00 OPEKATIONS OF GARDENING. PART I. 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



Withhold water from Dahlias, and when the stems have died 

 down, take up the tubers and store them in pots of earth or sand 

 in a dry godown. 



Treat in the same way the several species of Oxalis. 



Withhold water from Gloxinia raaculata, Lilium longifolium, 

 and Richardia Ethiopica, and when the stems and leaves have 

 died down, remove the pots, with the bulbs within them 

 undisturbed, to some dry godown, till the time of re-potting in 

 the following October. Other bulbous and tuberous-rooted 

 plants of a similar description should, of course, receive similar 

 treatment. 



Cu^ well back the wood of last season's growth of shrubs, 

 such as Poinsettia, Holmskioldia, Hamiltonia, Phlogacanthus, 

 Aphelandra, Buddlea, Thunbergia, and Cassia alata, that have 

 lately finished flowering. 



Euphorbia jacquiniflora should be treated in a similar way, and 

 the cuttings inserted in pots of sand kept in a sheltered place 

 and well watered : they will afford a nice stock of new plants. 



Take up the choicer kinds of Verbena to pot, and keep under 

 shelter during the Eains. 



April. 



VEGETABLES. 



Little can be done now in the cultivation of vegetables. 

 Well water Asparagus. 

 Gather seed of Onion and Salsify. 



Put Yams in the ground, and construct trellis-work for them to 

 trail upon. 



FRUITS. 



Water Melons unremittingly. 

 Keep Strawberry-plants watered while the Hot season lasts. 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



The leaves of Gladiolus and some other bulbous plants will 

 be dying down. The pots containing them should be removed 

 to some dry place, where they may remain till the time for re- 

 potting comes round again. 



