200 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



removing many things to the open ground, all requiring great attention, 

 industry and care. 



Pelargoniums will be prominent objects, and the earliest plants will 

 begin to bloom, enriching the conservatory as few others, at any season 

 of the year, can ; keep the plants in good order by careful watering, and 

 shade slightly during the hot sun to preserve their bloom. 



Azaleas, done flowering, should be more liberally watered ; straggling, 

 ill-shaped plants should be headed in. They bear tlie knife well. 



Camellias will be making their growth : syringe freely over the foliage 

 and water liberally at the roots. 



Fuchsias will need attention ; repot as soon as the plants require it, and 

 keep them in a vigorous growing order, as any check greatly diminishes the 

 beauty of the plants. 



Gloxinias and Achimenes, as the season advances, will come forward 

 rapidly, and will begin to flower ; repot such as need it, and place them in 

 the warmest and most shaded part of the house. Keep the achimenes tied 

 up to stakes. 



Calceolarias and Cinerarias, of late sowing, may be repotted. 



Roses, in small pots, should have a shift into a larger size and be removed 

 to a cool frame, where they will become hardened off for planting in the 

 open borders. 



Seeds of all kinds of annuals sown last month will now have made euch 

 progress that the young plants may be put into boxes or cold frames pre- 

 paratory to a removal to the borders. 



Bedding Plants of all sorts should now be hardened off in cold frames. 



Japan Lilies will need another shift into larger pots. 



FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 



The lawn and flower garden will now require much attention. Clean, 

 rake and roll the former, as well as the walks, as soon as they are dry 

 enough. Dig the shrubbery, and prepare ground in the flower garden. 



Tulips, Hyacinths, Lilies, and other bulbs, will appear above ground, 

 and the covering should be removed early, or a large portion of it, leaving 

 a little to protect them from frosty nights. 



PEONIES should be reset this month, the earlier the better. 



Herbaceous Plants should be divided and reset. 



Hollyhocks should be uncovered and the beds dug and manured. 



Carnations and Picoteks, in frames, should be set out in the flowering 

 beds this month. 



Daisies, in frames, should be slightly protected on cool nights. 



Annual Flowering Seeds, of the hardy kinds, may be sown in neatly 

 prepared beds for removal later in the season. 



Gladiolus, and other summer bulbs, may be set out the last of the 

 month. 



If the weather is not frosty and cool, all kinds of shrubs, plants, &c., 

 may be transplanted during April. Tender things should have the protec- 

 tion of the hotbed. 



