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danger of hard frost is over, the lawn will be greatly benefitted, by the ap- 

 plication of a heavy roller over it ; it makes the soil firm after the upheaving 

 it received from the frost; and sets the loosened roots of the grass firmly in 

 the soil. Moles are apt to be extremely troublesome to lawns at this period, 

 and a little labor bestowed on trapping them is well spent. There are many 

 kinds of traps of recent invention. For lawns the old clasping spring trap 

 is as good as any. The ground disturbed by moles, should be rolled over 

 every morning, whioh will afford an opportunity of noticing where they arc 

 engaged at work. Herbaceous plants, if they have stood several years in 

 one spot, will do better if taken up, divided, and replanted ; and Annuals, 

 of the hardy kinds, if desired to be very fine, should be sown as early in the 

 season as possible. The Pansy, and Belgian Daisy thrive much better by 

 being planted out early in the spring, than when grown in houses, the latter 

 most beautiful tribe, nearly failed in cultivation the past year, solely through 

 being too much petted, in pots and houses. Where they are grown in pots, 

 I would recommend them to be kept in the coolest possible situation ; and 

 when the warm weather sets in, shade them from hot suns, and preserve 

 them in frames from excessive drought. Hedges around flower gardens as 

 enclosures, are rapidly taking the place of fences. This is a desirable im- 

 provement. Where strength and protection are required, Osage Orange has 

 the pre-eminence; where ornament, or appearance of division lines is more an 

 object, the Buckthorn. Beech, Hornbeam, or Privet may be employed; for 

 Evergreen Hedges the Chinese arbor vitae, is the handsomest ; though the 

 American is lastingly so — the Hemlock Spruce makes a very graceful look- 

 ing hedge, and sometimes the Juniper is employed, but in the last branches so 

 frequently die out as to render it very objectionable under any but the most 

 favorable circumstances. In all cases much of the value and beauty of a 

 hedge will depend on the way it is managed in infancy. They ought in all 

 cases to get a good winter's pruning, and for the first few years kept pruned 

 " pretty well down," in order to render the plants bushy from the ground. 

 Greenhouse. — The Camellia will be the chief attraction here just now, 

 as they are going out of flower, and previously to starting for growth, those 

 that require it should be repotted. This operation should not be effected un- 

 less the plant makes small, meagre looking wood. Too much " pottering" 

 is as bad as neglect. The best soil — or as there are many opinions — a good 

 one is composed of coarse, turfy loam, with perhaps a fourth of well decayed 

 leaf mould, and the same quantity of coarse sand; of course the "pots to be 

 well drained." When Camellias start into growth, they require a large sup- 

 ply of moisture, both to the atmosphere and the roots. Pelargoniums, Cin- 

 erarias, Fuchsias, Calceolarias, &c, should have their last shift before bloom- 



