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Daily remove weeds, decayed leaves, and insects, and water 

 the plants and hot flues. 



Nursery. Plant the layers and cuttings of deciduous trees 

 and shrubs, and sow the seeds of the same kinds. Trench 

 the ground intended to be sown with seeds. Perform the 

 grafting required. Transplant the Poplars raised from cut- 

 tings to moist ground. Seed-beds require watering, if the 

 weather be very dry : or else the earth should be kept moist 

 with branches of Fern, Furze, Yew, or Fir, kept spread over 

 it till rain occurs. 



FOURTH MONTH. APRIL. 



Flower Garden and Shrubbery. Finish the rolling of 

 gravel walks, as also the repairing, rolling, and mowing, of 

 grass lawns and walks. Finish the planting of perennials and 

 biennials, and still continue the sowing of annuals. Weed 

 the flower borders. Stir up and dress the soil of flowers and 

 shrubs in pots. Finish the planting of evergreens and shrubs. 

 Clip Box and other edgings; support the tall-growing her- 

 baceous or flowering plants with sticks. Protect Auriculas, 

 Tulips, and other delicate flowers, from heavy rain, high 

 winds, and strong sunshine; for this purpose, an arch should 

 be made of hoops, to support the mats, or other covering. 

 Carnations and Polyanthuses may yet be sown, and edgings 

 may yet be planted, but the latter will occasion some trouble 

 in watering, if the weather prove dry. 



Kitchen Garden. As soon as the last sown Peas and 

 Beans appear above ground, sow again to keep up the suc- 

 cession. Continue to sow Radishes, Spinach, Cresses, Mus- 

 tard, Broccoli, and Lettuces, and Cardoons to transplant. 

 Draw the earth up to Cabbages, Cauliflowers, and the Peas 

 and Beans sown early last month. Sow Kidney-beans. Finish 

 the planting of aromatic and medicinal herbs. Sow more 

 Turnips, Scorzonera, Salsafy, Celery, and Parsley. Weed 

 the beds of Onions, Lettuces, Carrots, and Leeks. After 

 rain, look out for snails and slugs, or turn in some duoks for 

 a short time, and they will perform the business without 

 injuring the vegetables. Pinch off the ends of Melons which 

 have two or three joints, to cause them to throw out runners. 

 Take off the young shoots of Artichokes, and the tops of 

 Beans in flower. Never suffer Melons and Cucumbers to 

 flower near together, as they are plants of the same genus, 

 and would cause each other to degenerate. 



Fruit Garden. Finish planting and pruning. Examine 

 budded and grafted trees, to take off all the shoots proceed- 

 ing from the stock, and close the fissures observed in the 

 grafting clay. Water frequently, in case the weather be dry. 

 If any trees are blighted, mix hog's dung with the soil as far 

 as the roots extend, and water freely. Thin the fruit of 

 Apricots. Search diligently for caterpillars, of which num- 

 bers will now be found crowded together, and if the work 

 of destroying them be delayed, they will soon spread over 

 the trees. Weed the Strawberry beds. Plant cuttings of 

 Vines. 



Green-house. Give air, and water freely. Set Geraniums 

 very near the window. Remove Myrtles and the hardiest 

 kinds of green-house plants, to warm situations in the open 

 air. Inoculate Orange and Lemon trees. Remove the moss 

 from the mould of plants in pots. 



Hoi-house. Regularly train the Vines, and thin the leaves 

 where they would shade the fruit. Water Pine-apples fre- 

 ijiiently. Admit air every fine day. Have fires during the 

 night, and on damp gloomy days. Plant seeds, cuttings, 

 layers, and suckers, of all the stove-plants to be propa- 

 g-atetl. 



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Nursery. Sow the seeds of Larches, Firs, and Pines, 

 and transplant seedlings of these kinds. Hoe the Chestnut 

 ground, and water all trees and shrubs, if the weather be 

 dry. Sow the seeds of Roses, Sweet-briar, and tender trees 

 and shrubs in general. 



FIFTH MONTH. MAY. 



Flower Garden and Shrubbery. Take up all bulbous roots 

 of which the leaves are withered. Put Auriculas which have 

 flowered into fresh pots, and set them in the shade, but not 

 under the drip of trees. Trim Carnations, and stake them. 

 Remove Balsams, Egg-plants, Sensitive plants, and other ten- 

 der annuals, to a fresh hot-bed. Mignonette, and all the less 

 tender annuals, may now be planted out in patches on the 

 flower bonders, and the seeds of hardy annuals and biennials 

 may be sown, to keep up the succession. When there is 

 a probability of rain, transplant perennials from the seed- 

 beds. Carefully attend to Rose-trees, to free them from 

 insects: fumigations of tobacco, or water in which tobacco 

 has been steeped, will destroy all the soft green insects. 

 Plant tuberoses from blowing in autumn : water newly- 

 planted shrubs ; and never suffer a weed to flower. 



Kitchen Garden. Give air to the hot-beds during the 

 day; but keep up the heat of those containing Cucumbers 

 and Melons, by fresh linings of litter. Place tiles under the 

 Melons as they set, to prevent the moisture of the bed from 

 staining the fruit. Earth up Peas and Beans, and cut the 

 tops off the latter, when in flower. Prick out Celery, sow 

 the large sorts of Kidney-beans, and continue to sow the 

 common kind, and Peas. Sow Cresses and Mustard, thinly, 

 for seed. Plant out Capsicums for pickling. Transplant 

 Cabbages and Savoys for winter. Transplant Lettuces, and 

 sow more seed. Select some of the finest Radishes for seed. 

 Thin Cardoons ; hoe Onions, Carrots, Parsneps, and Turnips. 

 Sow Beets, and the principal crop of Broccoli. Plant out 

 Cucumbers, which, when trained against a south wall, have a 

 finer flavour than when suffered to creep along the ground. 

 Thin the first crop, and sow the second of Endive. Propa- 

 gate aromatic herbs, by slips or cuttings. In dry weather, 

 frequent watering will be required. 



Fruit Garden. Pull off all buds which appear in impro- 

 per places ; thin Apricots for the second time, and Necta- 

 rines and Peaches for the first time. Search for snails and 

 caterpillars, pinch curled leaves, and fumigate where it ap- 

 pears necessary. Take off the clay from grafts perfectly 

 united to the stock. Prune Fig-trees, if not done last month. 

 Weed and dress Strawberry beds. A liberal supply of water 

 will be required in dry weather. 



Green-house. Inure the plants to a free circulation of air; 

 water frequently. Finish sowing green-house plants. Pro- 

 pagate by layers and cuttings. Remove to larger pots or tubs, 

 the plants which require it, and towards the end of the month, 

 if die season be mild, set in the open air the remainder of the 

 plants which are esteemed moderately hardy. 



Hot-house. -Pines will require much attention ; water them 

 frequently; if the heat of the bark decline, put some fresh 

 into the bins. Make fires in damp weather, and at night, 

 unless in a very mild season. Propagate stove exotics by 

 seeds, cuttings, layers, and suckers. Let the temperature of 

 all the water used be equal to that of the house, and give air 

 occasionally. 



Nursery Dress the seedling beds, and remove weeds, 



which will now grow rapidly, and prove very injurious if 



allowed to remain. Water frequently. Dig over the ground 



of new hedges. Arch the beds with hoops, to support mats 



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