336 Horticultural Meiioranda. 



Carnations, picolecs, and piv/;s, should be layered this moiiih. 



Tulips and hyacinths should be taken up this month. 



Oxalis kirtn should be potted the last of the month. 



Euphorbia Jacquincrflura should be repotted now, if not already done. 



Azalea cuttings put in, in May, should row be potted off; old plants, if 

 making a rapid growth, should have all the strong shoots stopped in order 

 to make them bushy plants. 



Cinerarias and calceolaria seeds should be sown this month in order to get 

 good strong plants for next spring. 



Dahlias should have attention ; stake and tie up all the plants ; keep the 

 earth stirred about the roots, and mulch with coarse manure ; water liber- 

 ally if dry weather. 



Verbenas for early flowering in winter should now be propagated by 

 layers or cuttings. 



Perennial flowering plants of many kinds may now be raised from seeds, 

 and if the young plants are carefully transplanted in August, they will 

 bloom finely next year. 



Cactuses should now be well watered in order to secure a vigorous 

 growth . 



Gloxinias and AcMmenes. — A fine bloom may be kept up all the season 

 by now bringing in the young plants, giving them a good shift into 5z\r-inch 

 pots. 



Orange and Lemon trees may be budded this month. 



Neapolitan Violets planted out in frames should be liberally watered in 

 dry weather. 



Mignonette and Sweet Alyssum may be planted now to furnish a succes- 

 sion of flowers for the autuinn. 



Victoria Stuck seed should be planted now if good plants are wanted for 

 spring blooming. 



Ahutilons, both the new and the old one, should now be shifted into 

 larger pots, in order to make good specimens for winter. Old plants 

 should be headed down in order to produce new shoots. 



Cyclamens may now be turned on their sides until next month, when 

 they may be repotted. Seeds should be planted now. 



Annuals, such as asters, balsams, &c., may be transplanted now, and 

 they will bloom freely. 



Portulacas, planted now on circular beds, raised in the centre, will make a 

 splendid show all the season. 



Pansy seed should be sown the last of the month, if fine beds are wanted 

 for blooming well in the spring. 



Scarlet Geraniums. — Young plants, intended for blooming next winter, 

 should now be shifted into larger pots and plunged in the open grounds or 

 in beds of tan. 



Lauristinuses may be repotted now ; this is also the season to propagate 

 them by layers or cuttings. 



Insects of all kinds should be looked after. Plants infested with the 

 scale should be thoroughly washed ; and those infested with the aphis or 

 red spider, syringed with whale oil soap. 



