18 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE 



FLORICULTUftAL CALENDAR FOK FEBRUARY. 



Greenhouse. — This department should have good attendance during this 

 month, similar in its operations to those directed in January, which see. — 

 Oranges, Lemons, and Myrtles, &c. will require water frequently, they usu- 

 ally absorb much. The herbaceous kind of plants will require occasional 

 waterings, but less frequent and in less quantities than the woody kinds. 

 Succulents, as Aloes, Seduins, &c, should be watered very sparingly, and 

 only when the soil is very dry. Air should be admitted at all times when the 

 weather is favorable, or the plants cannot be kept in a healthy state. If 

 any of the Orange, Lemon, or Myrtle trees, &c, have naked or irregular 

 heads, towards the end of the month, if fine mild weather occur, begin to 

 reclaim them to some uniformity, by shortening the branches and head 

 shoots, by this attention thoy will break out new shoots upon the old wood 

 and form a regular head ; be repotted in rich compost in April, reducing the 

 old ball of earth carefully, and replacing with new soil. After shifting it 

 would be of great use to the plants, if the convenience of a glass case could 

 be had, in which to make a dung bed, that the pots might be plunged in 

 this would cause the plants to shoot vigourously, both at the roots and tops. 

 Repot Amaryllis, &c. 



Annuals. — Towards the end of the month, sow most of the tender kinds 

 which require the the aid of a hot bed in raising. 



Anomatheca cruenta, the bulbs of should now be repotted into small 

 pots, to prepare them for turning out into beds, so as to bloom early. 



Auriculas should now be top dressed, taking off old soil, an inch deep 

 and re- placing it with new. 



Bulbs, as Hyacinths, &c, grown in water glasses, require to be placed 

 in an airy and light situation. The water will require to be changed every 

 three or four days. The Hower stem may be supported by splitting a stick 

 ut the bottom into four portions, so as it will fit tight round the edge of the 

 glass at the top 



Calceolarias, seeds of, should be sown during the month, and be placed 

 in a hot bed frame. 



Carnations, layers should be transplanted into large pots towards the end 

 of the month, or planted in the open border. 



Cuttings of Salvias, Fuchsias, Heliotropes. &c, desired for planting 

 out in borders or beds during spring or summer, should now be struck in 

 moist heat, in order to get the plants tolerably strong by May, the season 

 of planting- out. 



Dahlias.— Seed should be sown either in pots or upon a hot bed. Potu 

 or fiosea with seed placed in a warm room, near light, and admitting plenty 

 of air to the plants when up, will succeed well. Dahlia roots should now 

 be potted or be partly plunged into a little old tan in the stove, or a frame 

 to forward them for planting out in May. As shoots push, take them off 

 when four or five inches long, and strike them in moist heat. 



Herbaceous Perennials, Biennials, ^c.-r-May be divided about the 

 end of the month, and planted out where required 



Hydrangeas.— Cuttings of the end of the last years wood, that possess 

 plump buds at their ends, should now be struck in moist heat ; plant one 

 cutting iu a small pot (60's). VVhen struck root, und the pot is full of roots, 

 repot them into larger ; such plants make singularly fiue objects during 

 summer. 



Micnionette, to bloom early in boxes, or pots, or to turn out in the open 

 borders, should now be sown. 



Ranunculuses should be planted by the end of the month. 



Rose Trees, Lilacs, Pinks, Hyacinths, Polyanthuses, Narcissus, £ic. 

 should regularly be brought in for forcing. 



Tender Annuals. — Some of the kinds, as Cockcombs, Amaranthuses, 

 &c. for adorning the greenhouse in summer, should be sown by the end of 

 the month ;, also" any lender Annuals, desired to bloom early in the open 

 border. 



Ten Week Stocks, Russian and Prussian Stocks, &c, to bloom 

 early, 'should now be sown iu pols, placed in a hot bed frame, or be sow* 

 upon a slight hot bed. 





