BO Monthly Calendar. 



Hyacinths, J^arcissus and other bulbs in glasses, must, have the water 

 shitted every week ; soft rain water is the best ; if the points of the roots have 

 au\' dirt attached to tlieni, take them out of the glass, and brush them very 

 gently with a feather. The glasses should he thoroughly washed every two 

 or three weeks. 



Ranunculus roots may be safely planted about the 20th of this month. 

 Select aspot of ground of the size wanted fur tiie nuniber of roots, and if the 

 frost is not yet all out, procure an old hot-bed lianie, and place it over the sit- 

 uation selected ; bank up all round the frame with leaves, hay, or connnon 

 garden soil, put on the sashes, and kee]) tiiem shut every cold day, only 

 opening them when the sun shines and the air is very mild. Cover up the 

 frame every night with mats or hay. When the frost is all out and the soil 

 tolerably dry, commence iilauiing the roots, at the depth of one and a half 

 inches from the crown, and four inches apart in the rows, and tlie rows five 

 inches from each other. 



Tuberoses and Tiger-flowers. Those V4 lio wish to flower these very early, 

 shoulil, about the middle of this month, plant them in small pots and place 

 them in a hot-bed. 



Camellias and other green-house ])lants will now begin to grow more rap- 

 idly' ; they will require more air and water as the days become warmer. 



Calceolarias in small pots, should now be potted into a larger size filled 

 with a compost of rotten leaves and light loam. 



Cultivation of Penstemons. It was asserted in the Botanical Register, t. 

 1309, that seeds of the rare penstemons cannot be raised in heat. Part of the 

 remark is in these words: — " It is indispensable that the seeds should be sown 

 in a cold frame, or all endeavor to raise them will prove fruitless." Mr. Maund 

 in figuring P. pulchellus, remarks that to prove or disj)rove this assertion, he 

 sowed seeds in a pot and placed them " in a rather warm hot-bed," where 

 many seeds vegetated freely ; and the plants so raised flowered well in the 

 autumn. [Sowing them in a cold frame is, notwithstanding, doubtless pre- 

 ferable, as being more congenial to the natural mode. In natural dissemina- 

 tion, seeds are sown as soon as ripe ; in gardening, they are often kept out of 

 the soil until their vital energy is considerably weakened, and theli artificial 

 stimuli may be necessary to rouse it into action.] — Gard. Mag. 



PLANTS IN BLOOM THIS MONTH. 



Cam^dlia japonica, C. alba plena, C. rubra plena, C. anemoneflora, C. ane- 

 moncflora alba, C. atrorubens, C. rubricaiilis, C. fimbriata, C. speciosa, C. 

 maliflora, C. imbricata, C. eclipsis, C. rosa sinensis, C. Egertonia, C. gloriosa, 

 C. Rawsiana, C. variegata, C. pensillata, C. incarnata, and other new kinds. 

 Erica mediterrania and arborea, Diosma alba, Polygala speciosa and grandi- 

 flora. Daphne hybrida and odora, Enkiunthus quinqueflora, Pseonia papaver- 

 acea, Iris chinensis. Acacia lophanta, Strelitzia regina, Hoitzia coccinea, Cor- 

 rsea viridis. Cineraria cruenta, Magnolia conspicua, Viburnum lauristinus, 

 and many others. 



Errata in our last. 



Page 9, line 34 — for " indirect influences of southerly winds," read "north- 

 erly tvinds." 

 Same page, 2d line from bottom — for "nearly" read "equally." 



