160 Horticultural Memoranda. 



The weather, up to this date, (March 24,) has been mild, and ap- 

 pearances now indicate a tolerably favorable spring. The frost is about 

 out of the ground, and in some warm situations potatoes and peas 

 have been planted. We hope April will be a genial month. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines, in the grapery or green-house, will now have started 

 considerably, and will soon be showing buds. Give an abundance of 

 air as the shoots ])rogrpss: when the flower-buds are well advanced, 

 raise the temperature slightly, and give a syringing once a week, if the 

 weather is very dry. Keep the new shoots tied up, and take off all su- 

 perfluous buds. Cuttings may be put in in the open ground the latter 

 part of the month, or in hot-beds at any time. Tie up vines in the 

 open air, and trim such as have been neglected. 



Raspberry vines should be manured and dug between as soon as the 

 earth is in a fit state. 



Strawberry beds should be cleaned, and have a light dressing of old 

 decayed manure. 



Gooseberry and currant bushes should be pruned and dug between, 

 and manured. 



Peach, plum i[nd other trees should receive all proper attention this 

 month: grafting may be performed the last part of the month: cut the 

 scions now. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias should now be potted, if it is desirable to have them flower 

 very early. Separate the tubers, reserving such as have prominent 

 eyes. For full directions see their cultivation, p. 126 of the present 

 number. The seeds may now be sown in hot-beds. 



Camellias will require liberal supplies of water until they have com- 

 pleted their growth. 



Cactuses will soon begin to bloom; give them more water as they 

 commence opening their buds. 



Ericas should be attended to, and the soil not allowed to become dry. 



Amaryllis formosissima hu\b-i mny now be potted. 



Gladiolus nafalensis and Jlnribundus bulbs may be planted in the 

 border the middle of the month. 



Ti^er flowers may be set out in beds the latter part of the month. 



Tulip and hyacinth beds will require attention; as soon as the shoots 

 appear an inch above the soil, let the earth be gently stirred with a 

 trowel to the depth of two or three inches. 



Annual flower seeds may be planted now in hot-beds or green-houses, 

 for spring blooming. 



Perennial plants: towards the last end of the month will be a favor- 

 able time to coMunence the removal and separation of them. 



PcBonies may now be siiccessfidly franspbmted, 



Jioses should be pruned and replanted if they require it. 



Shrubs of all kinds may be successfully transplanted after the middle 

 of the month. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Jlsparagus beds may now be made and planted. For ample direc- 

 tions see "Mr. Walker's article, p. 91. 



Rhubarb beds may be prepared and got in readiness for setting out 

 the roots by the middle of the month. 



