DIRECTIONS FOR EACH MONTH. 295 



Sow Brompton and Queen Stocks, for flowering next 

 year. 



Sow more Ten Week Stocks, in a pot or in the border. 



Bloody Wall flowers, and such like, may be increased 

 by cuttings. 



Any Bulbs blown in glasses, if out of bloom, should 

 be planted in the border with sand to strengthen them. 



Plant Scarlet Beans, to run up any vacant walls. 



Thin out Larkspurs, leaving them four or five inches 

 apart, and if taken up carefully they would grow by trans- 

 planting. 



Sow Tobacco seed very thin in the border. 



Look over the borders frequently, to prevent weeds from 

 seeding. 



Support all flowers which require it with sticks, according 

 to the height. 



Sow Sweet William seed to get strong by the autumn, 

 to be planted out where they are to blow. 



Auriculas will now be in bloom ; they must, therefore, 

 be shaded and kept cool. Water them sparingly, but never 

 touch the leaves, as the water would rot them. 



Sow the seeds of Evergreens and other shrubs in a border 

 of light earth. Give them occasional watering with the 

 rose on. When the plants first come up, they should be 

 shaded in the heat of the day. They must be watered 

 with care, otherwise the surface will be so hardened that 

 the plants will not thrive. 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



April. 



Give plenty of air to the plants from 9 to 4. Keep 

 the plants free from decayed leaves, and remove them, as 



