(b CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



Eoses cut back short. Rose seeds may be sown the last of this month 

 or early in May. Spring budding may also be performed. 



This is an important month with the Rose. First and foremost, 

 the vigilance in looking for the breaking buds of stocks, which would 

 rob the head of its growth, must be doubled, and every three or four 

 days they m^ust be examined and rubbed off. Suckers must also be 

 grubbed up the instant they appear. The shoots of the "buds of last 

 year will make rapid growth, and require to be screened, that the 

 wind may not break them out or damage them ; and it is a very good 

 plan to tie a stick to the stem, to reach a foot above it, and this does 

 well to support any of the shoots. But when a bud throws up a very 

 strong shoot, it is well to take the top off as soon as there are two pair 

 of leaves, for it wiH make the shoot form a head the first season ; but, 

 in any case, the shoots must be supported by a loose tie to the stick 

 above mentioned. 



The young seedlings will be up this month, and will require great 

 care to keep them from damaging by too much wet, or burning up for 

 want of nioisture. 



At the North, Tea, Bengal, Noisette and other roses may now be 

 planted out in borders. Rose seed may be sown early in this month, 

 and spring budding performed. 



This month, great diligence must be used to prevent the stocks from 

 growing from their own wood, instead of throwing all their stength 

 into the grafts and buds. It is time also to be looking out for sorts you 

 intend to bud with, either by buying the plants outright, or bespeak- 

 ing buds for the season ; and if any come in your way about the end 

 of the month, do not be afraid of budding on the strongest wood you 

 can find of the present season's growth among the stocks, though you 

 may properly choose a later season, if you have nothing to hurry you. 



The young seedlings will have advanced enough to pot off, one in 

 a pot, with loam, peat, and decomposed dung ; they must be placed 

 in the shade out of doors, or in a frame and light, in order to grow five 

 or six weeks. See that they are watered as often as may be neces- 



