160 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Raspberry bsds should now be uncovered ; this month is the time to make 

 new plantations. 



Currant and Gooseberry bushes should be set out now. 



Strawberry beds should be uncovered ; rake the beds carefully and apply 

 guano, if the soil is not rich, (two pounds to the square rod.) New beds 

 may be made this month. 



Fruii trees, of all kinds, should be transplanted in April. 



Peach trees, for forcing in pots, should be potted this month, selecting 

 young trees branched low. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias, which have been potted, will now be six inches high. If early 

 flowers are wanted, continue to shift them into larger pots. Tubers may 

 now be divided, and started by placing in a hot-bed or frame. Seedlings 

 should be potted off singly in small pots. 



Camellias will now be making their new wood, and should be freely 

 syringed, and the soil kept well watered. Inarching may be performed yet. 



Gloxinias and Achimines should now be put into small pots, and kept in 

 a warm place. 



Roses in small pots may now have a shift into a larger size. 



Chrysanthemums will now be coming forward, and cuttings may be put 

 in, or the roots divided, and potted off. 



Calceolarias, Cinerarias, and Fuchsias, will need potting off again, if fine 

 specimens are wanted in June. 



Cactuses, now showing their flower beds, should be freely watered. 



Pansy seeds, may be sown now in a good prepared bed, in a cool situ- 

 ation. 



Carnations should be repotted this month. 



Hydrangeas may be propagated from cuttings now. 



Hyacinth and Tiilip Beds should have the soil carefully stirred, as soon 

 as it is in a good condition. 



Dwarf Rocket Lockspur Seed may be sown immediately, in beds. 



Ealsams, Amaranthuses, Brachycome, German Asters, Schizanthuses, 

 Coxcombs, and all such annuals, may be sown now in pots in hot beds, for 

 turning out into the open ground, the latter part of May. 



Herbaceous Plants may be removed this month. 



PcEonies, both tree and herbaceous, should be transplanted in April. 



Coreopsis, Clarkias, Gilias, Petunias, SfC, may be sown this month, and 

 a succession in May. 



Gladiolus and Tiger Flowers may be set out in the border the latter part 

 of April. 



Heaths, Diosma, cj-c, may be propagated from cuttings at this season. 



Plants in frames should now be well aired, and such as need it, repotted. 



Oxalises done blooming, should now receive only occasional waterings. 



Japan lilies may be shifted again, if the roots have fitted the pots. 



