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plants, only require to have their branches thinned out, or headed in a little to 

 bring them to a frood shape. Others which are also of a ligneous habit, 

 require severe heading in, tliough not so much as the soft-wooded ones ; 

 of this class, are roses, fuchsias, abutilons, &c. Long experience only 

 will enable the cultivator to ascertain what peculiar treatment some kinds of 

 plants require. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR JANUARY. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines, at this season of the year, will require little or no atten- 

 tion if the pruning has already been done. If, however, in consequence of 

 an accumulation of work, lime has not yet been found to complete this work, 

 it should be taken hold of at once, in order that the wounds may get well 

 healed over before the vines break in March. The pruning finished, all the 

 old loose bark should be peeled off carefully, so as not to injure the buds, 

 and the whole may then have a thin coat of the composition which we have 

 frequently recommended, viz., sulphur, oil soap, and a small quantity of 

 clay. This will destroy all insects which may be lurking in the crevices of 

 the bark. The whole of the shoots should then be laid carefully along the 

 front of the house, and made fast, where they are to remain until they be- 

 gin to break their eyes. Grape vines in pots may now be brought into the 

 greenhouse, and placed in a good situation, where they will gradually come 

 forward, and produce an early crop. 



Fig Trees may be brought into the greenhouse this month. 



Peach Trees in pots may be also brought into the greenhouse the latter 

 part of the month. 



Scions of fruit trees may be cut now, and placed in a proper situation for 

 use in spring. 



Root-grafting may be done now, in the manner which has frequently been 

 recommended in our pages, and more particularly in our last volume, p. 312. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now need much attention. Many of the sorts will be in 

 full bloom, and to have the plants in the best condition, they should be often 

 looked over. Every faded bloom should be picked off, and if more than 

 two buds appear on the end of any branch, one should also be picked off. 

 If the leaves have not been washed, now will be a fine time to do it, as 

 there is little else at this season to occupy attention. No ambitious gar- 

 dener would ever let his plants go over a year without a good washing. 

 Staking up the plants should also be looked to, as a crooked camellia is a 

 sorry object. No plant is more tractable under judicious treatment. An 

 occasional watering with weak guano will be beneficial to the plants. 



Pelargoniums will soon require more care ; all the younger plants, for a 

 spring stock, will need immediate repotting ; but the older ones will not 

 require it till the latter part of the month. Training out the shoots should 



