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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



Ventilate freely when the -weather permits. There 

 has been no necessity for a great deal of fire heat up 

 to the present time, owing to the mild weather. The 

 temperature at night in mild weather might range 

 from 45° to 50°, but in severe frost it will be better to 

 keep it between 40° and 45°. Keep everything as 

 clean as possible. 



Greenhouses. 

 II a itp wooded Plants.— If after the mild weather 

 wc now have severe frost should set in, do not begin 

 potting until the end of the month or the beginning 

 of the next. Get everything in readiness. Peat and 

 loam will be required in considerable quantities. 

 Have a quantity of crocks broken into different sizes 

 for drainage; have also labels and stakes sufficient 

 prepared. Plants that are beginning to grow should 

 be potted first. Keep them closer alter they are 

 pottsd. Use just sufficient fire heat to keep out the 

 frost. Ventilate freely in fine weather ; but be care- 

 ful to guard against cold cutting winds. Attend 

 carefully to the watering. Soetwooded Plants.— 

 Pelargoniums.— Plants for late blooming should be 

 potted as soon as possible. All the early and forward 

 plants should be kept rather warmer as the season 

 advances. Attend well to the watering, also to the 

 tying-out of the plants. Give air freely on fine days, 

 especially in the forenoons, always closing-up early 

 in the afternoon. Cinerarias— Pick off dead leaves 

 and attend to the tying-out of the plants. Give 

 plenty of air, and keep them near the glass. Remove 

 a few of the most forward into a warm hou?e to 

 flower early. Calceolarias.— Shift into pots to flower 

 in. Keep dead leaves picked off, and peg down 

 shoots. Fuchsias.— Prune old plants and start in heat. 

 When they have broken, shake all the old soil from 

 the roots, and pot in small-sized pots, and plunge in 

 a gentle bottom heat. They will soon make fresh 

 roots, and before the pots get too full they should be 

 Shifted into larger pots, using a rich compost. Syringe 

 the plants daily, and when they have plenty of roots 

 water freely. The present is a good time to put in 

 cuttings, which will soon strike, and with proper 

 management will make fine plants for autumn 

 blooming. 



Stove. 



Prune and pot; Allamandas, Clerodendrons, Dipla- 

 denias, and plants of like habit. Remove some of 

 the old soil from the balls, and pot in nice rich com- 

 post. Plunge in a bottom heat; keep them close. 

 Syringe daily. They will not require much water 

 until they begin to root freely into the fresh soil. 

 Begonias, Justicias, and similar plants done flowerinsr 

 should be cut back. Keep a night temperature of 

 60°, and 70° to 75° during the day. Give a little air 

 in forenoons of fine days; but be careful to shut-up 

 early. Attend carefully to the watering. Start a 

 few Gloxinias and Caladiums, and pot afew Achimenes 

 and Gesneras for early flowering. 



Flower Garden. 

 In mild weather plant Anemones and Ranunculuses 

 in rich soil. Tulips and Hyacinths, protect from 

 severe weather. In favourable weather plant peren- 

 nials and dig borders. Edgings of every kind, plant 

 in open mild weather. Plant Roses in good strong 

 soil, well enriched with manure. Get alterations of 

 all kinds completed as soon as possible. Pleasure 

 Ground.— Another mild winter has been favourable 

 to trees and shrubs recovering the effects of the frost 

 of December, I860. In open fine weather plant trees 

 and shrubs; lay turf, fresh-gravel walk, and forward 

 alterations. 



Forcing, 



Fruit.— Pine Apples — Give plants that are swel- 

 ling-off their fruit liberal supplies of water, and main- 

 tain a moist warm atmosphere. When the plants 

 are showing fruit and coming into flower, a rather 

 dry atmosphere should be kept ; but the plants should 

 be well watered when they require it. Maintain a 

 temperature of about 65° at night, and 75° to 80° 

 during the day. Ventilate freely in mild weather 



Get soil, pots, &c,, in readiness for shifting the suc- 

 'cession plants next month. Vines.— If the bunches 

 are all thinned and the shoots properly tied down 

 in the early-house, the chief matters requiring atten- 

 tion are keeping up a proper temperature, ventilating 

 and watering the inside borders. Give air freely in 

 the forenoons if the weather be fine, and always 

 close up early in the afternoon. For Black Ham- 

 burghs atemperature of 60° in severe weather will be 

 high enough during the night, and in very mild 

 weather 65°. Attend to the thinning and tying-down 

 of the shoots in succession-houses ; see there is a nice 

 warmth in the outside borders. Start another house, 

 following the directions gnen in last month's calen- 

 dar. Peaches and Ifectarines.—Vihp.n the fruit is all 

 set in the early-house, the trees should be syringed 

 two or three times daily. Keep a rather moist 

 atmosphere. Give air freely in fine weather ; a night 

 temperature of 55° to 60° will be quite high enough 

 until the "stoneing" is over. The inside borders 

 should now be well watered. In the succession-house 

 carry out the direction given last month for the 

 early-house. Figs. — These are very subject to red 

 spicier, which is difficult to keep under unless the 

 trees are well syringed two or three times daily. 

 They will now require a night temperature of G0°, 

 and must be kept well watered. Stop the young 

 shoots when they are about 6 inches long. Cherries. 

 —If the weather be any way favourable, fresh air 

 must be daily admitted. After the fruit is set, 

 sjringe the tree gently and water well at root, givirg 

 them some liquid manure occasionallv. A night 

 temperature of 50° will be high enough until they 

 are stoned. Strawberries — 'When sufficient fruit for 

 a crop is set, pinch off all the other flowers and put 

 the plants into a warmer house. Keep them near 

 the glass and water them freely, giving them some 

 liquid manure two or three times a-week. Introduce 

 a fresh batch of plants into heat once a-fortnight for 

 succession, and follow the directions given last month. 

 Melons. — Sow a few Scarlet Flesh tor early crop. 

 Keep them near the glass, and give them a good 

 bottom heat. When up, pot-off and plunge in a 

 bottom heat. Give air in fine weather. 



Vegetables. 

 Asparagus, Sca-lale, and Rhubarb.— Keep up a 

 succession by making fresh beds and introducing 

 fresh roots. Kidney Beans.— Earth-up the forw ard 

 plants. Keep them near the glass, aud water care- 

 fully. Sow for succession. Potatoes, — Plant Early 

 Handsworth and Ashleaved Kidney on slight hot- 

 beds. Carrots and Madishcs.— Sow on slight hot- 

 beds. Cauliflowers and Lettuces. — Sow in gentle 

 heat for transplanting into frames, &c. Cucumbers. 

 —Sow in light soil and plunge in a nice bottom heat. 

 When up, pot-off into light soil, replunge in bottom 

 heat, water carefully, and give air whenever the 

 weather permits, in order to strengthen the plants. 



Hardy Fruit. 

 Endeavour to get the pruning and nailing of all 

 kind of fruit trees completed as soon as possible. In 

 open mild weather fruit trees of all kinds may be 

 planted during this month, but the earlier it is done 

 the better. 



Kitchen Garden. 

 Everything should now be in readiness for com- 

 mencing active operations when the weather and the 

 state of the soil suit. Make plantations of Horse- 

 radish, Jerusalem Artichokes, Rhubarb, and Sea-kale 

 when the land is in a fit condition ; also of Tarragons 

 Mint, and other herbs. Plant Garlic and Shallots. 

 Plant out autumn Cabbages. Peas and Beans.— Sow 

 a good breadth of early kinds in sheltered situations, 

 and see the mice do not eat them. Sow a few eaily 

 Horn Carrots on a warm sheltered border ; also a few 

 Radishes, Turnips, and Spinach. Towards the end 

 of the month sow some Parsley. Potatoes— Plant 

 Early Handsworth and Ashleaved Kidney in warm 

 border. Plant Box-edgings, and turn and roll gravel 

 walk.-M. S. 



