MAT. 295 



MAY. 



This is another busy month in this department, and the 

 earliest attention must be directed to finish sowing all kinds 

 of seeds ; transplant those sown in March and April. 

 Seedling plants, when of sufficient size, should be trans- 

 planted to where they are intended to flower, and great 

 care should be taken to remove them with as much dirt as 

 will hang to the roots. This rule does not apply to the 

 Pansy, for if grown large it will be necessary to wash 

 the dirt from their roots, or the plants will not survive the 

 summer. 



Tender Roses should be planted into the open ground, 

 and they will flower more freely all summer, and need no 

 trouble the remainder of the season ; they will make large 

 plants by the fall. Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks, now 

 spindling up to flower, should have sticks, and be tied as 

 they grow, to prevent the misfortune often attending them 

 by being broken off by rough winds, or by accident 

 Hyacinths, when done flowering, and as soon as their 

 leaves die down, should be taken up ; also, Crown Impe- 

 rials and Crocuses. The best time to take up Tulips is 

 about five weeks after flowering ; but much depends upon 

 the weather. Above all things, never take up bulbous 

 roots, if possible, in damp or rainy weather ; the ground 

 ought to be dry, or the sudden transition may destroy 

 them. It will be found best to take up bulbous roots 

 every season, which prevents the ground from deteriorating 

 by the excrementitious discharge from the bulbs into the 



