240 Horticultural Mejnoranda. 



Cactuses will now be displaying their flower-buds, and will need tolera- 

 bly abundant supplies of water. 



Chinese primroses of the double kinds may now have a shift into larger 

 pots, if fine specimens are wanted. 



Chrysantlicmums may yet be propagated from cuttings. 



Gladiolus gandavensis, and other summer flowering kinds, may now be 

 planted in beds in the open ground. 



Fuchsias will need a shift into larger pots ; give thera a close warm sit- 

 uation, and they will make large specimens. 



Pelargoniums will now be coming into full bloom ; see that the house is 

 well fumigated to get rid of the green fly ; as it is belter to do it now than 

 to wail till the flowers get fully open. Water freely, and occasionally with 

 liquid manure, or guano. 



Ranunculuses will now be throwing up their flower stems, and, if the 

 weather should prove dry, they should be liberally watered, giving the 

 water between the rows, and not over the foliage. 



Pansies, raised in pans, and potted off, should now be planted in the 

 open ground, selecting a good soil, and a cool situation. 



Heaths in small pots should now be shifted into a larger size, and the 

 pots plunged in the open ground the last of the month : Mediterranea and 

 some of the more common kinds may be turned out of the pots into the bor- 

 der. 



Carnations and picotees will now need some attention ; keep the beds 

 clean, and stir the surface of the soil : if all are not planted out, proceed 

 with the work till done. 



Roses in pots should now be turned out into the border, first making the 

 soil rich and deep. Annual roses should be now pruned if not already 

 done. Prairie roses should have the old wood cut clean out, unless there 

 is a deficiency of young last year's shoots. 



Verbenas may be planted out in the open border the last of the month, 

 when all danger of frost is over. 



Choice annuals, such as asters, balsams, &c.,sown in boxes, should now 

 be potted off singly in small pots, and they will make fine specimens for 

 turning into the border in June. 



Calceolaria seedlings should now be potted off from the seed pans into 

 small pots, putting one plant in each. Old plants coming into bloom will 

 require to have their flower stems carefully staked 



Japan lilies should be shifted this month into larger pots : water now 

 more freely, and keep in a rather cool situation. 



Euphorbia jacquinajlora. — Now is the time to raise a stock of this fine 

 winter-blooming species. Cuttings put in this month will make fine plants 

 by autumn. 



Hardy annuals, such as chryseis, alyssums, mignonette, eutoca, candy 

 tuft, and other showy kinds, should he sown this month, — some of them 

 where they are to grow, and the others in small beds, ftom which they can 

 be removed to the border. 



