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temperature, 80. Quantity of rain measured, 2 inches. 

 During this month, the roots of apple trees should be opened 

 by those who approve of that system and very strong manure 

 should be applied. Strawberries, grapes and peaches, are still in 

 season. Vine trees should be dug about and manured, the high 

 winds and hot air of this month begin to tell on gardens, though 

 still many very gay flowers are out. Stocks, lark spur Lobelia, 

 Gazania, Verbena and Phlox are in full blaze of flower. 



APRIL- 



MADRAS. 



Mean temperature, 80 '37. Average fall of rain, 0'40 inches. 

 The remarks on March apply equally to this month ; but as 

 the hot season advances, the chances of success in rearing most 

 kinds of vegetables diminish. Melons and cucumbers should 

 be sown during this month. Sow melons in rich light soil, 

 giving the plants plenty of room to run. When they have made 

 four leaves stop them by pinching off the leading bud ; they will 

 then produce two lateral shoots, which stop in a similar manner : 

 and so continue to treat each new formed shoot, stopping it at 

 the second or third joint. When the plants begin to show fruit, 

 stop the fruiting branches two joints before the fruit. Cover 

 the ground with leaves or straw, to keep the roots cool, and to 

 prevent the fruit from becoming spotted. 



In this month yellow and red plantains, pine-apples, grapes, 

 pumplemoses, chota and camala oranges, are procurable in the 

 market, carrots, turnips, beans, and cabbages, are reduced in 

 quantity, and their prices are considerable. Brinjals, radishes, 

 water pumkins, pavekah, peerkengah, and greens, are to be had 

 in abundance. 



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Mean temperature 80|. Quantity of rain measured, 3 inches. 

 Pot off Gladioli bulbs, Achimenes, Gloxinia, Gesnera, Cala- 

 dium, remove to sheltered places, Gold Feather and Stackys 

 edgings, dig up all beds, sow Zinnias and Canna. 



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