96 Horticultu7'al Memoranda. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Pelargoniums will now require more attention. All plants which are in- 

 tended to bloom well in April and May should now be repotted, if it has 

 not been done before : eight inch pots are sufficiently small for good-sized 

 plants, and, if they are very large, they will require about eleven inch : as 

 soon as repotted, give them a good syringing, and, if they are attacked by 

 the green fly, fumigate immediately. Train out the shoots carefully, and 

 attend carefully to the watering : for further direction, we would refer to 

 Mr. Beck's article in our last. 



Roses will now be advancing rapidly, and such as appear stunted for pot 

 room should be immediately shifted into a larger size : syringe occasionally, 

 and fumigate to destroy the green fly. 

 Japan Lilies should now be repotted in the manner advised last month. 

 Dahlias, if wanted for very early flowering, should now be potted and 

 placed in the warmest part of the greenhouse. 



Camellias will now be in full bloom : give them abundant supplies of 

 water at the roots, and syringe occasionally overhead : pick off all decay- 

 ing flowers, and attend to impregnation, if seeds are wanted. 

 Verbenas should now be repotted. 

 Victoria Slocks will now need a shift into larger pots. 

 Achimenes, Gloxinias, dfc, started in pans, should now be potted off 

 singly into small pots. 



Schizanthuses should be now shifted into large-sized pots. 

 Calceolarias will require potting again. 



Fuchsias should now be propagated from cuttings of the new wood, if 

 young plants are wanted. 



Gladiolus Gandavensis, and Floribundus should now be potted for early 

 blooming. 



Sparaxis and Ixias, now about to bloom, should be liberally watered. 

 Ten Week Slocks, and other sorts of tender annuals, may now be sown 

 for producing plants to turn out early into the border. 



Nemophilas should again be potted if very large and fine plants are 

 wanted. 



Heaths should be carefully attended to ; giving good supplies of water, 

 and an occasional syringing overhead. 



Azaleas now begin to show their buds, and may have a greater supply 

 of water. 

 Plants in Frames should be aired in fine weather. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Hot Beds. — In gardens, where it is desirable to have early cucumbers or 

 vegetables of any kind, hotbeds should be put in operation ; about the mid- 

 dle of the month is the time to begin ; the beds will not then be in readiness 

 to plant until near the end of the month. 



Cucumbers should be planted in small pots, three seeds in each, and al- 

 lowed to grow until they are hilled out next month. 



Lettuce, Radish, Egg Plants, Marjorum, Tomato, Celery and other seeds, 

 should be immediately sown in order to have early plants for placing out in 

 the open ground as soon as the weather will admit. 



