an abundance of air and light, and water freely; discontinue syringing after the buds open. Fumigate, if the green fly appears. Japan Lilies, managed as we have directed, will now be 2 feet high, and will require a shift into the next size. Achimenes of the several kinds should now be potted off carefully. Camellias will now be making their new growth, and will require very liberal supplies of water, and repeated syringings over the foliage; old stunted plants should be headed in, and they will soon push out vigorous shoots. Inarching may still be performed. Hyacinth and Tulip beds, owing to the late cold weather, could not be uncovered; they should now be looked after without delay. Calceolarias should be repotted again. Dahlias will now be coming forward when they have been potted, and if a stock is wanted, the cuttings may be put in. Verbenas may now be propagated from cuttings, for a stock for planting out in summer. Gloxinias which have started well, should now be shifted into larger pots. Pansies, raised from seeds last month, should now be potted off into boxes or pots. Salvia splendens and fulgens should now be propagated for a young stock for summer. Fuchsias will now need shifting into larger pots if fine specimen plants are wanted. Chrysanthemums should be propagated from cuttings, or the roots divided to make a good stock. Hydrangeas may now be propagated from cuttings. Dwarf Rocket Lurkspur seed should be sown as soon as the ground can be made ready. Gladioluses, tuberoses, and other summer bulbs, may now be potted for early blooming. Oxalises done flowering should be sparingly watered. Pæonies should be removed this month. Carnations and picotees, in frames, should be aired every fine day. Choice annuals, such as we recommended last month, with other new and choice kinds, should now be planted in pots and placed in the hot-bed or green-house. Such as are already up may be potted off into small pots. Herbaceous plants, of all kinds, may be successfully transplanted this month. VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. Tomatoes, Egg plants, &c. raised from seeds sown either in February or March, should now be potted off into small pots, preparatory to their removal to the open ground in May. Lettuce, Radishes, Cabbages, Celery, &c. may be sown for a succession. Cucumbers [already hilled out will need attention and liberal supplies of water. OUR thanks are again due to our many and kind correspondents for valuable and seasonable articles, some of which we should have been glad to have found room for in this number, but could not well do so without deferring the very interesting Review of Mr. Emerson's Report on the Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts, to which we would call particular attention. We have on hand a capital article on training peach trees in cold houses, and have been awaiting the opportunity to present our own Diary of the Cultivation of the Grape in the GREENHOUSE, which will extend to several pages. We hope to make room for both in our next. Our thanks are due to Gov. Briggs for a copy of Mr. Emerson's Report, and to J. G. Palfrey, Esq., for Reports of Agricultural Societies of the State. We would call attention to our prospectus of the Fruits of America, the first number of which will appear simultaneously with this Magazine. SAXTON & MILES are no longer our agents in New York. James Hogg, Seedsman, Broadway, will act as our Agent in New York. Received-Manuscript communications from A. Foote, T. S. Humrickhouse, A. H. Ernst, T. B. Cowan, A. J. Downing, R. E. Beck, R. Glendenning. Payments for the Magazine, from March 1, to April 1, 1847: AGENTS FOR THE MAGAZINE.-C. C. Little & Brown, Otis, Broaders & Co. and Jordan & Co. Boston. F. Putnam, Salem, G. H. Carleton & Co. Lowell. Geo. C. Daniels, Providence, R. I. J. F. Shores & Son, Portsmouth, N. H. Dr. E. W. Bull, Hartford, Conn. J. M. Thorburn & Co., New York. D. Landreth & Munns, and R. Buist, Philadelphia. R. Sinclair, Jr. & Co. Baltimore. J. F. Callan, Washington, D. C. J. R. Cotting, Milledgeville, Ga. C. M. Dewey, Rochester, N. Y. MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE, EDITED BY C. M. HOVEY. Published in monthly octavo numbers.-At $3 per year in advance. THE THIRD VOLUME of the New Series of the Magazine, (13th of the entire work,) commenced January 1, 1847. It will be the object of the Magazine to continue to record all the discoveries and improvements in the art of Gardening-progressive as it must be-and to disseminate widely all new or improved modes of cultivation. In РOMOLOGY, the same descriptions and engravings of fruitsand brief notices of all new or little known varieties, as they are yearly introduced-will form its PRINCIPAL and attractive feature. In this department the Editor will have the assistance of the most experienced Pomologists in New England. Already a larger number of NEW FRUITS have been described in the Magazine, than in any other work extant. The entire experience of the late Mr. Manning, extending over a space of quarter of a century, will be found in the several volumes. The very large and extensive collection of pears and other fruits in New England affords facilities for descriptions of fruits unequalled in other sections of the country. But we need not recapitulate all the various subjects which have filled the pages of the Magazine, as a reference to any volume will be the best evidence of what has been accomplished. Neither will our readers wish us to make any new promises of what we intend to offer in the coming volume. Already have we added many pages to the present one; and we may here say, that the number will be increased hereafter, so as to enable us to better accommodate our many and kind correspondents, in every part of the country. Our FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE, we are happy to state, has been extended, and our facilities for obtaining the earliest information of new fruits, flowers, and trees, greatly increased. LANDSCAPE GARDENING AND ARBORICULTURE will continue to receive particular attention; and notices and descriptions of select trees and shrubs, for the guidance of gentlemen forming suburban residences, will be occasionally given, as well as engravings of some of the more rare kinds. In RURAL ARCHITECTURE we shall offer designs of select villas, specimens of which have appeared in previous volumes. An IMPORTANT FEATURE has been added to the Miscellaneous Department, by which a page or two in each number will be devoted to correspondents and readers who may be desirous of asking any questions relative to any department of Gardening. The MONTHLY CALENDAR OF HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS will also be more full and complete. The first number of the New Volume was issued on the first of January, 1847. It will be printed in the same superior style, on the finest paper, and will be embellished by an increased number of engravings, forining a volume of nearly 600 pages, at $3 a year in advance. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. ART. I. On the Cultivation of the Arrow Root in the Page . 193 ART. II. Explanations in reference to Two or Three West- . . 198 ART. IV. Some Remarks upon the Cooper Apple, and its . ART. V. The Currant, its Cultivation, &c. By J. H. Watts, 200 202 204 ART. VII. On the Propagation of Stove and Greenhouse Floriculture. ART. IX. Floricultural and Botanical Notices of New and ART. X. Notice of Some of the Plants of New England. Reviews. 213 . 215 ART. I. A Report on the Trees and Shrubs growing naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts. Published, agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. 1 Vol. Svo. pp. 547. Boston, Dutton & Wentworth, State Printers, . ART. II. The New England Book of Fruit, 217 221 225 |
