MONTHLY CALENDAR. 203 



THE PLUM AND CHERRY HOUSE. All pruning and 

 training should be finished, and the trees dressed over 

 with a thin solution of Grishurst compound, to destroy 

 the embryo insects. 



THE GOOSEBERRY HOUSE. The trees must now 

 be pruned, thinning them out well, but do not 

 shorten the main leaders much; admit air on mild 

 days. 



THE CUCUMBER HOUSE. Last month's directions 

 are applicable here. 



THE MELON HOUSE. The Melon plants will now 

 be advancing apace ; train them out, stop, and en- 

 courage them to grow as much as possible. Keep up 

 a heat of 75, and give an abundance of water. The 

 water should be tepid. 



THE PLANT FORCING HOUSE. Those plants which 

 are coming into flower may have some weak liquid 

 manure once a week. Eoses coming into flower must 

 have attention, for the aphides will make their appear- 

 ance in numbers. Fumigate, or dust them over with 

 tobacco powder ; keep up a heat of 75 to 80. The 

 early training of fast-growing plants, stopping of 

 shrubby ones, and the stimulating of those coming into 

 flower, to obtain finer flowers, are the chief things in 

 hand. The introduction of whatever is desirable for 

 early flowers should be done at once such as Eoses, 

 Hyacinths, Deutzias, Dielytras, Bouvardias, Azaleas, 

 Guelder Eoses, Lilacs, Primula cortusoides, Statices, 

 Spiraeas, &c. Place the Heliotropes as near the warm 

 end as possible. Sow Ehodanthe, Humea elegans, and 

 Heliotrope seed. 



THE CAMELLIA HOUSE. The plants will now all be 

 coming into flower ; give all the air possible and have 



