200 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Grafting may yet be performed. 



Pruning should still be continued. May is a favorable month for this 

 object. 



Strawberry beds may be made this month. We consider May a most 

 favorable time, as the best crop can be had next year. Old beds should be 

 kept clean of all weeds ; and as soon as the fruit begins to form, straw or 

 short grass should be covered over the surface to keep the fruit from the 

 dirt. 



Raspberries should be carefully staked, and the shoots neatly tied up. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias maybe planted out the latter part of this month ; divide the bulbs, 

 and set a tuber with one or two good eyes in each place. Plants in pots 

 should be turned out carefully into the soil, first enriching with good old 

 manure. 



Gloxinias, Achimenes and Gesneras should now have another shift, and 

 be placed in the very warmest part of the house. 



Eoses should be removed this month from the greenhouse to the open air, 

 preparatory to their being set out in the open ground. Hardy roses should 

 now be well pruned. 



Fuchsias will now need another shift into their blooming pots. 



Calceolarias should soon be repotted again. 



Heaths should be attended to, and carefully watered and syringed. 



JErythrina crista galli roots should now be set out in the open ground. 



Annual Flower seeds of all the hardy kinds may now be planted out ; some 

 where they are to grow, and others in beds for removal. 



Victoria slock seeds and Chinese Primroses, may be planted now for a 

 stock next autumn. 



Amaryllises and Tuberoses may now be planted in the open border. 



Primelea spectabilis should now be re-potted, agreeably to the directions 

 in our last volume. 



Herbaceous plants of many kinds may yet be transplanted with safety. 



Ixias and Spiraxis, done flowering, will need but little water. 



Japan Lilies will need liberal supplies of water, and perhaps another 

 shift, if they have grown well. 



Orange and Lemon trees may be grafted now. 



Campamila grandis and pyramidalis should now have a shift into a large 

 size, for blooming. 



Verbenas may be turned out into the border the latter part of the month. 



Cyclamens should now be set out in the ground or placed in frames ; the 

 former is the best way to make large plants. 



Greenhouse plants of many kinds may be taken out of the house this 

 month, and several kinds may now be propagated with success. 



Camellias should be liberally supplied with water, until they have com- 

 pleted their growth. They should also be very freely syringed. 



Azaleas may now be successfully propagated: take the young wood, just 

 beginning to harden. 



