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should be removed to the stage; this should stand open to the 
east that the plants may receive the morning sun, but should be 
shaded by 10 or 11 o’clock. Choice Tulips should be protected 
from heavy rain or squalls; though the covering should not be 
used except in extremely severe weather, lest the plants should 
be drawn up weak. Picottees and Carnations should be placed 
in the blooming pots, or planted out where that method is pre¬ 
ferred : also plant out Pinks and top dress those already out. 
Pansies should be planted out; cuttings may be taken for au¬ 
tumn flowering; Polyanthuses require the treatment recom¬ 
mended for Auriculas; top dress Anemones and Ranunculas 
where it is requisite ; continue to propagate Dahlias, those already 
struck should be potted off and placed in a cold frame to harden; 
plant Bengal, China, Bourbon, and Tea-scented Roses; plant 
out a few stocks and other annuals, and sow again for succes¬ 
sion ; repot Balsams, Amaranthus, and other tender annuals, 
except Cockscombs, these should remain in small plots till they 
show flowers; those half-hardy annuals in frames and pots 
should have an abundance of air. Finish sowing Biennials and 
Perennials; Hyacinths and Bulbs should have their flower stems 
supported with sticks ; the planting of evergreen trees and shrubs 
should be forwarded as expeditiously as possible that it may be 
completed by the end of the month ; prune, tie, and nail creepers 
and other plants requiring it; rake the flower beds and borders 
and make everything neat about the garden; roll lawns fre¬ 
quently, if the weather is open they will require mowing by the 
end of the month ; plant and cut Box edgings, as also edges of 
Laurel, Privet, Yew, &c. &c. In preparing the flower beds for 
the reception of plants, it would be well to make a rough sketch 
of those to be planted, and mark the spaces intended for each plant 
or kind of plant to occupy; these spaces might be coloured the 
same as the plant intended to be placed in them, and thus the effect 
would be seen before planting, and might be altered if not agree¬ 
ably placed the first time. In some situations greenhouse plants 
may be turned out by the latter end of the present month, but 
we consider it preferable as being much safer to defer it till the 
beginning of May. 
