160 Horticultural Memoranda. 



plants are wanted, the cuttings may yet be put in. Vines in the 

 open air, not pruned, should receive immediate attention. Trans- 

 planting may be successfully performed this month. 



Strawberry beds, now uncovered, will begin to push their new 

 leaves. If the manure, which was thrown on in the fall, was not fine 

 and good, let the beds be dressed with some fine old compost; the 

 coarse strawy litter may be removed, leaving the finer part on the 

 beds, to remain. New beds may be planted out this month, and, for 

 our own choice, we prefer planting in the spring. 



Raspberry vines should be now pruned, and the shoots tied up to 

 a stake, to prevent their being broken down when the fruit is ripen- 

 ing. New plantations may be made with success. 



Gooseberrjj and currant bushes should be pruned, if not done be- 

 fore, and the soil top-dressed and lightly dug. 



Fruit trees of all sorts may now be removed with greater safety 

 than at any other season of the year. Scrape and clean the main 

 stems; look out for the destruction of the canker worm and other 

 insects, and manure and prepare the soil around the trees. 



Grafting should be performed where there are old trees to improve, 

 or young seedling stocks intended to be set out in the garden or or- 

 chard. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias will now be among the principal objects of attention, es- 

 pecially where there is a good collection. The roots should be potted, 

 if not done before, and the plants forwarded, in order to get some 

 early blooms. The main stock for planting out need not be started 

 till May. Seed sown now will produce plants which will bloom in 

 September. 



Verbenas will be pushing rapidly, and coming into full bloom. 

 Repot, and train the plants to neat trellises, except such as are in- 

 tended for beds in the open air. 



Tulip and hyacinth beds will require care. Stir the soil between 

 the rows, and prepare the bed for the blooming, in May. 



Ranunculus beds, planted as directed last autumn, should now be 

 fully exposed, every fine day, to the air. 



Camellias will require plenty of water till they have completed 

 their growth. Syringe three times a week over the foliage. 



Cactuses which show buds, should be watered more freely, and 

 not be too much exposed to the sun, or the flowers would soon fall. 



Erythrina crista-galli. — Roots of this fine plant should now be 

 brought into the house, to forward them to be turned out in May. 



Amaryllis formosissima, tuberoses, gladioluses, &c., may now be 

 potted for early blooming. 



Dwarf rocket larkspur seed, as well as several of the hardy an- 

 nuals, such as candytufts, Silene compacta, &c., should be planted 

 immediately; the former in small beds or patches, where they need 

 not be transplanted. 



Roses, and other shrubs, vines, &c., should be removed this month. 



Pcconies, and hardy herbaceous plants, of all kinds, may be now 

 transplanted with safety. 



Ericas and Epacrises may be yet put in with success. 



Chrysanthemums nmy now be propagated by suckers or cuttings. 



