144 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Scions of fruit trees maj' yet be cut -vviih perfect success. 



Grafting. Where there is a great deal of grafting to be done, and only one 

 hand to do it, the work nnay be connmenced the last of the month. 



Strawberry beds, if the spring should open early, will need looking after 

 the last of the month. 



Stakes, labels, grafting wax, <^-c., should be now got in readiness against 

 the approach of good weather, when there will be no time to attend to these 

 things. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now be growing freely, and should be syringed daily, and 

 liberally watered at the root. Inarching may yet be done. 



Japan lilies will be growing rapidly, and sliould not be forced on too fast : 

 keep them in a rather cool situation, ^\''ater sparingly. 



Pelargoniums will now be in fine condition, if they have been properly 

 managed. The foliage should be dark green, and stiff, and the wood short- 

 jointed and stocky. If wanted for blooming in May, keep the plants cool, and 

 if the shoots are too forward, pinch off those which are taking the lead. 

 Keep the branches well tied out, and cut them entirely out when too thick. 



Azaleas will now be in full bloom, and may be liberally watered. 



Dahlias may still be brought forward for early blooming. 



Veronicas should now be shifted and headed in, if fine large specimens 

 are wanted. 



Roses will now be flowering, and should be liberally watered. Fumigate, 

 to destroy the green fly. 



Fuchsias should now be repotted, and the branches headed well in ; they 

 will then make fine specimens. 



Calceolarias will now need repotting, if fine showy plants are wanted. 



Cali/stegia pubesr.ens should now be repotted, and placed in a warm situa- 

 tion, to give it a good growth. 



Achimenes of all kinds, should now be potted off for early flowering. 



Heaths, done flowering, should be headed in, in order to make fine stocky 

 plants. Cuttings may yet be put in. 



Carnations, phloxes, dfc, in frames, should be aired in fine weather, and 

 all decayed leaves picked off the plants. 



Hyacinth and tulip beds will need attention the last of the month, if the 

 weather should be warm . 



Ranunculuses should be planted now in frames, and they will give a fine 

 bloom. 



Verbenas m^y be shifted again, if large plants arc wanted. Seeds, for 

 producing new kinds, may now be planted. 



Seeds of showy annuals, for transplanting into the open border, should 

 now be sown in a frame, or in the greenhouse. 



Lechenaullia formosa. If fine large specimens are desired, it will be 

 well now to shift the plants carefully in a good prepared compost. 



Hardy roses, prairies, and other climbers, may be pruned this month, and 

 properly trained up to a trellis or wall. 



