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in the evenings. Graft vines when the shoots are sprung 
about fifteen inches. (See page 99.) Sow seeds. of cap» 
sicum and tomato; also tender annuals for the stove. Sow 
salads, early horn carrot, and early Dutch turnip on slight 
hotbeds during the first fortnight ; as also celery and cau- 
liflower for transplanting. _ Force strawberries and kidney- 
beans; and continue the forcing of roses, rhododendrons, 
kalmias, hardy flowers, and bulbs. : 
Green-house.—More water may be given then formerly. 
Sow seeds of green-house and hot-house plants; also the 
different sorts of tender annuals; pot off those sown last 
month. Shift green-house and stove plants; plant tube- 
roses in pots for forcing; remove the forced shrubs and 
plants, as they come into flower, from the forcing-houses to 
the conservatory and green-house; attend. to the alpine and 
auricular frames. Begin to propagate green-house and 
stove plants by cuttings. 
Flower Garden and Shrubbery.—In the last week, sow 
hardy a2uaals in the borders, with biennials that flower the 
first zeason; asalso perennials. Plant anemone and ranun- 
cu'zs roots. Transplant from the nursery to their final 
cites annuals sown in autumn with biennials and perenvial 
herbaceous plants. Propagate perennials from root-slips 
and offsets. Protect tulips, hyacinths, and choice flowers, 
from severe weather, In the last week put into heat the finer 
sorts of dahhas, so as to start them, and prepare them for 
propagation by cuttings and by division of the roots. In 
the first week complete the planting of hardy deciduous 
trees and shrubs; and finish the planting of evergreens by 
the middle; but some of the hardier sorts may still be 
planted towards the end of the month. Likewise finish the 
pruning of all deciduous trees ‘and hedges as soon as possi- 
