CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS 101 



a cool greenhouse, where they will need very little water. 

 Avoid wetting the leaves. 



Perpetual- Flowering Varieties. These ought now to 

 be flowering freely. They do best if placed in a house by 

 themselves, and this month a minimum temperature of 

 50 to 55 is sufficient, the latter in mild weather. Admit 

 plenty of fresh air, and keep the atmosphere rather dry. 

 Give careful attention to watering, and keep the plants clean 

 by fumigating. Cuttings should be taken this month and 

 inserted in sand over bottom heat in the propagating frame. 

 Pot on the cuttings rooted in October from 2-inch and 

 3-inch, into 4-inch and 5-inch pots. These make excellent 

 plants for planting out in May, to flower in beds in the open. 

 For the present they may be placed in a house where the 

 temperature at night is 55 to 60, and by day 60 to 65. 



Pinks. These, being in the open air, require similar 

 treatment to the border Carnations and Picotees. The 

 few plants potted up to fill gaps require the same treatment 

 as the Carnations in frames. 



FEBRUARY 



Border Carnations and Picotees.- If the weather is 

 mild, the plants will show signs of growth ; but this is not 

 desirable, as sharp frosts may succeed the mild weather. 

 Remove the lights from the frames whenever the weather 

 permits. Get the pots and the compost ready for repot- 

 ting such plants as are to be grown in pots. Those plants 

 which have been longest in the small flower-pots should 

 be repotted towards the end of the month. See that the 

 compost is free from wireworms. 



Malmaison Varieties. The plants may now have a 

 night temperature of 50. Expose them to all the light 



