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shoots tied to the places they are intended to fill; and, where more wood is. 
desired, stop the leading shoots. Succulents require more water now. A few 
geraniums may still he brought in for early flowering. Fumigate occasionally, 
and steam often. 
Greenhouse. —Air and water may now be given more abundantly. Oranges, 
camellias, &c. should have a top dressing, if required. Hyacinths, tulips, 
roses, &c. that have done blowing, should be removed to a cool open shed, 
and but little water given them; free-growing plants may still be 'propagated 
for bedding out; syringe the plants overhead occasionally—the morning is the 
best time. Should any plants yet require shifting, let it be done at once. 
Flower Garden. —Protect choice tulips from heavy storms of hail, rain, 
and wind. Plant out towards the latter end of the month. Cuttings should 
be taken for autumn flowering ; keep the plants small, as they then flower 
better. Top dress pinks, ranunculus, and anemones. Auriculas require 
plenty of air; water them often in small quantities, taking care not to wet the 
flowers ; remove them to the stage as the bloom expands. Picotees, carnations, 
&c, must have a good supply of water. Plant out early stocks and a few other 
annuals ; sow more in the flower-beds. Continue to strike dahlia cuttings; 
pot them singly in thumb-pots, and give them a little bottom heat; those 
already struck should be inured by degrees to the air. Re-pot balsams, ama- 
ranthus, egg-plants, and all other tender annuals, except cockscombs, which 
should remain in small pots till they show flower; this keeps them dwarf. 
Where it is yet requisite or desirable to separate or transplant herbaceous 
plants, let it be done immediately, as also all other planting. 
THE WEATHER FOR MARCH. 
The weather for this month has been’quite a phenomenon ; and it has been so 
chiefly from the absence of all those atmospherical circumstances which usually 
characterize the season. Perhaps there never w r as a month in which the air 
was more tranquil, or the temperature more uniform. For vegetation this was, 
of course, highly favourable ; and it augurs well for a fine bloom and abundant 
crop. Many vegetables are not so far forward as in seasons when March is 
turbulent; because the cold weather which preceded brought down their tone, 
and made them less susceptible of being stimulated by temporary intervals of 
warmth. This is in so far connected with the general characters of the winters 
of 1840 and 1841,—the former being one continuous display of soaking rain, 
and the latter of continuous frost, accompanied by very little rain. We have 
again and again cautioned our readers to beware of drawing hasty conclusions 
as to what shall be the future state of the weather, because the philosophy of 
the atmosphere is very imperfect; but, in as far as the principles go, we are 
inclined to conclude, that the summer will come on in the same gradual manner, 
and that there will be no conflict of the atmosphere until the autumnal rains ; 
and the conflict then will depend much on the character of the summer. 
Should this turn out to be tbe case, the two years will afford very useful infor¬ 
mation on the subject of the weather. 
