192 Horticultural Operations, for April. 



Melons sliould now be planted in pots in hot-beds, so as to bring them 

 forward early for turning out into the open ground in June. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now be making their growth, and will require more than 

 tlie ordinary supplies of water, and liberal syringing of the foliage every 

 other day. Give liquid guano once a week. Inarching may yet be done. 



Dahlias may be started for a succession, and if potted, they may be 

 brought forward so as to be strong enough to flower in July. Seedlings 

 should be potted off as soon as tliey have four or five leaves. 



Tulip Beds should be uncovered carefully, and have the surface loosely 

 stirred with a stick, or a trowel, so as not to injure the foliage. 



Hyacinth Beds should also be treated in the same manner as Tulips. 



Ranunculuses, planted last month, will now be coming up rapidly, and 

 will require to be guarded against severe frosts. Roots may yet be planted. 



Carnations and Picotees in frames, should be well aired in all good 

 weather, and if very strong plants are wanted, they should either be 

 repotted, or turned out into a good prepared bed or border, the last of the 

 month. Seedlings should be pricked out into boxes or pots. 



Chrysanthemums maybe propagated from cuttings the last of the month. 



Japan Lilies should be repotted, if not already done. 



Pelargoniums will now be throwing up their flower-buds, and will 

 require to have more liberal supplies of water, and an abundance of air. 



Pansies, in pots, should now be top-dressed with very old manure, and 

 receive liberal supplies of water ; they will then produce large and superior 

 flowers. Seedlings should be potted off into pans or boxes. 



Rocket Larkspur seed may now be sown in beds in the open ground. 



Ericas should be headed in preparatory to a shift into larger pots, and 

 removal to the open air. 



Tuberoses and Amaryllises should be potted. 



Gladioluses may be planted in tlie open ground the last of the month. 



AcHiMENES should be potted off and fresh bulbs put in for a succession. 



Azaleas now beginning to grow, should be more liberally watered. Nip 

 off the tops of all long shoots so as to make them bushy plants. 



Oxalises, done flowering, should now be sparingly watered. 



Hardy Roses of all kinds should be now pruned. Moss Roses should 

 be cut back very short. 



Cactuses, now showing their flower buds, should be more liberally 

 watered. 



Double Balsams, German Asters, and other showy annuals, should 

 now be sown in pots for early blooming. 



Hardy PjEONies may be divided and reset this month. 



Herbaceous Plants of all kinds may now be transplanted. 



Fuchsias should be repotted and headed in, so as to make good shaped 

 plants. 



Stephanotus Floribundus should now be placed in the warmest part 

 of the house, and have more liberal supplies of Avater. 



Tree P^eonies may be propagated by grafting, or division of the roots. 



