A YEAR'S GARDENING 



Flower Garden.—Saw hardy annuals on the patches- of ground 

 now occupied by bulbs which have finished flowering for the season, 

 such as Snowdrops, Crocuses, etc., which are not to be Ufted. By 

 the time the annuals are up the fohage of the bulbs will have died 

 down. 



MAY 22 



Greenhouse and Frames.— Look, to the Fuchsias, Pelargoniums, 

 etc., that are to be retained in the greenhouse for the summer and 

 shift into larger pots any that may require it. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Sow Onion seed thicMy for salad 

 onions. Also sow Radishes for succession. 



Flower Garden. — Gently fork over the surface of the beds where 

 it has become caked and hardened. See if plants set recently need 

 watering. 



MAY 23 



Greenhouse and Framer,. — ^See that the Heaths, Ferns and any 

 other plants that seem to need more room are shifted accordingly. 



VegOable and Fruit Garden. — ^Sow Peas in trenches prepared 

 (but without manure) as for Celery, only less deep. The trenches 

 wiU act as draining receptacles for any rain which may fall and thus 

 assist the growth of the Peas during a spell of dry weather. 



Flower Garden. — Give a good soaking to all trees and shrubs 

 planted this spring, vmless in the unlikely event of having had much 

 rain lately. 



MAY 24 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Remove from the greenhouse the 

 Hyacinths, Tuhps and other bulbs that have finished flowering for 

 the season, putting the contents of each pot, soil and all, into the 

 ground, so tiiat the bulbs may renew their vigour while the leaves 

 are fading. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Plant a final small crop of Potatoes 

 and earth up those that are suflSciently advanced. 



Flower Garden. — Prune any overgrown Laurels and clip the Ivy. 

 Make new planting of Ivy, if requir^ 



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