200 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Grafting trees of all kinds may be continued throughout the month, if 

 the scions have been well preserved. 



Straivben-y beds may yel be planted with entire success. 



Raspberry bushes should be neatly tied up to stakes and the ground 

 manured and spaded ; prune off the tips of shoots doAvn to a good promi- 

 nent bud, leaving them from 4 to 5 feet. 



Seedling Pears and Jlpples should have the ground well stirred about 

 the roots. 



Jlttend to the destruction of insects early, and a great amount of labor 

 will be saved. 



Pruning trees may be continued throughout the month, and also dis- 

 budding of the young growing shoots where not wanted. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias for early flowering may be planted out the latter part of the 

 month. New kinds may yet be propagated by division of the roots or by 

 CuLt'ngs, and the plants sheltered in a frame until June. 



Camellias will now be finishing their new growth of wood. Keep 

 them well syringed, and water occasionally with liquid manure. Inarch- 

 ing of some sorts may yet bo performed. 



Boses may be planted out into the open ground any time this month. 



CadusLS as soon as done blooming may be repotted. 



Chrysanthemuins may now be propagated from cuttings or suckers. 



Achimenes of the different species should now be shifted into the next 

 size pots. 



Tulip beds now coming into bloom should be shaded. The ground 

 should also be lightly pricked over with a small trowel, being careful not 

 to injure the roots or foliage. 



Pansies raised in pots should now be planted out in beds, choosing a 

 cool moist situation. 



Verbenas may now be turned out into the ground. 



Hardy annuals of all sorts should now be sown in the open ground, and 

 tender ones raised in hot beds or frames, turned out into the border. 



Herbaceous plants of many kinds may yet be safely removed. 



Brampton and Queen stocks for forming strong plants next winter, 

 should now be sown. 



Ericas may now be propagated from cuttings. 



Boots of Erythrina crista galli may now be planted out in the open 

 border. 



Scdvia splendens may now be turned out into the border. 



Oxalises and other bulbs done blooming, should be removed to a dry, 

 airy place, and watering discontinued. 



Gladioluses, Tiger Flowers, Sfc, may be planted this month. 



Hydrangeas should now be repotted. 



Orange Trees may be grafted this month. 



