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FLOWEES A^'D THE FLOWEE GAEDEIf. 



afterwards placed in a greenhouse. There are, how- 

 ever, many which, if planted out in w^arm borders in 

 June, will flower freely, and even ripen seed. 



Make another hot-bed, early in March, to be ready for 

 next month. 



Su:mmaey. — Set the shrubberies fully in order. 

 Sow grass seed. Set all the flower beds in order. 

 Make climbers and flower roots firm after rough weather. 

 Attend to box and other edgings. Continue to make 

 cuttings. Prick out annuals and sow more. Sow seed 

 of perennials and biennials. Sow also half-hardy and 

 hardy annuals. Make another hot-bed. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS IN APRIL 



The important work of making cuttings reqmres a few 

 more detailed remarks, which will apply more or less 

 to all the period during which they are made. Cuttings 

 have the advantage of perpetuating the old plant, 

 whereas seedlings may vary h^om it in appearance or 

 character. 



In quick-growing soft-wooded plants, take as cuttings 

 young shoots or tops of the plants. Such are Anagallis, 

 Antirrhinums, Calceolarias, Carnations^, Chrysanthe- 

 mums, Dahlias, Pinks, Wallflowers (only the double ones 

 are worth growing from cuttings), Gorterias, Gaillardias, 

 the low-growing Lobelias, Fuchsias, Geraniums, Petu- 

 nias, Pentstemons, Sah^ias and Verbenas. Pots of all 

 these will do in a frame, on a very gentle hot-bed, made 

 of dead leaves, manure, or tan, or in a more artistically 

 heated house : Geraniimis and Fuchsias almost any- 

 w^here. 



The cuttings of some plants should be the partially 

 ripened w^ood. Such are Camelias, Cape Pelargoniums, 

 Coniferae, Erythrina, Echites, Gardenias, Gordonias 

 (somxcthing like Camelias), Magnolias, Oleanders, and 

 many others. 



