130 monthly calendar. [March. 



There are some splendid varieties of the Schizanthus 

 which deserre attention at an early season. They are 

 rather difficult of cultivation in pots, being apt to suffer by 

 excess of heat or moisture; and often, when in full bloom, 

 die off suddenly by decays at the base of the stem. No 

 plants will, however, more amply repay all the care and 

 trouble that may be bestowed on them, than those of the 

 elegant genus Schizanthus. The best soil for them isloam^ 

 and leaf mould, with a small portion of sand. They 

 should be repotted as often as the pots are filled with roots, 

 till they come into full flower. 



All the different varieties of tender annual, biennial, and 

 perennial flower seeds, designated thus § and thus f in our 

 catalogues, pages 16 and 28, may be sown this month in 

 hot-beds, or in pots kept in the greenhouse. 



Hyacinths, Narcissus, and other bulbs in glasses, must 

 have the water shifted every week, and the glasses should 

 be thoroughly washed every two or three weeks, 100 



Towards the end of the month, roots of Amaryllis for- 

 mosissima, Gladiolus psiiacinna^ Tiger flowers. Tuberous, 

 and such other bulbs as may have been preserved dry 

 through the winter, may now be planted in pots and kept 

 in a greenhouse or light room, or else plunged in a hot bed, 

 — Those who have no such conveniences may, however, 

 delay the planting of sound bulbs, until the weather will 

 admit of their being planted in warm borders. 



Dahlia roots should now be plunged in a hot-bed, to 

 forward them, with a view to their being separated, as soon 

 as the eyes are discernible. SO. 



APRIL. 



"The state of the wind augurs rain, as they say; — 

 When restless in changes, now this, now that way, 

 Or hollow, comes whistling plaintively by, 

 The rain it betokens is probably nigh.'' 



This is the most important month in the year for garden- 

 ing operations. If not done towards the end of the last month 



