160 Monthly Calendar. 



Grape Eyes may still be put in hot-beds : those which were started 

 last month, will now be several inches high : keep up the temperature 

 of the bed by linings, and give them occasionally a little liquid manure. 

 See Vol, I, p. 48. 



Strawberry Beds should be uncovered this month, and, as soon as they 

 begin to grow, let them be top dressed with a little old rotten manure. 

 New beds should be made this month. See page 50. 



Pear and Apple trees should be grafted this month. 



Gooseheiry and Cwrant Bushes should be pruned, if not yet done. New 

 plantations should also be made. 



Raspberry Bushes should be tied up to stakes, and new plantations 

 made, if wanted. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Hyacinth and Tidip beds slioidd be uncovered early this month. The 

 surface should be lightly stirred with a trowell. 



Ranunculuses should, if dry weather, be duly watered, and, as their 

 flower stems advance,, they should be shaded from the sun. 



Tender Annuals should be immediately sown in hot-beds. Hardy and 

 half hardy should be sown in the open ground. 



Salvia Splendens. Cuttings of this fine plant should be put in at this 

 season. 



Calceolarias and Schizanthuses, in the green-house, will again require re- 

 potting. 



Geraniums will now soon be in full bloom. Give them plenty of water. 



Camellias will still require regular waterings, as they have not yet com- 

 pleted their growth. Continue to repot all such as are not in good health. 



Rose Bushes should be now pruned, and all the transplanting that is to 

 be done should be finished this month. For a good selection, see Vol., I, 

 p. 290. 



Dahlias should still be propagated, if cuttings of a great number are 

 wanted to decorate the borders: if only a few of each sort are wanted, 

 the roots may be divided, leaving a good shoot to each tuber. 



Tiger Flowers, Jacobean Lilies, Tuberoses, and Gladiolus, should be set 

 in pots, and placed in the hot-bed. See Vol. I. 



Perennials should be transplanted towards the latter part of the month. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Asparagus Beds should have their surface forked over carefully, and 

 leveled off even with the rake. Preparations should be made, if it is in- 

 tended to plant new beds. 



Rhubarb Roots should be transplanted this month. For particular 

 directions, see Vol. I. 



Cucumbers in hot-beds will now be showing blossoms. Give plenty of 

 air and water, and keep up the heat by linings. 



Peas should be sown immediately, in warm situations. 



