240 Horticultural Memoranda. 



and will need care. See that the wood is laid in well for bearing next 

 season. Vineries without artificial heat will be just in bloom. 



Strawberry Beds may be yet made if other work has been so pressing 

 as to have neglected it. Keep old beds clear of weeds. 



Fruit Trees will now need much care ; pruning must be attended to in 

 season. Young seedling trees should be kept clear of weeds, and trees 

 that have been budded should have all superfluous shoots destroyed. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias may be removed from the greenhouse to the open air this 

 month ; choosing a cool and half shady aspect, and placing the pots on 

 boards or coal ashes to keep the worms out of the pots. Repotting may 

 now be successfully performed, and cuttings may now be taken off for 

 propagation. 



IXiUp Beds should be kept free of weeds, and the bulbs carefully taken 

 up the latter part of the month. 



OxaUscs should now be placed on a dry shelf where they will not re- 

 ceive any water. 



Roses may now be turned out of the pots into the ground, selecting a 

 good rich spot ; cuttings may be put in, made from the prunings of the 

 plants, which should be headed down. 



Ericas may yet be successfully propagated by cuttings. Repot old 

 plants and pot off cuttings struck in March. 



Cactuses should now receive plenty of water. 



Pansies sown in boxes or pots in April, may now be pricked out into 

 small properly prepared beds. 



Hyacinths should be taken up this month. 



Carnations should be turned out of the pots into the ground, if not done 

 before. Seeds may now be sown. 



Chrysanthemums. — The young plants just potted off should be duly 

 watered and encouraged in their growth by plunging the pots in the ground. 



Azaleas should be repotted, if not done before. 



Balsams, China Asters, and similar plants, sown in boxes, should be 

 transplanted out into the border. 



Fuchsias, struck from cuttings and potted off, should now be shifted, if 

 large plants are wanted. 



Geraniums, as soon as done blooming, should be cut down, and the 

 cuttings put in, if young plants are wanted. 



Heliotropes, planted out in the border, grow luxuriantly, and are highly 

 desirable for their vanilla odor. 



Dahlias will need particular attention this month. They should be set 

 out from the 1st to the 20th. Prepare the soil by deep spading, and put 

 at least a shovelful of manure to each plant. Stake the plants, as they 

 are often broken off by the first high wind, if neglected. 



Verbenas may now be turned out into small beds or in the border. 



Gladioluses and Tuberoses, forwarded in pots, may now be put out into 

 the open ground. 



Cyclamens may be turned out into a cool situation in the border. 



Brachycome iberidifolia, in pots, should now be turned out into the open 

 ground. 



