground. 



Cinerarias, as soon as done blooming, should have their flower stems cut 

 down, and the plants removed to a cold frame. 



Chinese Primrose Seeds should be sown now for early flowering in autumn. 

 The Double Purple and White may now be propagated from cuttings with 

 saccess. 



