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MARCH GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 27 



Pay attention to Lawns ; they require frequent 

 waterings during this month to make them at all 

 presentable; in places where they have become 

 patchy, it will be better to have them dug over at 

 once, and resown towards the end of the month. The 

 end of this month and the beginning of April is the 

 best time for forming lawns. If done later there is no 

 chance of a sward forming before the Spring, Lose 

 no time in completing the clipping of box edgings and 

 hedges of all descriptions. 



r!\EENHOUSE AND 



Endeavour to keep this depamnent gay by con- 

 centrating all the blooming plants available in it. 

 Towards the end of the month is a good time for a 

 thorough overhaul of this and kindred structures ; 

 remove everything out, in order to give the place a 

 thorough cleansing. Scrub, paint, and whitewash all 

 parts requii-ing it. Nothing keeps all kinds of in- 

 sect pests more iii check than a free use of the white- 

 wash brush, which can be more effectually done in 

 an empty house. See that the plants are quite clean 

 before they are again brought in ; only such as are 

 likely to suffer from exposure need be brought in at 

 present. Assist hard- wooded plants to mature their 

 growth ; this may be done by reducing the quantity 

 of water given, and exposing them freely to the sun 

 and air. 



When arranging the plants brought in, have an 

 eve to a general pleasing effect. Put them so far 

 apart as to allow the air to circulate freely around 

 them, and avoid shutting them up close. Examine 

 the surface of the soil, and if there are any signs of 

 worms turn the ball carefully out of, the pot, when 



