CALENDAR — MARCH. 401 



rel. Fork over th^ asparagus bed, avoiding the buds 

 as much as possible. Transfer tetragonia seedlings 

 into single pots. 



Fruit G-arden. — -Finish the planting and pruning of 

 fruit-trees before the middle of the month. Protect 

 those coming into blossom with the various coverings 

 usually employed, or by giving a little heat to flued 

 walls. Begin grafting in the third week ; dig and 

 dress between the row^s of gooseberries, currants, and 

 other fruit-trees, if not already done. Kill wasps when 

 they first appear, for the death of every individual at 

 this period is equal to' the destruction of a colony in 

 autumn. 



Forcing Gurden, — Proceed with the forcing of melons 

 and cucumbers, giving air, and applying linings to 

 maintain the proper temperature. Examine pine-apple 

 suckers and crowns, potting those that have been kept 

 in tan during the winter ; repotting those that require 

 larger pots, and dressing the roots of such as are sickly, 

 about the middle of the month, shift to the succession- 

 pit, and give a top-dressing to the fruiting plants; turn 

 the tan, and add new bark to the pits, to keepup bot- 

 tom-heat. In the vinery and peach-house, attend to the 

 keeping down of insects by watering ; and promote the 

 growth of the young shoots by steaming in the evenings. 

 Graft vines when the shoots are sprung about fifteen 

 inches. (See page 118). Sow seeds of capsicum -and 

 tomato ; ^also tender annuals for the stove. Sow salads, 

 early horn carrot, and early Dutch turnip on slight 

 hotbeds during the first fortnight ; as also celery and 

 cauliflower for transplanting. Force strawberries and 

 kidney-beans ; and continue the forcing of roses, rho- 

 dodendron?, kalm-ias, hardy> flowers, and bulbs. 



