120 Horticultural Memoranda. 



month, or mild weather at the close, will draw attention to the open 

 garden, if it is of any size, and the consequence will be a neglect of 

 other things. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines in green-houses will be soon starting: keep the branches 

 tied down, to make them bre;ik even; but, as soon as the eyes fairly 

 burst, tie them neatly and carefully up to the trellis or rafters. If the 

 house should be dry syringe once a week. Cuttings may be put in in 

 hot-beds, and plants in pots may be introduced into the green-house, if 

 there is room. Native kinds, where neglected in the fall, may now be 

 pruned. Uncover foreign kinds in the open air at the close of the 

 month. 



Raspberry vines should be uncovered the last part of the month. 

 Strawberry beds should also be uncovered unless very cold. 

 Gooseberry plants should be dug between as early as the ground will 

 permit. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias now begin to shoot and make new wood : repot such as need 

 it, and give an abundance of water. Inarching should now be performed. 



Dahlia roots, wanted for early flowering, should now be brought into 

 the green-house. Sow seeds in pots now for producing new sorts. 



Tulip arid hyacinth beds should be uncovered the latter part of the 

 month if mild. 



Amaryllis formosissima should now be set out in pots for early flow- 

 ering. 



Azaleas should now have considerable water. 



Polyanthus and auricula seeds should be sown this month. 



Amaryllis : continue to pot all that show buds. 



Alstrcemerias should now be potted in rich light turfy soil. ♦ 



Heaths coming into bloom should be watered carefully. Cuttings 

 may now be put in successfully and the seeds sown. 



Pansy seeds now planted in pots will bloom early and fine if trans- 

 planted into the border. 



Chinese primrose seeds should be carefully looked after. 



Ixias and other Cape bulbs should receive a good supply of moisture. 



Cactuses should yet be kept dry and cool until they show their flower- 

 buds. 



Oxalises, in pots, should be sparingly watered. 



Annual seeds of many kinds may now be sown. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Cucumber seeds should now be sown in a brisk hot-bed. For direc- 

 tions see Vol. II. 



Radishes, lettuce, ^c. should now be planted for early crops. 



Celery, for an early crop, should be planted now. 



Tomato and egg plants should be planted immediatel}'. 



Asparagus beds will need forking over lightly the latter part of the 

 month. 



Rhubarb in the open ground may be forwarded, towards the close of 

 the month, by placing over the I'oots a tub or pot, and around this two 

 wheel-barrows-fuU of fresh manure. 



