48 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR 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 will require water frequently, they usually 

 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, Sedums, &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 favourable, 

 or the plants cannot be kept in a healthy state. If any of the Orange, Lemon, 

 or M vrtle 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, 

 bv shortening the branches and head shoots, by this attention they will break 

 out new shoots upon the old wood and form a regular head ; they should also 

 be repotted in rich compost, reducing the old ball of earth carefully, and re- 

 placing with new soil. After sifting 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 bod, 

 that the pots might be plunged in, this would cause the plants to shoot 

 vigorously, both at the roots and tops. 



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

 which require 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 flower stem may be supported by splitting a stick 

 at 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 stiuek 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. Pots 

 or boxes 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 of! 

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



Herbaceous Perennials, Biennials, &e. — May be divided about tl 

 end of the month, and planted out where required. 



Hydrangeas. — Cuttings of the ends of the last year's wood, that possesj 

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

 cutting in a small pot (OU's). When struck root, and the pot is full of roots, 

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

 summer. 



Mignonette, to bloom early in boxes, in 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, 

 &c, should regularly be brought in for forcing. 



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

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

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

 border. 



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

 early, should now be sown in pots, placed in a hot bed frame, or be gown upon 

 a slight hot bed. 



