40 Horticultural Memoranda for January. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR JANUARY. 



Under this head we shall continue to give the same information as 

 we have heretofore, believing it to be useful to a great portion of our 

 readers. Some may object to it as being a repetition of the same thing 

 year after year; but if useful in the first instance, it must be so still, as 

 it will preclude the necessity of continually referring to back volumes. 

 New plants, too, occasionally come under this head, which may not 

 have been noticed before. Until our readers shall think that there is 

 no necessity of a monthly calendar, we shall continue to insert it. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines in the green-house or grapery, which have been pruned, 

 should have their shoots tied up singly to the rafters, or, if more con- 

 venient, bundled together and laid along horizontally with the front 

 sill. Shoots intended for cuttings, in the spring, may be preserved in 

 the cellar, by inserting their lower ends in some moist soil. 



Peach trees grown in graperies, or in houses by themselves, will re- 

 quire pruning, if not done before. Trees in pots may be placed in the 

 cellar for protection. 



Straioberries in pots for forcing, may be now placed in a pit or stove, 

 very near the glass; give a deal of air, to ensure a good setting of fruit. 

 Water sparingly while the flowers are expanded. Now is a good time 

 to sow the seeds, in boxes, in greenhouses, pits or hot-beds. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now be advancing their flower-buds rapidly. Give 

 good supplies of water, and in very fine weather an occasional sprink- 

 ling with a fine rose syringe, with perfectly pure water. Sow the seeds 

 now in small pots, five or six in each. 



Cereuses, cactuses, ^c. must be watered very sparingly for a month 

 or two. 



Hyacinths and other bulbs, planted in November, may now be intro- 

 duced into a warm part of the green-house to flower. 



Sparaxises, ixias, S,-c., where not planted, should have the same done 

 this month. 



Heaths: give these judicious waterings, and place them in an airy part 

 of the house, and not very near the flues or hot water pipes. 



Azaleas and rhododendrons, as soon as the least sign of growing or 

 flowering is perceived, should receive liberal supplies of water. 



Amaryllises of most sorts will not now require any water, unless 

 placed in the stove. 



Alstrcemerias will require potting off into a good compost as soon as 

 they begin to grow. 



In the green-house give frequent airings if the weather will permit : 

 pick up all dry leaves, and spill as little water as possible in watering 

 the plants. Dampness is always troublesome in the months of Decem- 

 ber and January. Fumigate often to destroy msects. In the stove 

 continue to propagate all kinds of plants; and those sorts that are grow- 

 ing freely may be watered more plentifully. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Cucumber beds should be made up this month, or the dung put in 

 preparation for making up the next. 



Lettuces and radishes, in frames, \v\\\ recjuire air every fine day, but 

 should be covered warm at night. 



Cabbages, cauliflowers, Sf-c. may be now sown for a very early crop. 



