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kept inside should be watered in proportion as they 

 get heat and air. The Calla, or Ethiopian Lily, will 

 need frequent watering while in bud and blossom. 

 Air must be admitted freely to all greenhouse plants 

 towards the end of this month, in order to prepare them 

 for the exposure of the open garden next month. For 

 the method of managing Dahlia roots, 54 ; prepare to 

 plant tender bulbous roots, towards the end of this, or 

 early in the next month. The following should be 

 forwarded in pots, which may be kept in a greenhouse 

 or warm room, or they may be plunged in a hot-bed : 

 Amaryllises, 46 ; Gladioluses, 57 ; Lilies, 62; Tube- 

 roses, 72; Tiger Flowers, 73. Hydrangeas, Pome- 

 granates, Verbenas, and other deciduous shrubby 

 plants, should be cultivated early in this month, to 

 promote the production of leaf and flower buds. 



MAY. 



As the warm weather progresses, the gardener 

 should be on the alert, in order to conquer the various 

 kinds of insects. Burn tobacco leaves in the green- 

 house, so as to fumigate the plants well, before they 

 are removed into the open garden ; and such plants as 

 may show T any indications of being infested with the 

 eggs of insects should be sponged with soap-suds, and 

 afterwards well syringed and watered. Frequent 

 sprinkling from the rose of a watering-pot, will pre- 

 vent insects from accumulating ; especially if the 

 water be impregnated with tobacco, by a bag of the 

 leaves being steeped therein a few hours previous to 

 using it. Choice Geraniums will need attention this 

 month, in order that they may exhibit their flowers to 

 advantage. When in full bloom, care should be taken 

 not to wet the foliage or flowers, but this may be done 

 freely before the buds are expanded. If awnings were 

 not provided last month, for the protection of choice 

 flowers, it should be attended to early in this month. 

 46, 58 and 7L Plant Amaryllises, 46; Double Dan- 



