406 CALENDAR — MAY. 



and strawberries all suckers and runners that are not 

 wanted. 



Forcing. — Attend to the cultivation of the melon and 

 cucumber frames, regulating the air, heat, moisture, 

 and shade, according to the state of the plants ; keep- 

 ing them free from insects ; thinning and training the 

 vines ; also ren'ewing the dung-linings when necessary. 

 Continue the planting of fresh beds, raising more young 

 plants from seeds and cutting for late crops ; the cut- 

 tings producing less luxuriant but more fruitful plants. 

 Go on with the usual culture of the pinery ; give abun- 

 dance of heat and water, and try to keep down all sorts 

 of insects. The grape-vines and peach-trees will re- 

 quire attention, according to the progress they have 

 made, in regulating the young shoots, thinning the fruit, 

 and tying up the shoulders of such clusters of grapes as 

 hang loosely, or are of a large size. Give frequent wash- 

 ings with the engine to the foliage, and a good supply 

 of water to the borders ; also abundance of air. " Plant 

 out basil. Plant pumpkins and pickling cucumbers, un- 

 der hand-glasses, on dung ridges, or in those frames that 

 have been used for early vegetables, most of which will 

 be cleared off by the third or last week. 



Green-house, ^-c. — Turn out, hardy plants about the 

 middle, and -the more tender at the latter end, of the 

 month ; retaining a part of the finest- and most showy 

 plants for the decoration of the green-house during the 

 summer and autumn, when the regular inmates are 

 chiefly placed abroad in the garden. Sow tender an- 

 nuals for succession, potting and shifting those sown at 

 an earlier period, and removing them from the frames 

 to the green-house or conservatory as they come into 

 flower. Continue to propagate, by cuttings, the differ- 



