410 Horticultural Memoranda. 



greenhouse, giving: an abundance of air in all fine weather. If young vines 

 one or two years planted, the top shoots will need occasional topping, in 

 order to check the growth and free flow of sap. 



Strawberry Beds should be lightly covered with an inch or so of old ma- 

 nure, if the plants were set out in August, and a little manure thrown over 

 the old beds, not sufficient to cover the plants, but only to fill up between 

 them. 



Currant, Raspberry and Gooseberry Bushes may yet be planted. 



Grape Vines of the hardy native varieties, such as the Isabella, &c. 

 may be now transplanted. 



Fruit Trees of all kinds may be removed this month. 



Seeds of Fruit Trees, such as pears, apples, cherries, peaches, plums, 

 &c. may be sown this month. 



Scioiis for grafting may be cut this month, and preserved in earth in the 

 cellar till spring. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



The Dahlias are probably all out of the ground by this time : where 

 they are not they should soon be taken up, as they gain nothing by re- 

 maining out. Place them in the cellar, cither in barrels or boxes, both of 

 which modes have their advocates, or place them under the stage of the 

 greenhouse ; see that the names are wired on, as those tied with strings of 

 bass matting are apt to drop off. 



Camellias will now be swelling their buds, and should have plenty of 

 moisture. Keep the pots washed clean. Top dress if necessary, and lie 

 up every plant to a neat stake, painted grey or green. Seeds may be 

 sown now, and cuttings put in for stocks. 



Ruses taken up last month, should now be pruned down, cutting in every 

 good shoot to two eyes, and taking entirely out all weak wood, which never 

 produces good buds. Water occasionally with guano or liquid manure of 

 some kind. 



Schizanlhuses, in pots, should be shifted into the next size this month ; 

 the roots should not be allowed to l)ecome matted together. 



Tulips, Hyacinths, and other bulbs should be planted this month. 



Pelargoniums should be repotted this month, and as soon as new roots 

 are formed, the main shoot should be pinched off, to make the plants com- 

 pact and bushy. 



Cereuses, Cactuses, &c. may be grafted now with the best success. 



Roses in the open ground, if some of the more tender kinds, such as 

 the Bourbons and a few of the hybrid kinds, should be protected with a 

 light covering of earth or strawy manure. 



Cinerarias should be repotted this month, making use of a rich loamy 

 soil. 



C/iinrsr Primroses should be repotted. 



Cliiiisdiithi initms should now have liberal supplies of water, and occasion- 

 ally of liquid manure. 



Greenhouse Plants of all kinds in very small pots, may be shifted into 

 the next size. Cuttings just rooted should be potted off, and care should 

 be taken that the green fly is kept off, by occasionally fumigating with 

 tobacco. 



