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month as practicable. Trim all plants this month. Cut 

 back the long branches, and cut out the twiggy wood. Get 

 your plants shapely. Water your plants at this time in 

 the afternoon or evening. 



April. 



Your plants, if in health, should be growing finely, and 

 the balance of your stock in flower. Give plenty of air 

 during this month, also room on the benches, that they may 

 form well. Re-pot balance of your stock which was not 

 attended to last month. Take cuttings this month. Those 

 plants which were grafted in February will all be firmly 

 united, and the cord which held the graft in place should be 

 removed, and the glass removed from the frame. Give 

 them one size larger pots. Rub all shoots off which appear 

 below the graft. Allow nothing to grow but the newly- 

 inserted graft. Syringe twice a day. Red spider and 

 thrip will make their appearance, notwithstanding all the 

 syringing and dampening of the house. Your plants will 

 need more water as the season advances. Look over them 

 daily. 



May. 



Get your plants to the open air as early as possible this 

 month, or red spider and thrip will make sad work. Place 

 them outside, as directed before, on a wet day, and plunge 

 the pots to the rim. A shady place w r ill not be required. 



Your young grafted plants can also be put out in the 

 open air. 



Towards the end of this month the cuttings which were 

 placed in the sand first part of April will be rooted, and 



