April] FLOWER GARDEN. 3gj 



Always mow this short grass when wet either by dew or rain, 

 otherwise it will be impossible to cut it close or even. For the 

 general care of grass-walks and lawns see page 76. 



The edges of all your lawns and grass-walks should now be 

 neatly cut with an edging iron, if omitted in last month; but this 

 should be particularly done to those edgings next to gravel -walks 

 always before the gravel is turned or newly laid on, and afterwards 

 occasionally. 



Sticking and trimming Flower Plants. 



Examine all the beds and borders, and place convenient sticks to 

 such advancing plants as require support; tying them neatly 

 thereto, which should be repeated occasionally as they progress in 

 growth. Let them be made or cut in proportion to the usual height 

 of each respective kind, for it is awkward to see a tall stick set for 

 the support of a plant of humble growth. 



Weeds. 



Weeds of every kind, both from roots and seeds, will now make 

 rapid progress; particular care must be taken to keep the beds and 

 borders free from them, as on this, in a great measure, depends 

 much of your success and the beauty of your improvements. 



THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



Giving Air to the Plants. 



Many of the green-house plants will now begin to shoot freely, 

 therefore it will be necessary to give as much air as possible, con- 

 sistent with their safety. Open the windows every morning when 

 the weather is mild and calm, and let them continue so till the cold 

 of the afternoon begins to increase, provided that the air continues 

 moderately warm all the time. Too much confinement at this 

 season, especially towards the end of the month, when the heat of 

 the weather increases, would do infinite injury to the plants in 

 general, but especially to the early shooting kinds; for if drawn up 

 weakly in the house, they would not be in so good a condition to 

 bear a removal into the open air in the early part of next month, 

 as if their vegetation had been retarded by the admission of a due 

 and salutary circulation of air in the house at all favourable oppor- 

 tunities. 



Watering. 



The plants will now require frequent waterings, giving only a 

 little at a time; but especially the oranges, lemons, myrtles, olean- 

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