FEBRUARY. 



to the next month, I shall there specify the different 

 kinds that are recommended. Those layers of Car- 

 nations which were unfit for removal in autumn, 

 should now be planted with care in well-prepared 

 beds of compost, in which a considerable portion of 

 sand should always be a component part, and a slight 

 portion of powdered lime may be mixed with it 

 calcareous soil being especially grateful to the Di- 

 anthus tribe. 



These will blossom a little later than those taken 

 off in September or October, and thus preserve an 

 agreeable succession. 



It is of the utmost consequence that the beds in 

 which they are placed should be so constituted as 

 to be not only rich, but loose and friable. My friend, 

 who is a florist, tells me, that on once inquiring from a 

 most charming lady, how a superior growth of Carna- 

 tions was produced in her garden, which exhibited 

 a brilliant and lovely display, was answered by her 

 putting her foot (but not in the proverbial way, as 

 will appear,) between two rows of Carnations, and 

 sinking it with great facility above the instep: 

 " This," said she, " is the great secret in the culti- 

 vation of this splendid flower nothing is to be done 

 but by good loose compost, and perfect pulveriza- 

 tion." Florists keep their fine Carnations in pots, 

 and their hardy ones in beds. I am told by excel- 

 lent authority, that, for many reasons, the most 

 judicious treatment is to keep them in pots. 



Where tanners' bark, the most cleanly, durable, 

 and least troublesome of materials, is used for hot- 

 beds, let it be turned early this month, as it requires 

 considerable time to ferment. 



Give Dahlias a gentle heat in the hot-bed, ta 

 break the buds, each of which, planted with a por- 

 tion of the root, will become a plant. 



