Horticultural Memoranda. 95 



Best Azaleas. D. — This family of plants has been greatly augmented 

 by many beautiful new varieties, several of which are of American origin, 

 and vie with the foreign kinds. The following are twelve sorts desirable in 

 every good collection : — speciosa, Leucomegestre, Copei?', Remingtoni Tri- 

 umphans, Gledstanesu, variegata, speciosissima, fulgens, coronata, Triiim- 

 phans sup6rba, and Watsonza. 



Pelargoniums. An Exhibitor. — Twelve of the finest show flowers are : 

 Aurora, crimson ; Arabella, rose, white centre ; Rosy circle, rose ; Mustee, 

 maroon ; Pearl, white ; Orion, dark; Desdemona, dark and light ; Isabella, 

 Hebe's Lip, Competitor, Favorita, and Celestial. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR FEBRUARY. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines will soon begin to require attention : in greenhouses, they 

 will begin to swell their eyes about the 20th of the month, and, in gra- 

 peries, they will also begin to push. As soon as this is perceived, the shoots 

 should be very carefully loosened from the place where they have been laid 

 in, and tied loosely up to the trellis. If this is delayed, the operation may 

 be attended with the breakage of some of the eyes. After they are tied to 

 the trellis, they should be syringed, every fair day, both morning and even- 

 ing, as this greatly assists them in breaking evenly. Should they show a 

 tendency to break only towards the top, that part of the shoot should be 

 bent down, and a small stone, or light weight of some kind, attached to it, to 

 keep it in place. The eyes will then break freely at the base, and the 

 shoot can be gradually brought up to its place. 



Fig trees will now begin to break, and will require occasional syringing : 

 if they require it, now will be a favorable time to repot the plants. 



Peach trees may be brought into the greenhouss for a succession crop. 



Scions of fruit trees may be cut any time this month. 



Pruning orchards may be attended to now, where there is much to be 

 done, as other operations next month will leave less time to do it properly. 



Root grafting may be done now, in the manner recommended in our last 

 volume, p. 312. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Pelargoniums will now begin to make their new growth : if they have not 

 been shifted into their proper sized pot"?, this should be attended to im- 

 mediately, — that is, if fine, showy, well-shaped plants are desired. Attend 

 to training out the shoots carefully, bending them litile at a time, if they 

 are stout and unyielding, until they are brought down to their proper place : 

 nip off any very strong shoots, so as to keep a well-balanced head. Syringe 

 occasionally, and water tolerably freely. Place the plants as near the light 

 and air as possible. Fumigato directly as the green fly appears. 



