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to get rid of their ravages. A child of seven 

 years old, can do this work as effectually as a 

 grown person. 



Borecole, turnep, cabbage, Scotch knle, 

 Brussels sprouts, Jerusalem kale, broccoli, 

 peas, beans, lettuce, radishes, small sailading, 

 spinach, carrots, parsneps, beets, onions, to- 

 matoes, egg plants, peppers, and indeed all 

 other vegetables of the kitchen garden must 

 be now sown, or planted. 



CELLERY. 



Transplant your cellery plants for an early 

 crop. Prepare a spot of ground in beds three 

 or four feet wide, manure and dig it up well, 

 rake smooth ; then plant the plants out, about 

 three inches apart, and let them remain for 

 about five weeks, when they will be fit to be 

 put out in the trenches. 



RHUBARB. 



This delicious and dedicate tart plant is 

 too much neglected in our gardens, and we 

 once more call the attention of every one to 

 it who has a garden. It makes as good a tart 

 as the gooseberry, is more healthful, and does 

 not give halt as much trouble. 



The modeof cult'jre is as follows: — Select 

 a piece of rich sandy loam, manure it well ; 

 trench it two or three spades deep, level and 

 rake it neatly, lay it off into beds of four feet 

 depth, sow the seed in drills, thinly; keep 

 the ground stirred, clean of weeds, and water 

 well. The first winter they should be pro- 

 tected by a covering of rush or straw, with a 

 plank thrown over it — after the first winter 

 they will not require it. 



In the second spring uncover your plants, 

 hoe between the rows, lighten the earth and 

 give a top dressing of rich mould or compost. 



If you would enjoy this luxury at once, 

 buy a few plants, say a dozen ; they will be 

 sutBcient to supply your family with tarts. 

 We would make this remark — no family 

 where there are children should be without 

 a few of these plants ; besides, being a deli- 

 cious ingredient in the composition of tarts, 

 they are an antidote to the diarrhoea, dysen- 

 tery, and cholera infantum. 



IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



As your early hyacinths will begin to de- 

 velope their flowers this month, you must 

 support their stems with small sticks, and to 

 give effect to their appearance, it will be best 

 to paint them green. 



The same remark will apply to tulips, with 

 this addition, that when the flowers are ex- 

 panded they ought to be shaded in order to 

 prolong their bloom and lend a freshness to 

 their respective tints. 



If the weather be dry, your Uanunculuseb 

 and Jnemones should be watered. 



When your Auriculas expand their flowers, 

 if the weather be rainy, throw a protection 

 over them, and water them often. 



Sow your Dahlia seed, and the plants will 

 be fit for transplanting by the middle of May. 



Jtoses should now be transplanted and 

 pruned. 



Evergreen Shrubs and vines generally 

 should be set out immediately. 



Your Carnations and pinks should be shifted, 

 Where they are in frames, they should be fre- 

 quently aired and watered, so as to enure 

 them to the transition they are soon to e.xpe' 

 rience. 



Your Pohjanthuses and Primroses should 

 be attended to now. 



The Jacobean lili/ may be planted out to- 

 wards the end of this month. 



Your walks, evergreen hedges, box edgings, 

 and grass plats, must all be attended to, anc 

 in fact your eyes and hands must be busy ii 

 every direction, if you design to have a gar 

 den of which you may be proud. 



J FRUIT GARDEN, &C. 



Trees which have not burst into leaf ma; 

 in all safety be planted during this month 

 After planting them they should receive ; 

 good watering which will answer for the twc 

 fold purpose of settling the earth around th 

 roots, and of causing them to push forth youn 

 and vigorous fibres; and we will here repea 

 what we have often advanced before, tht 

 many valuable trees are annually lost for th 

 want of being watered, — A'hat we mean b 

 the term, is hot a mere sprinkling of the su 

 face, but thorough soaking applications of wi 

 ter in sufficient quantities to reach the root 



The pruning of such of your fruit trees, i 

 have not been before trimmed, may now I 

 advantageously attended to. 



Currants, raspberries, and gooseberrie 

 may now be transplanted. 



Attend to your strawberry beds; keep thai 

 clean of weeds, and clear away the runnei 

 as they may advance. 



If you should want to make a new plant; 

 tion of strawberry vines, let the strongest 

 the runners remain until June, when the 

 may be taken off and transplanted. 



Crape cuttings and vines may be plante 

 out, if done early this month : and in a wop 

 the eye and judgment of the judicious tartne 

 planter, or horticulturist, must be busy ar 

 actively employed in every direction on h 

 premises, each must practice industry ar 

 economy, and exercise untiring vigilanc 

 tor without the exertion of these virtues, th 

 best fields may prove unproductive, and la 

 and disappointment be his lot, when prol 

 and pleasure should have rewarded h 

 efforts. 



