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Achimenes, which at this time will be starting into growth, 

 should be potted and well watered as soon as they appear above 

 ground. 



May. 



VEGETABLES. 



Asparagus will now be in season, and the beds must be kept 

 most plentifully watered. 



Lettuce may be raised in a shady place from acclimated seed. 

 Beyond this there is nothing that can be done as regards 

 European vegetables. 



At the close of the month is the proper time for sowing most 

 native vegetables ; the several kinds of country Beans, Cucum- 

 bers, and other Gourds ; of Maize, Ochro, Brinjals, &c. 



This is the period likewise for planting Ginger, Arrowroot, 

 Jerusalem Artichoke, Kuchoo or Ghoyan, Sweet Potatoes, and 

 the Tapioca plant, 



FEUITS. 



Continue to water Pine-apples. 



This is the proper season for inarching and making gootees 

 of layers of all the different kinds of fruit-trees. 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



There is little to be done in this department besides 

 watering abundantly young and choice plants. 



June. 



VEGETABLES. 



Maize and the ordinary country vegetables may still be sown. 

 There is nothing that can be done as regards European 

 vegetables. 



FRUITS. 



Seeds of Mango should now be sown for a supply of stocks 

 for inarching upon. 



The operations of gootee, layering, and inarching may still 

 be carried on, and cuttings laid down to strike. 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



The slips of Chrysanthemum laid down in January will now 



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