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CALENDAR AND INDEX* 



MARCH. 



As the spring progresses, the natural air will he soft 

 and salubrious ; at which time it should be freely 

 admitted to plants kept in rooms and greenhouses. 

 In proportion as the plants get air, they should have 

 water applied from the rose of a watering-pot. 



Monthly Roses will require attention this month. 

 It should be recollected, that it is from the young wood 

 of these plants, that buds are to be expected ; their 

 growth should, therefore, be encouraged, by admitting 

 sun and air at all opportunities, and water when 

 necessary. 



Primulas. There are several species of plants under 

 this name, which exhibit their blossoms in March and 

 April ; some of which are very beautiful, as the 

 Polyanthus, English Spring Flowers, Auricula, &c ; 

 but f would now direct the reader's attention to the 

 Chinese varieties, some of which are pure white, and 

 others of a lilac colour. They are first raised from seed 

 sown in the spring, and will keep two or three years. 



Plants that are full grown, will commence blooming 

 in December, and continue to produce umbels of flow- 

 ers for five or six months, if well attended to ; they are 

 generally in their prime this month, at which time 

 a little water should be applied to the earth about 

 twice a week. 



For the benefit of such as may wish to raise early 

 plants from seed, or to force Dahlia or other roots, I 

 subjoin the following brief directions for making a 

 small hot-bed : In a border exposed to morning sun, 

 let a pit be dug about thirty inches deep, three feet 

 wide, and six long ; this will admit of two sashes, each 

 about three feet square. A frame of suitable dimen- 

 sions may be made of plank ; the back plank may be 

 two feet wide, and the end ones may be sloped so as 

 to make a fifteen-inch plank do for the front. The 

 frame being made, set it over the pit, and then get 

 about half a load of horse dung, fresh, from the livery 



