240 Horticultural ^Memoranda. 



month the operation of thinning the berries may be commenced. 

 Keep the wood for bearing next vear well htid in, and cut away all 

 superfluous shoots. Vines in the open air should be attended to. and 

 well trained to the trellis or wall. Cuttings in pots « ill also need 

 good supplies of water. 



Straicberry beds should receive attention. Lay clean straw or hay 

 between the rows, to keep the fruit from the earth. Keep the beds 

 clear of weeds. 



FLOWER DEPAETMEKT. 



DaA/ja5 should now be planted out: commence immediately, and 

 continue to plant until the ^Oth of the month: a succession of flow- 

 ers will thus be obtained, the first flowering early and making a good 

 display in the garden, but the latter givins the best blooms for prize 

 flowers. Keep the plants tied up to a stake: cut off all superfluous 

 branches, and keep them free from insects by occasional syringing 

 and frequently looking over the plants. Water freely in dry weather. 



Camellias should now be removed from the green-house to the 

 open air., placing them in a situation where the sun will not shine on 

 ihem only in the morning. 



Tulips will be in flower now: when they have done blooming, cut 

 off the seed pods, and keep the beds free from weeds. 



Annuals, sown in frames or hot-beds, particularly of the tender 

 kinds, may be transplanted into the borders. Continue to sow pan- 

 sies, candytufts, larkspurs, mignonette, ii.c. for a succession. 



F'erbenas should be planted out in the open ground. 



Geraniums should be propagated this month. Cut down the old 

 plants, and place them in a half shady situation. 



Ericas may yet be propagated with success. Young plants do best 

 in frames facing the north. 



Chrysanthemums, not already potted off, should be attended to. 



Roses, geraniums, saltias. pyreihrums. alonsoas, ^-c. , which have 

 been kept in the green-house, may be turned out into the border, 



Poinsettia pulcherrima. — Old plants should now be cut down, in 

 the same manner as geraniums; and if a stock is wanted, cuttings 

 should be inserted in small pots, and placed in a hot-bed: the old 

 roots should be turned out into the border, where they will do much 

 better than in pots. 



Ten-iceek stock g-iUifloteer seed should be sown now, to produce 

 plants for flowering next winter. 



Perennial and biennial seeds, such as larkspurs, sophora, lychnis, 

 everlasting pea, blue-bells, fox-glove, &c., may be sown any time 

 this month. 



Chinese primrose seeds should be sown now. 



Green-house plants, of all kinds, should be removed to a favorable 

 situation in the open air, where they will be shaded from the sun, 

 except morning and evening. 



Roses may l>e budded the latter part of the month, and they will 

 make good plants, and produce flowers, in the course of the sum- 

 mer. The Boursalt makes a good stock for the yellow and blush 

 Teas, and other slender growing sorts. 



