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soil, well drained, and is easily increased by cuttings. Lechenaultia, from 

 M. Lechenault, a French traveller and botanist. Pentandria, Monogynia. 

 Goodenovia?. 



3. Gaillardia plcta, Painted flowered. This is a very handsome flowering 

 herbaceous plant, quite hardy, and perennial. It blooms from July to Oc - 

 tober. Grows from two to three feet high, and its bloom renders it a very 

 showy plant. It may be obtained of most of the public nurserymen. Gail- 

 lardia from Gaillard de Charentonneau, an amateur botanist. Synge- 

 nesia, Polygamia Frustranea. 



4. Calceolaria purpurea, var. Harrisonia. This very handsome free flower- 

 ing hybrid Calceolaria was raised by our esteemed friend, Mr. John 

 Menzies, the excellent gardener of Christopher Rawson, Esq., Hope 

 House, Halifax. It is by far the handsomest of the purple kinds we have 

 seen ; the flowers are a fine size, striking in colour, and produced in vast 

 profusion. The flower spikes are produced numerously, rising eighteen 

 inches high. When this variety is grown amongst a bed of mixed kinds, it 

 produces a most striking and beautiful contrast. Mr. Menzies has been 

 successful in raising a number of very fine hybrid Calceolarias. Very far 

 exceeding all the kinds we have seen in the south of England, or elsewhere, 

 both in point of splendid colours, and size of the flowers. 



FLORICULTURAL CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY. 



Mignonette, to Jdonm early in boxes, in pots, or to turn out in the open 

 borders, should now be sowu. 



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 sown upon 

 a slight hot bed. 



Dahlias. — Seed should be sown either in pot', 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 off 

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



Rose Trees, Lilacs, Pinks, Hyacinths, Polyanthuses, Narcissus, 

 &c, should regularly be brought in for forcing. 



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

 and re -placing it with new. 



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



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

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

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

 border. 



Cuttings of Salvias, Fuchsias, Heliotropes, &c, desired for plant- 

 ing 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. 



Herbaceous Perennials, Biennials, &c. — May be divided about the 

 end of the month, and planted out where required. 



Tuberoses, roots of, should now be procured, and be planted in good 

 rich soil, either in pots, or in a warm place in the open ground. 



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 (60's). When struck root, and the pot is full of roots, 

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

 summer. 



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. 



