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their fruit is maturing, but give plenty of air. Shift 

 Heaths — those beautiful plants of which some varieties 

 are always to be seen in blow — under garden frames 

 in preference to the confinement of the greenhouse. 

 Indeed the frames ought now to be filled with the 

 hardier greenhouse plants, of which the sashes should 

 be raised at night to admit the dew. 



Floiver Garden. — Tie up Dahlias as they rise, and 

 see that the first ties are sufficiently loose. Plant out 

 the Pink pipings that have rooted, and propagate more 

 if you want them. Layer Chrysanthemums ; make beds 

 of Pansies ; proceed with the budding of Roses, if the 

 bark be not too dry to rise easily. Strike cuttings of 

 Noisette and Chinese Hoses, and of Pelargoniums in pots 

 under hand-glasses, or in the frames ; cut back Pelar- 

 goniums and the soft-wooded greenhouse plants that 

 become large in the course of one or two seasons, in 

 the manner described last month ; shake them out of 

 their mould when they have become dry ; shorten the 

 roots, and shift them into fresh pots as small as they can 

 fit into, and when they have pushed out shoots an inch 

 long, shift them again into smaller pots, shaking off 

 the old mould from the roots, which should be pruned 

 to within two inches of the stem.* When they have- 

 made new roots, place them in a more open situation, 

 until they are to be removed to the greenhouse. Re- 

 pot the Pelargoniums that have been struck from cut- 

 tings early in the spring. Part the roots of Calceola- 

 rias and Cinerarias (if not done last month), and treat 

 them afterwards as just directed for Pelargoniums. 

 Sow Ten-weeks' Stocks under hand-glasses or in a va- 

 cant pit, which however will be better tenanted by the 

 various cuttings required in the propagating depart* 

 ment. Prick out seedling Pansies. Prick out into 

 email pots the Carnation pipings that were put undef 



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