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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ April, 
take their chance, but bush trees, cordons, &c., may be protected by shaking a 
little Fern or litter among the branches. Hexagon netting or Shaw’s Tiffany 
afford a good protection, and may remain on the trees without injury till the 
crop is safe. It is now a good time to make new plantations of Strawberries ; 
keep the hoe moving among fruiting plants, and prepare for mulching them next 
month. Watch the first appearance of fly on Peaches^ and dust with snuff and 
sulphur, or Pooley’s Tobacco-powder; do not disbud at present.—J. Powell, 
Frogrnore. 
VEGETABLES. 
Many kinds of seeds will require sowing during this month, either as a first 
crop or by way of succession. These include such subjects as Ridge Cucumbers^ 
Vegetable Marrows^ Celery for the latest supply. Pot Herbs, such as Sweet and 
Bush Easily Summer Savory^ Ice Plants Egg Plants &c. All such, and other 
similar tender annuals, must be sown in pans or boxes, and maintained in a frame, 
or under some kind of structure where a little artificial warmth can be maintained. 
Sow also in the open border, some time during the earlier part of the month, 
such subjects as the following, of which successional supplies are requisite 
Radishes^ Turnips^ Beans (both Broad and Dwarf Kidney), Peas (both dwarf and 
some of the more permanent midsummer kinds, such as Laxton’s Alpha, Victoria 
Marrow, Ne Plus Ultra, and James’s Marrow), Broccolis (of the Penzance, Grange’s, 
Leamington, Alexandra, and Osborn’s late white types). Kales or Borecole (of the 
Dwarf Curly, Cottager’s, and Asparagus types). Cabbages (of the Rosette or Little 
Pixie types), and Sprouting Kales (of the Roseberry, Dalmeny, and Albert types). 
Permanent sowings must also be made, during the third week of the month, of 
Beet^ Parsnip (where delayed so late), Scorzonera^ Salsafy, Aspa7rtgus, Sea Kale, 
Onions (for a late crop). Chicory, Dandelion (Vilmorin’s large-leaved). Lettuce 
(of the Paris or Brighton Cos kinds), &c. Beans, Peas, and late Cabbages must 
be well earthed-up as they grow, and the second well staked, almost by anticipa¬ 
tion. Scaidet-Runner Beans may be sown for a permanent crop about the 28th ; 
those inclined may do well to make a chance sowing early, as the vegetable is 
rather a late one, yet such a valuable one withal that we should be well able to 
afford some little risk in regard to it, in the hopes of reaping a supply a few weeks 
earlier, the crop being, as is well known, an inexhaustible one, when once it comes 
into bearing. In cutting Aspai'agus, do so indiscriminately, leaving none of the 
young weak shoots to remain; give the beds a moderate dressing with salt, if 
convenient. 
Those who possess very limited means may, if they have a frame, now 
make up a bed with a moderate quantity of fermenting materials, and plant 
Cucumbers thereon, so soon as it has become moderately sweet, which it will do 
quickly at this advanced season, if abundance of fresh air be permitted to pervade 
the inside until the necessary results are assured. In a general way, a very 
limited supply of bottom-heat, say 60°, will be sufficient, provided all the ad¬ 
vantage possible be taken of sun-heat when it exists ; and save in very ungenial 
weather, there will now be few days without some little sun. Box up and secure 
the warm rays when they do prevail therefore, even to allowing the heat within 
the closed frame—perfectly closed, bear in mind, as this is important—to 
run up as high as 90°, placing a mat, or a couple of mats, or their equivalent, 
over the frame during the night, always allowing the least crack for air at one 
corner of the back of the light, if steam exist within, or a too dense moisture 
adheres to the leaves in the morning. By so doing the excess of moistures obtains 
egress, and much injury, or possible injury, is avoided.— William Earlet, 
Valentines. 
