April Making Ready for Summer 



years with practically no trouble, and each season 

 they yield a profusion of blossom. Chinese Primroses 

 may be repotted in larger flower-pots after they have 

 bloomed, and if grown in a cool frame throughout the 

 summer months, all flower stems being picked off, they 

 will produce a splendid display next year. The bulbs 

 of Daffodils that have been forced should not be 

 thrown away; if kept moist at the roots and placed 

 in a cold frame for a few weeks they may be planted 

 out of doors wherever room can be found for them. 

 They will increase and blossom freely in future years. 

 So too will Scillas, Crocuses, Snowdrops and Grape 

 Hyacinths. 



Cuttings should be taken of winter-flowering plants 

 for the greenhouse, e.g. Begonias Gloire de Lorraine 

 and Gloire de Sceaux, Poinsettia, Coleus thyrsoideus, 

 Eranthemum and Geranium. 



A troublesome pest that will soon be making its 

 appearance is the grub of the leaf -mining maggot, that 

 renders the leaves of Chrysanthemum, Marguerite and 

 Cineraria so unsightly and in fact ruins them. The use 

 of a fumigant called Autoshreds will get rid of the pest 

 on plants under glass. Chrysanthemums that are out 

 of doors should be sprayed frequently with tar water 

 during the next few weeks in the hope that the eggs that 

 give rise to the grubs will not be laid on the leaves. 



Auricula. As soon as the offsets or side growths on 

 the older plants are of fair size they should be taken off 

 and repotted, either singly in small pots, or several 

 round the edge of a larger pot. They ought to be kept 

 in a cool frame, little air being given for a week or two. 

 Auriculas generally should be repotted as soon as the 

 flowers have faded, if repotting is necessary ; it is, how- 

 ever, a mistake to use large pots, those 4 inches wide are 

 usually large enough. If all, or most, of the old soil is 

 shaken off the roots, the necessity for using large pots is 

 obviated. The compost needs to be prepared with care, 



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