Notes on Greenhouse Plants, ^x. 499 



January. — The general appearance of the honse will be as 

 follows. At the warmest end, (that is, where the furnace is 

 placed, which can always be kept a few degrees warmer than 

 the opposite end,) the stage will be occupied with luculias, 

 leschenaultias, stephanotus, epiphyllums, ixoras, torenias, &c., 

 as permanent, with a few azaleas, primroses, heliotropes and 

 others to forward them into flower. The coldest end will be 

 occupied with heaths, camellias, orange trees, epacris, azaleas ; 

 and intermediate, such as boronia, chorozema, polygala, 

 daphnes, geraniums, cinerarias, and similar sorts. The front 

 shelf will be occupied with store pots of verbenas, petunias, 

 gaillardias, and other plants for flower garden purposes, set at 

 the coldest end. Such as require a little heat to keep them 

 growing, (young calceolarias, fuchsias, geraniums, and so on,) 

 will be set nearer the heat ; summer flowering plants, (ges- 

 neras, achimenes, clerodendrons and gloxinias,^ will be stored 

 up underneath the stage, or any out-of-the-way corner, where 

 they can be kept dry. The house will not require much 

 airing in winter ; a few of the top sashes lowered a little, 

 during bright days, will be found sufficient. It is not neces- 

 sary to let in much air during winter, so that care is taken in 

 applying water. 



February. — The general aspect of the house will be sim- 

 ilar to last month. Geraniums may be shifted into flowering 

 pots, and topped to keep them low and bushy. It is a good 

 time to put azaleas into larger pots, if they require a change. 

 Cactus previously kept dry will require moistening occasion- 

 ally. A few pots of achimenes, gloxinias, and gesneras, may 

 be placed in a warm corner to start ; calceolarias shifted into 

 flowering pots, and fuchsias brought forward to grow. 



March. — Epacris, that have done flowering, should have 

 the long shoots cut down. Fuchsias, commenced to grow, 

 should be shaken out of the pots and repotted in fresh soil. 

 Shift young ones into larger pots. Heaths, epacris, and some 

 of the choicest hard-wooded plants, may be set on the front 

 shelf, making room on the stage for geraniums, fuchsias, and 

 calceolarias. The latter will require staking as the flower- 

 stem rises. Sow seeds of balsams, cockscombs, thunbergias, 



