462 SATURDAY IN MY GARDEN 



24. Sow seed of primula for winter display in greenhouse. 



25. Sow seeds of hardy perennials in boxes in frames. 



26. Provide stakes for sweet peas sown in the open. 



27. Take cuttings of geraniums for autumn flowering in the green- 

 house. 



28. Sow French beans in sheltered border. 



29. Prepare trenches for celery. 



30. Plant out vegetable marrows on specially prepared bed with 

 plenty of manure at the base. 



MAY 



i. Start cutting asparagus. Sow seed of primrose and polyanthus 



in boxes or cold frames. 

 2. Keep soil in beds or borders loose on the surface by a frequent 



use of the small fork or hoe. 

 3. Earth up early potatoes ; sow biennials, such as campanulas and 



aquilcgias for next season's flowering. 

 4. Sow seeds of cinerarias in pots ; keep in shade and give cool 



treatment. 

 5. Supply hydrangeas coming into flower with weak doses of liquid 



manure and soot water. 



6. Sprinkle onion beds with soot to prevent attacks of the onion fly. 

 7. Remove withered foliage of crocuses ; prepare plans and get beds 



ready for summer bedding. 

 8. -Syringe rose-trees to keep down greenfly. Keep close watch for 



attacks , of grub and caterpillar. 

 9. Sow runner beans in well-manured trenches. Thin out vegetable 



seedlings and use hoe freely between the rows. 

 10. Remove azaleas, cytisuses, lilacs and other hard-wooded plants 



that have done flowerrnflrom greenhouse to cold frames, 



or a shady position out of doors to develop and harden new 



growth, 

 ii. Stake culinary peas. Plant tomatoes out of doors if the weather 



is favourable. 



12. Pot on dahlia cuttings and remove to cold frame to harden off. 

 13. Dust roses affected with mildew with flowers of sulphur. Feed 



trees with weak liquid manure and see that they do not lack 



moisture at the roots. Remove superfluous buds and thin 



