160 Ho?'iicultural Memoranda. 



Balsams, Stocks, Asters, Portulacas, Zinnias, and other tender and half 

 hardy annuals should now be sown in hotbeds. 



Herbaceous plants may be taken up and transplanted this month. 



PcEonies of all kinds may be transplanted now. 



Roses of hardy kinds may be transplanted now ; old plants should be 

 pruned early, as they flower much stronger. Manure freely. 



Gladioluses may be planted now in the open border. 



Heliotropes may now be propagated from cuttings for Autumn flowering. 



Orange Trees may be budded or grafted at this season. 



Hydrangeas may be propagated from cuttings now, and they will flower 

 if shoots are taken with good buds. 



T^-ee Pceonies may be increased by dividing the roots. 



Carnations and Picotees may be shifted into large pots this month. 



Phloxes may be propagated from cuttings at this season, as soon as they 

 begin to grow. 



Greenhouse plants of all kinds may be re-potted and propagated at this 

 season. 



Dwarf Rocket Larkspur Seed may be sown now for the first flowering, or 

 if sown in the autumn, these will come in as a succession. 



Plants of Erythrina crista galli may be brought forward now in hotbeds, 

 and planted out in May. 



Box Edgings may be reset this month. 



Hardy Annuals of all kinds may be planted the latter part of the month. 

 Poppies, and some other sorts should be sown where they are to remain, as 

 they do not bear transplanting. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Hotbeds if they have been properly made last month will now be ready 

 to forward all kinds of early vegetables. 



JEgg Plant Seed should be sowu in boxes or pots. 



Cculiflowers and Brocoli of all kinds should be sown. 



Lettuce may be re-planted and brought forward for setting out in the open 

 ground. 



Cabbages should be sown now. 



Celery should be brought forward for transplanting. The seed should be 

 sown in boxes. 



Sweet Marjoram should be sown now in pits or boxes. 



Melons cueumbers, and squashes, may be forwarded more than a month 

 by sowing now in pots, and transplanting to the open air the latter end of 

 May. 



Asparagus beds may be made this month . 



Plantations of Rhubarb may be made this month. The best sort is the 

 "Victoria for the main crop, and the Tobolsk for early use. The soil cannot 

 be too rich for this purpose. Dig deep and manure highly. Set the roots 

 in rows two feet apart each way. 



