GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR MAY. 



getting the bulbs to England, for, on his voyage to New York, two large chests 

 containing the greater portion of them being upon deck, were swept overboard 

 by a heavy sea, as well as himself, and it was with great difficulty he was saved, 

 whilst the bulbs were totally lost. A few, however, were contained in another 

 package, which safely reached England, and are those, in fact, which we have 

 described as having flowered this spring. 



Ericas. — Mr. Cameron's judicious observations upon the cultivation of Ericas 

 are fully borne out by many instances that might be cited, and in many instances 

 where the causes of failure were unknown, but which Mr. Cameron's paper fully 

 explains. At Woburn, for instance, the Ericas are placed in an elevated situa- 

 tion, and the consequences predicted in the paper alluded to are fully exemplified. 



CALENDAR OF GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR MAY. 



Between the middle and latter end of the month, Dahlias ought to be planted 

 out into the open ground, and well secured with stakes. 



Plant out Pelargoniums, Salvias, Verbenas, Fuchsias, Petunias, Anagallises„ 

 Senecio elegans-pleno, Heliotropes, and other soft-wooded free-flowering green- 

 house plants. 



Plant out spare hard-wooded Cape, New Holland, and South American plants 

 in sheltered situations, as all plants of this description will have been killed by 

 the frost during the previous severe winter. 



AH plants before being removed from the greenhouse to the open ground 

 ought to be gradually hardened by being placed near the glass in an airy situa- 

 tion, otherwise they will receive a severe check by the sudden transition. 



Hard-wooded greenhouse plants that have done flowering may be removed to 

 their summer station out of doors, to make room for those in the house still 

 in flower. 



Alpine plants that have been protected during the winter in frames may be 

 finally removed to a sheltered and shaded situation. 



All hardy Annuals, such as Stocks, China Asters, Zinnias, &c, which have 

 been raised upon slight hotbeds, must now be transplanted into the open ground. 



Strike Pansies from cuttings to keep up a succession of healthy, free-flowering 

 plants. 



Continue to put in cuttings of greenhouse and stove plants, and also cuttings 

 of Chrysanthemums, and shift into larger pots those plants requiring more room 

 in the houses. 



Abundance of air must now be given to the greenhouse during the day, and 

 also during the night in mild weather. 



Watering plants in houses ought now to be done after four o'clock in the 

 afternoon, otherwise it will soon evaporate without reaching the bottom of the 

 pots. 



