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If potatoes for the main crop were not 
planted in March, they should be now. 
The peas should be staked when they are 
hoed up; and this is the best season for 
dividing roots of thyme and other aromatic 
herbs 
May* 
In the flower-garden, this is the month 
for planting out the tender annuals which 
have been raised on a hotbed. The seeds of 
hardy annuals may still be sown* and also 
those of biennials for planting out the fol¬ 
lowing spring. In this month, ornamental 
perennial plants may be propagated by slips 
and cuttings; and if any were made in 
April for striking in a hotbed, they may 
be transplanted. The leaves of the rose- 
trees should be examined for a little brown 
grub, which infests them at this season, and 
which should be picked off and destroyed. 
The flower-garden will now be in all its 
splendour. The hyacinths will be in full 
bloom, as will also the different kinds of 
Kibes, Berberis, and Mahonia, among the 
shrubs; and several kinds of Magnolia, the 
