48 Horticultural Operations for January. 



tumn flowering oxalises should be replaced with spring flowering ones. 

 Roses, now in the height of bloom, should be succeeded by a fresh supply 

 from the cold frame ; and many other plants may be placed away under the 

 stage, when out of bloom, and their places filled with others which will 

 afford a full supply of flowers. 



Camellias will now be coming into full bloom, and will now require but 

 little attention. Syringe freely in good weather, particularly after a strong 

 fire heat, to counteract the effect of a dry atmosphere. Water occasionally 

 with manure water or liquid guano. 



Pelargoniums will now show signs of more activity, and will require 

 some care, if fine, dwarf, bushy specimens are wanted. Tie out all the lat- 

 eral branches to stakes, and if they require repotting, shift them at once 

 into the flowering pots. Plants wanted for a succession or blooming late, 

 should have the ends of their shoots nipped off". Keep near the glass, in 

 a light, cool, airy part of the house. 



Japan Lilies for blooming, in pots, should now be attended to ; all that 

 show signs of pushing, should now be repotted ; the others will answer for 

 a succession. Young seedlings, potted off" singly, will make larger bulbs 

 than if grown together in the seedling pots. 



Cinerarias may now be repotted ; if already large specimens, they 

 should be shifted for the last time. 



Chinese Primroses, growing vigorously, may now have a shift into 

 larger pots. 



Achimenes may be potted now for early blooming, placing them in the 

 warmest part of the house. 



Pansy seeds should be planted now, for early blooming in the borders, 

 in May. 



Roses, taken up out of the open ground in October, should now be 

 pruned, and placed in a good situation in the greenhouse. 



ScHiZANTHUSES, uemophilas, India pinks, allyssum, and similar annuals, 

 for winter blooming, should be shifted often, and not be allowed to become 

 pot-bound. 



Azaleas, now showing bloom, should be more liberally watered. 



Stephanotus floribundus should now be pruned in, and started into 

 growth ; other summer climbing plants may have the same treatment. 



Cuttings, of all such plants as are suitable for bedding out, should now 

 be propagated — such as scarlet geraniums, petunias, heliotropes, verbenas, 

 cupheas, salvias, &c., &c. Early grown stock succeeds better when re- 

 moved into the border than late propagated plants. 



FucHiAS, intended for large specimens, should now be repotted, pruned 

 in, and started into a new growth. 



Look over all the plants carefully now, and top dress the soil ; clean the 

 pots ; pick off" all decayed or yellow leaves ; turn them round once a fort- 

 night ; stake up where required, and preserve neatness in every part of the 

 greenhouse or conservatory, — without which they afford little enjoyment to 

 the possessor. The temperature should range from 40° to 45° at night, 

 and 50° to 70° during the day. 



