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into condition to work. Parsnips require a long season 
of growth and as they are extremely hardy there need 
be no hesitation about getting them into the ground. 
The ground for this crop should be deeply dug and well 
manured, but if a part of last year's celery patch can be 
utilized no manure will be needed. The question of 
economy is an important one with manure when all the 
supply has to be purchased. Apropos of this it is well 
to bear in mind that Brussel sprouts will produce a bet- 
ter crop upon last year's celery ground or potato patch 
than upon a newly manured piece of ground. On rich 
land Brussel sprouts grow tall and strong, but do not 
give the crop of "buttons." As a rule the strongest 
plants produce "rosettes" instead of solid sprouts. 
When sowing the various vegetable seeds be careful 
to label everything you sow, and make note at the time 
the different crops mature. This will be a wonderful 
aid in future seasons when you want to have a certain 
thing at a fixed date. 
Tomato trellises should be fixed up ready to use ; poles 
for the lima beans are also to be got ready and in to 
place if possible. Then there is the pea-brush ; is it ready 
for use when needed? 
THE FRUIT GARDEN. 
This is an excellent time to set out new fruit trees and 
plants. How about your raspberries, gooseberries and 
currents? Then there is that row of trained fruit trees 
that you proposed netting out last fall but did not get 
the time. Do it now ! Uncover the strawberry bed, and 
dig the mulch of manure under. A good coating of lime 
is very beneficial. This may not be in accordance with 
the training that some of us received, yet the writer is 
convinced that on land that is carrying strawberries and 
is any way inclined to be sour lime is the antidote. 
THE GREEN-HOUSES. 
Continue to care for the seedling ;is suggested in our 
last notes, the sun is gaining power every day, and the 
flats and pots will dry out rapidly; hence the necessity 
of going over them several times a day. Place them 
well up" to the glass or they will become drawn and 
spindly. There is yet plenty of time to sow Asters, Bal- 
sams, coreopsis ricinus, scabiosus, tropaeolums Zinnias, 
€tC. 
ALLAMANDAS. 
Allamandas are among the best of summer-flowering 
pot plants, and with the rush of other work they are 
likely to become neglected, and maybe crowded up into 
one corner out of the way. Spread them out, if this is 
the case and give any that need it a short stake or two to 
support the growths. They will need water every day 
now, and liquid manure once or twice a week will be 
of great assistance to them. Don't forget the syringing ; 
and damp down the house two or three times a day to 
heep the atmosphere moist. The temperature may go 
up to 85-90 during the day with sun heat, dropping at 
night to not lower than 70 degrees. Give ventilation on 
all favorable occasions, but avoid wide fluctuations in 
the temperature. Cuttings of Allamandas root readily 
in sand over a bottom heat of 75 degrees. Another 
method is to put the softwood cuttings singly into thumb 
pots, in a mixture of sand and peat, and plunging the pots 
in a propagating case. Shading is necessary for a while. 
SHADING THE PALMS. 
A sharp watch should be kept for defective glass on the 
palm and orchid houses. If this is not shaded valuable 
plants may be burned. Nothing will make one lookout 
for this better than having a real fine specimen spoiled, 
hut it is better to avoid this if possible. The sun is get- 
ting more power each day, and even if it is cold over- 
night yet it can be mighty uncomfortable under glass at 
noontime. All the white wash that was ever on the glass 
has been taken off by the frosts and rain and another dose 
is necessary now. Boston ferns are very obliging and 
will stand a whole lot of sun, but a iittle shade gives 
darker fronds. 
A little shade on the carnation will help them to retain 
their color, especially the Ward variety. 
CUCUMBERS. 
Continue to top-dress these subjects as the roots show 
through the surface. Periodical stopping and tying of the 
young growths must have attention, at the same time 
cutting away any worn-out foliage to make room for the 
younger growth. Syringe the plants freely twice a day, 
and keep on the lookout for green-fly and other pests of 
this nature. Copious supplies of water will be needed 
right along now ; manure water at frequent intervals will 
be of some assistance to them. Shade is necessary for 
them, but it should not be put on too soon ; when the 
plants show visible signs of needing it is time enough to 
put in on. 
NEW HYBRID CALCEOLARIA. 
T OVERS of Calceolarias will welcome this newcomer 
-*— ' as gladly as they have done C. Clibrani and others 
of like character. C. Cotswold Hybrid was raised by 
crossing C. Clibrani with a herbaceous variety, and the 
result of this cross is a race bearing flowers consider- 
ably larger than those of C. Clibrani, but of rounded 
rather than of elongated shape, and with a color range 
running through a series of delightful shades from 
creamy-white, clear lemon, yellow, and pure gold, to 
light and deep bronze and brown, while in many cases 
New Hybrid Calceolaria Cotswold. 
the elegant flowers are beautifully and lightly spotted 
with rich colors, as in the herbaceous varieties. 
In habit the new hybrid is similar to C. Clibrani, and 
the plants are about 2y 2 ft. high. Continuity of flowering 
is a great point in favor of the hybrid, and if fading flow- 
ers are regularly removed, the flowering period may be 
extended quite easily from April to September, and dur- 
ing that period the new spikes that arise regularly from 
the base will keep the specimens fully furnished with 
effective flowers. 
