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RoUi/hocks. — Any good cuttings that can be taken from the stools, 

 either this or next month, will make good plants, and bloom well in 

 September. Autumn struck plants should now be repotted and planted 

 out in ]\Iarch. Encourage autumn sown seedlings by potting them off 

 into small pots from tlie seed pans, to be planted out in JMarch or April, 

 according to the weather. 



Kitchen Garden. — As the soil becomes dry, preparations should be 

 made to receive the spring and summer crops. Dig up all vacant 

 ground, and where the land has been trenched it will be found most 

 suitable for Carrots, Parsnips, &c. Make up deficiencies in plantations 

 of Cabbages, Cauliflowers, Lettuces, &c. ; and Cauliflowers in frames 

 should be looked to, giving air at aU favourable times, gradually hard- 

 ening them off. 



Pansies. — Repot at once those intended for blooming in pots under 

 glass, the soil having been prepared as previously described. Strong 

 plants have now been blooming some time. To strengthen and increase 

 the size of the flowers, however, during the months they are most 

 Avanted, the blooms should be plucked off, particularly from weak 

 plants. We gathered as many as half-a-peck of flowers on the l6th 

 of January. These were from pots, the flowers being generally very 

 fine. Strong plants in the ground have been covered wdth blossoms all 

 the w^inter. The most showy flowers, however, for winter w^ork are the 

 self yellows — Ophir, Malvern, and Adela. Cuttings put in now will 

 strike more readily than at any other season. Stock plants should 

 be planted out into beds towards the end of the month, as wtU as 

 seedlings that have been wintered in pans. 



Pbiks. — On a dry day, after frost, press firmly into the ground any 

 that have become loose during the winter. Also, stir the surface of the 

 beds when sufficiently dry. Fill up any vacancies from the stock that 

 has been wintered in pots. Towards the end of the month, plant out 

 those that have been wintered in pots into smaU prepared beds, pressing 

 them firmly into the soil. 



Roses. — Frigi domo has been found a very good material for fixing 

 round the heads of tea-scented and other delicate varieties, worked on 

 standards. See that the moss or fern, which has (we trust) been 

 placed over beds of similar varieties on their own roots, is not dis- 

 turbed. 



Roses in Pots. — The hard opening varieties intended for exhibition 

 may be placed in the greenhouse. 



Stove. — j\Iake preparations for potting those plants that are beginning 

 to start into grow^th, and have them neatly pruned and tied. Do not 

 keep high temperatures until the days are more favourable. Bring on 

 pots of Achimenes, Gloxinias, Gesneras, &c. 



Tulips. — Many of our best bed Tulips appeared above the ground as 

 early as the middle of January. The rows wdll be visible by the 10th 

 of February, unless w^e get much colder weather than we have hitherto 

 experienced to check them. This is much to be desired, or it is more 

 than probable they will suffer in April. Keep the bed free from rains 

 or snow. At other times, the more hardy they are grown the better. 



