DIARY OF OPERATIONS. 271 



glutted, while by that of the 15th of August, the bulbs 

 get too much exhausted by being kept dry too long out of 

 season. 26 28. 



6th. Finished potting Roses. The operation has oc- 

 cupied in the potting alone the time of three hands for 

 about three weeks, the average work of each being 700 

 plants per day. 



7th. Put in cuttings of Verbenas, Carnations, Zonale 

 and Variegated Geraniums, Pelargoniums, and soft wooded 

 plants of all kinds, the condition of the temperature from 

 this date to the middle of March being such that cut- 

 tings of every description are rooted with unerring cer- 

 tainty, if the simple conditions which we lay down in 

 Chapter on Propagation are followed. 



9th. At this date, we number 20,000 of our staple 

 plant, Verbena. These we will multiply from ten to fif- 

 teen fold, until the first week in May, which is as late as 

 the Verbena can be propagated, to make a plant of sufli- 

 cient strength. 30 26. 



10th. Potted off Carnation cuttings, which were put 

 in on November 8th, from plants grown under glass, and 

 which have done very welL Repotted and cleaned up 

 Double White Primroses. 27 28. 



llth. Put in green cuttings of Bouvardias. This 

 mode of propagating the Bouvardia is not so good as by 

 the root, but it is necessary sometimes to do so when we 

 wish to increase new sorts rapidly. 27 28. 



12th. Put in cuttings of a general assortment of 

 plants. 20 8. 



13^. The same. 4 8. 



14th. Put in Carnation cuttings from plants that have 

 been somewhat exhausted by forcing for flowers. 14 

 12. 



(N~ote. 10th January, 1868. Result nearly a failure, 

 owing to the unsettled condition of the cutting). 



16^.-r-Began staking Roses to-day. If stakes are pro- 



