240 Horticultural Operatiojis for May. 



them. Top-dress lawns with guano, applying from one hundred to three hun- 

 dred pounds to the acre, according to their condition, whether poor or rich, 

 and give them a good rolling with a heavy roller. Grass edgings should 

 always be cut before the borders are dug, as it can then be done more neatly. 

 Manure and prepare beds intended for bedding out plants, and proceed 

 with the setting out of the plants as soon as danger of frost is over. 



NoAv is the time to prune roses, as they start stronger when it is done in 

 season. Give them a good heading in, excepting the hybrid Chinas, 

 hybrid Bourbons, and Persian Yellows, which should be left at full length, 

 only taking out the small shoots. Mosses are often bare of bloom for 

 want of severe pruning ; as a general rule, every shoot should be cut back 

 to three or four eyes. Train up Prairie and other running roses. 



Dahlias may be planted this month, towards the latter part, or as soon 

 as all danger of frost is past. 



Herbaceous and Tree P^.oxies should be transplanted now. 



Car.vatioxs, Picotees and Pinks, should be planted out in beds ; the 

 earlier it is done, the stronger they will bloom. 



Herbaceous Plants, of all kinds, should be re-set, when they have 

 been standing three or four years. 



Pansies should be top dressed with very old manure, covering the ground 

 about an inch deep ; if dry weather, and fine blooms are desired, water 

 liberally. 



Gladioluses, of all the summer blooming kinds, should be planted now. 



Bedding Plants should be put out the last of the month. 



Annuals, of all the hardy kinds, such as asters, larkspurs, candytuft, 

 sweet peas, clarkias, morning glory, poppies, eschscholtzias, marigolds, 

 «fcc., may be planted immediately. 



Tender Annuals, raised in the hotbed, should be removed to the bor- 

 ders this month. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Planting having been deferred on account of the weather, proceed now 

 to get in all early crops as speedily as possible. Prepare ground for 

 successional sowings, and for transplanting such vegetables as have teen 

 forwarded in hotbeds. 



Rhubarb Plantations should have a heavy coat of manure, which 

 should be well spaded in. New beds may be made now. 



Hotbeds will require attention, particularly those filled with cucumbers, 

 melons, egg plants, &c. Keep up a good heat by renewed linings. 



Tomatoes and Peppers may be transplanted as soon as the weather is 

 favorable. 



Mushroom Beds may be made now ; old beds, made in the autumn, 

 if relined, will give a good early crop. 



Beans, Cucumbers, Squashes, Corn, and all kinds of vegetables, 

 should be planted this month. 



Asparagus Beds maybe made now; let the ground be well trenched, 

 eighteen to twenty-four inches deep, and made rich and light. 



