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frost with pots or litter. Plant Seakale the end of the-month, and 
cover those roots with ashes or leaves that are intended for the last 
cutting. Turn walks, clip Box edgings, and make all clean and neat. 
Forcing G'round.—Maintain a good heat to Melons and Cucumbers by 
turning the linings, and adding a little fresh dung and mixing it well 
together. As soon as the plants begin to spread pinch out the points of 
the leading shoots and keep the rest moderately thin. Add fresh earth 
as they may require it, using a little at a time, so as not to chill the 
bed. Plant out those sown last month, and if the beds are too hot, 
place some thick turf under the plants to keep the roots from burning. 
Sow again about the middle of the month. Ash-leaf Potatoes may yet 
be planted in frames, and earth up those in a forward state. Give 
plenty of air to Peas, Carrots, Radishes, Rhubarb, and all other things 
under glass. Bring in fresh roots of Seakale and. Asparagus, to follow in 
succession. Sow Capsicums and ‘Tomatoes, in heat, and keep up a supply 
of small salad by sowing every week. Keep up.a good heat to French 
Beans, and syringe often to check the red spider. Now is a good time 
to plant a warm pit, to come in use the end of April and May. 
Strawberries.—Use the syringe freely where the fruit is swelling, and 
do not allow the plants to get dry ; manure water at this stage is very 
beneficial, and may be given freely. This is a good time to place 
Strawberry pots in cold pits or late vineries, to succeed those in the 
foreing-houses. If the stock of plants in pots is scarce, this is a good 
time to pot some strong young plants from the open ground ; if they 
are lifted with care with a ball of earth, potted, and placed in the houses 
at once, they will do well and produce a good crop of fruit. Peaches 
and Nectarines.—See last month’s directions. Vinery.—Continue to 
stop and regulate the shoots, and thin the berries in the early houses. 
Keep the atmosphere more humid than before advised until the fruit 
begins to colour. Now that we have more solar heat and light 
increasing, the temperature in the succession houses may range higher ; 
from 65° to 70° is a good average night temperature. Muscats require 
a strong heat with plenty of air, to set them properly. Vines in pots, 
where the fruit is swelling, should be well supplied with manure- 
water. The pots should be plunged, or otherwise shaded from the 
sun; it is a good plan to place a turf over the pot. Putin Vine-eyes early 
in the month, to strike ; plunge the pots in a good brisk bottom heat. 
This is a good time to start the succession Vines, for fruiting in pots 
- next season. Pines.—Pot suckers for succession, and give all the 
plants a shift that may require it; if not done the end of last month, 
turn the beds, or renew them if necessary, before the plants are replaced 
in the pits. In potting, use a free, porous, turfy loam, and do not press 
it too firm in potting; water sparingly, and keep the plants close a few 
days after potting. We strongly advise the planting-out system, and 
all Pine-growers who have the convenience will do well to adopt that 
plan. See article in last month’s number on this subject, page 48. 
Plums and Cherries.—Keep a night temperature of about 60° in the 
Cherry-house, with an increase of 10° or 15° by sun heat. Syringe 
the trees often, and give abundance of air when the trees are in bloom, 
and of course at that stage less moisture is needed. 
