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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ March, 
pushing forward with it, so as to bring it to a close as soon as possible. The 
pruning of fruit trees should also be completed forthwith, and preparation should 
be made for protecting wall trees when in flower should the weather render it 
necessary. Grafting should be proceeded with. 
Most kinds of Greenhouse Plants will now be on the move, and will need 
considerable attention. Soils, pots, crocks, sticks, labels, &c., should be in readi¬ 
ness for the general shifting of the plants, an operation that should be most 
carefully performed. To careless potting, improper soils, and incautious watering 
may be ascribed half the failures in plant-growing. When, in potting, the soil 
is put in loose or left in holes, the plant can never thrive ; but when the soil 
is put about the roots compactly and properly, then the plant grows freely and 
roots well; every attention should therefore be paid to this operation. Newly 
potted plants require watering with care ; generally they may stand a week or 
more before any is required, but when given, it should be done effectually. 
Give Hard-woocled Plants plenty of air in mild weather, but guard carefully 
against cutting winds. Pay every attention to watering. Specimen plants 
coming into flower will require careful watering. Pelargoniums of all kinds 
will also require liberal supplies. All autumn-struck cuttings that have been 
wintered in pots and frames should now be potted off and encouraged to grow ; 
and a stock of any kind wanted for summer decoration should be increased by 
spring-struck cuttings. Verbena , Petunia , Lobelia , and other cuttings put in last 
month should be potted off as soon as struck. Prepare a slight hot-bed, and sow 
Cinerarias , Primulas , Petunias , Cannas, Tropceolums , Balsams , Cockscombs , and 
seeds of all tender plants. 
The planting of trees and shrubs in the Floiver-Garden and Pleasure-Ground 
may be proceeded with during the month. The making or altering of walks, 
the laying-down of turf, and all other such like operations, as well as improve¬ 
ments of every description, should be pushed on vigorously and completed as soon 
as possible, if anything like a neat finished appearance is desired early in the sea¬ 
son. Prune trees and shrubs, and dig borders. Finish planting Poses , and pro¬ 
ceed with the pruning of them. See that all standard plants are properly 
secured to stakes. Look over beds planted with bulbs, remove all protecting 
material, if not already done, and stir the surface of the soil to keep it open, and 
to give it a neat and fresh appearance. Examine carefully all flower beds, and 
fill up all failures occasioned by the winter. Sweep and roll lawns and walks, 
and attend to neatness.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
AMARYLLIS (HIPPEASTRUM) LEOPOLDII. 
HE bulbs of this fine new Hippeastrum were imported by the Messrs. 
Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, from Peru, the country which yielded to the 
same successful explorer—the unfortunate Pearce—the beautiful Hippeas- 
dp trum pardinum already figured in the Flokist. It was named Leopoldii 
