360 MONTHLY CALENDAR. [February* 



Egg-plant, Lettuce, and Tomato seed, 101 ; force Asparagus, 

 105; Kidney Beans, 107 ; Cucumbers, 109 ; plant Peas, 120 ; 

 Potatoes, 121 ; sow Radish seed, 121. In cold beds well 

 protected, plant Broad Beans, 107; sow Cabbage seed, 45. 



After the seeds are sown, the beds will require constant 

 attention; cover up well in cold nights, and give air at all 

 opportunities, taking care to regulate the heat in the beds, 

 as directed under'the different heads, from page 103 to 125. 

 If the heat be excessive, it must be decreased as directed, 

 page 105, and if it should become necessary to let off steam 

 in cold weather, care must be taken to cover the apertures 

 sufficiently to keep out frosty air. Give air at all oppor- 

 tunities to Cabbage, Cauliflower, Lettuce, and such other 

 plants as may be in frames, of last year's sowing. 



FLOWfcR DEPARTMENT. 



Having in the previous month discussed some important 

 points relative-to the general care of plants, I now proceed 

 to notice a few of those kinds that require attention at this 

 particular season : 



Camellias, or Japan Roses. There are numerous 

 varieties of this valuable class of, plants, exhibiting every 

 shade in succession, from desp crimson to the purest white ; 

 in some imperceptibly blended, in others strikingly con- 

 trasted. They are unrivalled objects of beauty from 

 October to May, being se^t in a foliage of fine glossy verdure. 



Double Camellias are generally propagated on stocks of 

 the single, which are procured by planting cuttings of the 

 young shoots in light mould under bell glasses ; on these, 

 when grown to a sufficient size, are inarched the finer kinds 

 of double. Sometimes these latter are also struck by cut- 

 tings ; but as their progress by such method is generally 

 slow and uncertain, it is seldom resorted to. These valuable 

 plants are too often injured by amateurs, from misapplied 

 care bestowed upon them, so that their whole compensation 

 and enjoyment is reduced to the mere possession of a hand- 

 some green shrub. Destined from the extreme beauty and 

 unrivalled delicacy of their flowers to become the chief pride 



