144 Horticultural Operations for March. 



Nemophilas should now have another shift into larger pots. 



Oranges and Lemons may be repotted now if they require it. Now is 

 a good time to graft. 



Azaleas, now in bloom, should be liberally watered. 



Flower Seeds of many kinds should now be sown in pots, and placed 

 in a hotbed, if one is at hand, viz. : — Stocks, Coxcomb, Amaranthus, Bal- 

 sams, Sweet Alyssum, Portulaca, Brachycome, Asters, &c., &c. 



Attend to the propagation of all kinds of plants suitable for bedding out. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 



But little can be done in this department this month. The weather, 

 generally, continues so cold, with frost, tliat not much can be accomplished. 

 Everything may be got in readiness to commence operations. 



Tulips and Hyacinths are the first to require attention. On the first 

 mild days, towards the last of the month, they will require to have a portion 

 of their covering removed ; but to be laid near by to throw over in case of 

 frost. 



Herbaceous Plants, Roses which have been protected, and other 

 things, may have their covering removed according to the advance of the 

 weather. If warm, certainly remove the covering; but if sharp cutting 

 winds continue, only take away a small portion. 



Lawns may be looked after as soon as the snow is gone, and if they 

 need enriching, now is a good time to apply a top dressing of guano. 



Shrubs, iSlc, may now be pruned and cleared of dead wood and branches, 

 and such as require it, tied up to stakes or trellises. 



vegetable department. 



March will be a busy month in this department. Hotbeds should now be 

 made for a succession ; and with the advancing season a greater variety of 

 vegetables should be planted. The early beds, which will now have be- 

 come exhausted of their great heat, may be employed for planting such 

 kinds as only require a moderate degree of warmth ; and those now to be 

 made up should be reserved for cucumbers and melons, which require a 

 bottom heat of 80 to 90 degrees. If the beds already made up are hilled 

 out with these, renewed heat may be obtained by applying fresh linings of 

 hot manure. 



In the open ground, should the weather be moderate, without frost, peas 

 may be pl.mted at the earliest moment. Potatoes may be started in the 

 hotbed, and then planted out in a warm mellow soil, will give a very early 

 supply for the table. 



Seeds of cabbages, lettuces, radishes, peppers, cauliflowers, broccoli, cel- 

 ery, &c., may now be planted. Those sown last month will have made 

 such fine plants by this time that they may be transplanted, so as to have 

 abundant room to make fine plants for removal to the open ground in April. 



Prepare land for planting. Trench and dig as soon as the ground is dry 

 and forward all kinds of work as much as possible. 



