Horticultural Operations for April. 191 



Currant and Gooseberry Bushes should be immediately pruned. 

 Trees of all kinds should be planted now. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



The remarkably long winter, and its severity, have required a greater 

 amount of fire heat than usual to keep up a good temperature. This, as 

 we have before had occasion to say, leaves the plants in a poorer state 

 than when less heat is required to counteract severe cold. They are more 

 drawn, do not have so good a color, and are less prepared to resist the 

 change to the open air next month. Harden them off now. 



Camellias will now be pushing their new growth rapidly, and will 

 require an abundant supply of water at the roots and over the foliage ; if 

 well drained, there is but little fear of giving too much. Continue the 

 supply of liquid guano. Inarching may yet be done if the stocks have not 

 yet begun to grow. 



Pelargoniums will now be throwing up their flower-buds, and will 

 require an abundance of air to prevent drawing. Water occasionally with 

 guano, and syringe as often as there is the sign of a green fly. 



Verbenas wanted for flowering in the house should be repotted. Sow 

 seeds now for raising new varieties. 



Cinerarias, as soon as done blooming, should be kept in a cool and 

 rather shady part of the house, in order to have them become well hardened 

 before removal to the open air. 



Japan Lilies, growing rapidly, should be repotted this month. Seeds 

 may be sown now. 



Fuchsias will need a shift into a larger pot. 



Dahlias, for early flowering, may be set out the last of the month. 

 Now is the time to divide and propagate where there is not a good variety. 



Achimenes and Gloxinias will require another shift if they have 

 come on well ; put in the small bulbs or tubers for a succession. 



Pansies, in pots, intended for blooming in the house, should be shifted 

 now for the last time ; a six or eight-inch pot is large enough. 



Alstremcerias, potted in February, will now require to be shifted into 

 larger pots, 



ToRENiA AsiATicA should HOW be started from young plants, and grown 

 so as to make fine large specimens. 



Chrysanthemums may now be propagated by division of the roots or 

 by cuttings. 



Azaleas, out of bloom, may now be repotted; see Mr. Saunders' article 

 in our last. 



Tuberoses should now be potted, and brought forward in a hot-bed, 



Oxalises, done blooming, may be placed away on a shelf under the 

 stage, or in the back shed. 



Monthly Pinks, and Carnations, in pots, done flowering, may be 

 layered now, in order to get strong plants for next year. 



Flower Seeds, of all the kinds we enumerated last month, as well as 

 other tender sorts, may now be planted in a hot-bed, and brought forward 

 for early blooming. 



