CALENDAR—-APRIL, 385 
Forcing.—Continue the preparation of succession beds 
and pits for cucumbers and melons. Attend particularly 
to the cultivation. of those in operation. Sow gourds'and 
basil. Pot love-apples and. capsicums. Attend to the 
routine culture of the pinery, giving water and air when 
necessary; keeping up the bottem-heat with linings and 
additions of new tan. In forcing-houses, from the variable 
state of the weather, considerable vigilance is.required in 
giving air. Keep down red ‘spider (acarus), in the more 
advanced houses, by frequent syringings. Continue the 
usual operations of disbudding and thinning. of fruit, and 
take care to keep up the’ proper ‘temperature, As. the 
weather may now be expected to be mild, those who have 
enly a single vinery, melon, or cucumber frame, will find 
the beginning or middle of this month a proper season te 
commence forcing with, the best chance of success, 
Green- House, gec.—liittle artificial heat will be required 
except in frosty weather. An abundant.supply of air and 
moisture is now necessary. The glass should be kept off 
the alpine frames, except in frosty nights. Attend to.the 
protection of stage auriculas from frost, as the flower-buds 
are easily injured, . Sow all sorts of tender annuals. Pro- 
ceed with ald necessary shiftings in the green-house and 
stove. Remove camellias, when, the flowers are over,.to 
the stove or forcing-houses, as.they require heat to make 
them form healthy shoots and, flower-buds for next, season, 
Propagate Chinese chrysanthemums by dividing the roots, 
and all sorts of rare and. fine plants, by cuttings or by 
grafting, Pot off tender annuals and cuttings of -half- 
hardy green-house’ plants, which were put in to strike in 
the autumn or in February,.for the use of the flower- 
borders. 
. Flower Garden and Shrubbery—Sow main or.satow: 
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