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staked and tied, and attended to as they advance in growth. The 

 Roses should likewise have all the attention that can be spared 

 at this busy season. Remove all superfluous shoots and suckers, 

 and keep a sharp look-out after insects. One great fault to be 

 frequently met with is, mixed beds or borders of herbaceous 

 plants with stiff high plants at the edges. Where sufficient 

 variety does not exist, some of our dwarf plants, such as Migno- 

 nette, Musk, Eorget-me-not, Verbenas, and Calceolarias may be 

 introduced with advantage. The newly-planted things will re- 

 quire frequent attention, as under the best management failures 

 will sometimes occur. These Bhould instantly be made good, 

 and the tying and staking of everything requiring support on no 

 account delayed. Where an immediate display of flowers is not 

 wanted, the buds may be pinched off for a week or two to en- 

 courage the plants to cover the ground. Creepers agahiBt walls 

 and trellises to be constantly gone over to tie or nail them in. 

 Take early means to eradicate all the broad-leaved plants and 

 -coarse-growing grasses from the lawns which they much dis- 

 figure, and keep them closely cut with the scythe or mowing 

 machine. 



FEUIT GAEDEN. 



Attend to disbudding Peaches, Nectarines, ApricotB, &c. 

 Pick grubs off Plums, Apricots, and Pears. Syringe Cherries, 

 &c, to destroy the aphis. Give Strawberries a thorough soak- 

 ing after the blossoming period, and put some wheaten straw or 

 other covering between the rows to prevent heavy rains from 

 soiling the fruit. Thin the shoots ef Raspberries to two or three 

 of the strongest if not already done. Disbud Figs, retaining no 

 more wood than is required for the next season. 

 6TOTE. 



Let rambling shoots have frequent stopping. Shift Gloriosa?, 

 Erythrmas, Clerodendrons, &c, and give liberal supplies of weak 

 manure water. Continue to shift all Orchids that require it. The 

 best time for shifting Saceolabiums, "Pandas, Camarotis, iErides, 

 and all similar plants is as soon as they have done blooming. 

 Mow is a good time to pot Peristerias, Phaius, and Cymbidiums 

 that are Btarting into growth. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSEEVATOBY. 

 Young growing plants of Heaths and other hardwooded 

 plants to be placed in a spare pit where the lights can be readily 

 removed, to take advantage of dews or light showers ; and where 

 the shading, which will sometimes be necessary, can be readily 

 removed, plunge the pots about half their rfepth in cinder 

 ashes. The Btock of Balaams and other annuals grown for 

 filling the vacant places in the conservatory, &c, should be en- 

 couraged by frequent shifts. Keep them in bottom heat and 

 near the glass. Pick-off the early-formed bloom-buds, as the 

 plants should attain a considerable size before being allowed to 

 bloom. Continue to train Kalosanthes, and water with liquid 

 manure occasionally. Scarlet Geraniums to have liberal en- 

 couragement to grow them on. Fancy Pelargoniums for late- 

 blooming will thrive better in a somewhat shady situation, and 

 where they can at the Bame time be protected from heavy rains. 

 Fuchsias, if not in their blooming-pots, should be transferred to 

 them forthwith. Train in the desired form, and pinch back 

 weak and straggling Bhoots. y? K EA ne 



[ June 2, 1863. 



DOINGS OF THE LAST WEEK. 



KITCHEN GAEDEN. 



Eaethed-to Cauliflower to keep it moist, as the weather 

 with us continues very dry, and we are afraid of quite running 

 out of water. Did the same with Peas and Beans for a similar 

 purpose. Shaded young Turnips, &c, for the same purpose, 

 and. hoed with a Dutch hoe among growing crops, weeds or no 

 -weeds, in order to give a loose surface, which arrests evaporation 

 almost as effectually as covering with a mat or litter. One dis- 

 advantage is that the loose surface keeps out heat as well as 

 keeps in moisture. Grubbed out and wheeled to rubbish-heap, 

 to be covered with soil, the greater portion of the Broccoli : had 

 the ground well trenched-up, and a little dung added, and will 

 sow with Peas, watering them well, and will stake this the last 

 sowing of the Marrowfat kinds. When we read such directions, 



ireneh-up spare ground for early crops of Greens, Broccoli," 

 ffio-, it ib enough to make one's teeth water with envy, and espe- 

 cially when we happen to see large quarters lying fallow for half 

 the summer No doubt it is more pleasant to be able to do 

 things m this regular fashion, and to take only one or two 



crops from the aoil in one season ; but there are many of ua who 

 can hardly ever give the ground a moment's rest. For cropping 

 in this style it is a great advantage to be able to get hold of a 

 border in which lots of the lirassica tribe may be pricked-out in 

 rich soil, and 3 or 4 inches apart, and then they may be trans- 

 ferred with the trowel to places as soon as room can be found 

 for them. At present we have not a piece vacant ; but one 

 planted with early Potatoes, which we purchased to get a change 

 of seed for next year, but the ground being so dry, though all 

 right below, the tops of the Potatoes have not appeared above- 

 ground as yet. We may also say the same as to AsparagUB and 

 Sea-kale seeds that were sown ; for, though all right, there has 

 not been enough of moisture to tempt the seed-leaveB above the 

 ground, and such things we cannot think of watering. Regulated 

 Cucumbers, Dwarf Kidney Beans in bearing, and stopped and 

 watered those merely under glasB protection ; also placed ridge 

 Cucumbers, Vegetable Marrows, &c, under a cold frame to 

 harden-off the plants for open air, but will, if possible, give a few 

 the protection of some old lights over them, as those on ridges 

 have not done first-rate for several years. Thinned Lettuces, 

 and planted a lot on the north side of a bank, where we think they 

 come sweetest and best in summer ; but had we plenty of ground 

 we would not transplant at all, but would'BOw thinly in rows, 

 and thin to a foot or more apart. We always think there is an 

 additional crispaess in sown LettuceB over transplanted oneB, 

 and then the labour is less. Pricked-out Celery, and will plant- 

 out some of the earliest as soon as the trenches are cleared of 

 bedding plants. Cut the flowering-stems of most of the Sea-kale ; 

 this in the young state makes a nice vegetable when boiled, and 

 would be preferred by many to a succulent Cabbage, though that, 

 too, is very nice. 



General treatment much the same as before. 



FETTII GAEDEN. 



Caterpillars appeared on some Gooseberry-bushes ; but when 

 we thought of starting them with a sprinkling of soot we found 

 there were none to sprinkle, and hope they will not return again. 

 Of course the birds will get the credit of this, and I suppose 

 they deserve it, but we were too busy elsewhere to be quite sure 

 of the matter from observation. Gooseberries will be a very heavy 

 crop, although the frost nipped a few, and did some injury to 

 Currants. Went over Cherry trees, regulating the shoots, and 

 steepiug the points infested with fly in weak; Gishurst, and 

 engined strongly with clear soot and lime water several times 

 afterwards, and watered at the roots in some cases as previously 

 detailed. 



Thinned fruit in orchard-houses, which in Borne cases had set 

 as thick as ropes of onions. Will use the fruit bruised-up for 

 prussic acid tea, as but few will be used for tarts. Thinned 

 Grapes, regulated shoots in late vinery, and attended to Melon?, 

 setting the fruit on slates and bricks, and keeping those iu bloom 

 rather dry. Out of doors we hope we shall get a good drench- 

 ing for the Strawberries, as we should like the ground well 

 wetted before putting straw or litter between the rows. In 

 syringing and engining at this season we can hardly fail to hear 

 lots of encomiums on two kinds of hydropults. 



We have not a word to say against them, and the immense 

 sale renders them independent of anything of that sort. Never, 

 however, did we know a case more illustrative of what " there 

 is in a name." Ladies are quite enraptured with them. We 

 have had specimens Bent to us, with and without pails, and 

 can see no advantage in them, except the flexible tube, which, 

 in many cases, would be an advantage, and the flexible suetion- 

 tube which might be placed in a cistern in a house, and the 

 hydropult worked at the farther extremity. Hearing so much 

 of the ease in working the "pult," we were quite surprised 

 at the muscular exertion required in the several specimens sent 

 to tempt us into the purchasing vein. No doubt there will 

 be the advantage of not getting out of order easily ; but as a de- 

 liverer of water with force, and to a good distance, the want of 

 an air-vessel and good lever power, to lessen the necessary exer- 

 tion, will, in our opinion, be drawbacks to the continued popu- 

 larity of the hydropult. 



As this is the time for looking over Pine plants, some inquiries 

 have reached us as to mixing old and new tan together for Pine- 

 beds, Melon-beds, &c. When we UBed tan rather largely, we 

 gave up mixing it, as the heat was thus made so irregular, and 

 often bo violent. We preferred placing the new by itself at the 

 bottom of the bed, and the old at the top, or just the reverse, if 

 the tan though new was sweet, so as not to injure anything. For 



