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sorts and varieties of the same tribe of plants; viz. cabbage, savoy and 
red ditto, Brussels sprouts, Scotch kale, and all the other sorts of 
broccoli. 
Turnips. —A good piece of turnips may now be sown on an open 
light spot of ground; celery on a warm border ; lettuce, radish, and 
all other salad-plants twice in the month. 
Potatoes. —This is, perhaps, the best season for planting potatoes; 
if planted earlier, their tops may be frost-bitten in May; and if 
planted later, a dry summer (as last year) prevents the production of a 
full crop. 
Additional sowings of onions, carrots, and several other culinary 
plants, may be made in this month, but which it is unnecessary to 
particularise. 
Fruit Garden. —The pruning, nailing, and tying being all finished 
in this department, the only circumstance now requiring attention is 
the protection of the blossoms of peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, and 
cherry trees, against night-frosts and bright sunshine.—For our opinions 
on this very important part of the fruit-grower’s business, we beg to 
refer our readers to what appears in our number for May, 1835.— 
Grafting may still be performed, especially if the grafts have been cut 
for some time previous. 
Flower Garden.— -This is now becoming more interesting than it 
is at any other time in the year. Many bulbous flowers are in bloom, 
and many others fast advancing to their greatest beauty. An opening 
flower has more attraction about it than a full-blown one, and for this 
reason:—imagination assists our perceptions in the first case, but not 
in the second. The auricula stage, and the tulip and hyacinth beds, as 
well as those of anemones and ranunculuses, are all becoming, day after 
day, more interesting, and consequently require every care of the 
manager. Some will require top-dressing; others propping, or shad¬ 
ing, or watering: and many preparations must now be made to per¬ 
petuate the gaiety of spring throughout the summer and autumn 
quarters. 
The Dahlia and Chinese Chrysanthemums claim especial care at this 
season. —For the treatment of the first, see our review of “ The Annual 
Dahlia Register ’’ in this number, in which some pertinent extracts 
will be found. — The old stools of Chrysanthemums may be divided, if 
not already done; the most likely slips potted; or cuttings may be 
made of them for the like purpose, for the service of the greenhouse, 
conservatory, or other place, and against open walls, where they blow 
well till destroyed by frost. Obtaining dwarfer-growing and more bushy 
plants for the greenhouse, is done by layering the shoots later in the 
season, at which time the process will be noticed. 
