200 Horticultural Memoranda for May. 



pear forced. In the stove, the temperature should not be allowed to 

 fall below 60°. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines, in the grapery, will be now flowering: keep up the tem- 

 perature so that the fruit will set well. Syringing should be omitted 

 until the fruit is set. Continue to put in grape cuttings. 



Peach trees, in pots, that were put in the cellar last fall, should be 

 immediately taken out, if not done before. 



Strawberry beds should be top-dressed, and the soil loosened between 

 the rows. Beds set out in the fall, that have had many of the plants 

 killed through the winter, should have the same replaced this spring. 

 New beds do very well, in this climate, made now. 



Grafting may yet be successfully performed. 



Raspberries may be set out in new plantations. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlia roots: Plant these out about the middle of the month, if the 

 weather is mild and the ground warm; select a good situation not too 

 much exj)osed, and let the soil be deep, rich and li^ht. 



Erythrtna Crista gdlli roots shoulil be potted, placed in a warm room 

 or other situation, and they will start ra])idly. 



Annuals, both hardy, half hardy and tender, nmst all be planted this 

 month. (See in another page some hints on this subject.) 



Carnations : plant out all those that have been winteued in pots into 

 a larger size. 



Jluriculas and polyanthuses will have now about done blooming, and 

 they should soon be removed to their summer residence. 



Tulips should have the soil carefully loosened between the rows. 



Fuchsias and salvias : (See our remarks in another page: both of 

 these are remarkably handsome in the autumn.) 



Tuberoses, Tiger flowers, Gladiolus nataUnsis and floribundis, 

 should each be planted to produce good flowers. 



Camellias : if these have about linished their growth, give them con- 

 siderable heat, that they may form good strong floioer buds iu abun- 

 dance. 



Ericas should be propagated from cuttings at this time. 



Biennials and perennials should be transplanted with care. 



Chrysanthemums : about the middle of the month the old roots should 

 be divided, or the plants struck from cuttings. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Asparagus beds will soon be in full bearing. Be careful not to injure 

 the young shoots in gathering the older ones. 



Rhubarb: this may be forced by placing a barrel over the crown of 

 each root, and nearly or quite covering it with some good fresh manure. 

 The head to the l)arrel should be moveable, and the stalks can be cut 

 as often as wanted. 



Cucumbers, in frames, should now be allowed plenty of air, and the 

 vines be kept moderately thinned. Keep up a brisk heat by additional 

 linings; plant in pots, in the hot-bed, to transplant out into ridges in 

 June. 



Celery seed: plant for a main crop, if not done before; set out in 

 beds, putting the plants six inches ajiart, each way, those which were 

 sown in February and March. 



Tomatoes should be planted against a south fence, in a very poor 

 soil. 



Eg-g- pZanfs, raised in the hot-bed, and now growing in small pots, 

 should be turned out into the garden, selecting a warm spot, and en- 

 riching the soil with some well decomposed manure. 



