48 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY. 



Greenhouse.— This department should have good attendance during this 

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

 Oranges, Lemons, and Myrtles, &c, 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 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 short- 

 ening the branches and head shoots ; by this attention they 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 vigorously, both at the roots 

 and tops. Repot Amaryllis, &c. Tender and small kinds of plants should 

 frequently be examined, as to have surface of soil loosened. 



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

 which require the aid of a hot-bed in raising, or in pots in heat. 



Anomatheca cruenta, Tighidias, &c, 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 

 replacing it with new. 



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

 airy and light sitifation when coming into bloom. (See Art. vol. vi. on the sub- 

 ject.) 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 por- 

 tions, 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, also cuttings or slips be struck, as they take root freely now. 



Carnations. — Layers should be transplanted into large pots towards the end 

 of the month, or planted in the open border. 



Cuttings ok Salvias, Fuchsias, Heliotropes, Geraniums, &c, desired for 

 planting out in borders or beds during spring and 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. 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 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, may be divided about the end of 

 the month, and planted out where required. 



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

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

 in a small pot (CO's). ^Vhen 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 or pots, or to turn out in the open bor- 

 ders, should now be sown. 



Ranunculuses and Anemones should be planted by the end of the month. 



Kose Trees, Lilacs, Pinks, Hyacinths, Polyanthuses, Narcissuses, &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 Siocks, Russian and Prussian Stocks, &c, to bloom early, 

 should now be sown in pots, placed in a hot-bed frame, or be sown upon a slight 

 hot-bed. 



