504 Horticultural Memoranda. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now be opening their flowers freely, and will need more 

 liberal supplies of water, with repeated syringings with ferfectly dean water, 

 otherwise the flowers will be disfigured. If the leaves have not been washed, 

 now is a good time to attend to it. Ill shaped plants should also now be 

 tied up to neat stakes, and, if straggling, pruned in moderately. Water 

 once a month with liquid guano. If it is intended to raise seedlings, atten- 

 tion should be given to the proper fertilization of the blossoms as they open. 



Chrysanthemums done flowering may have their tops cut off and the pots 

 placed in a frame for the winter. 



Dahlia roots should be occasionally looked to, to see that none of the best 

 sorts are decaying. 



Roses should now be well pruned if not done before, and young plants 

 potted off in August should now be shifted into the next size. 



Japan lilies may be repotted this month, shaking oft' the loose earth, but 

 being careful not to injure any of the fleshy roots. After potting, set them 

 in a cool place under the greenhouse stage for a few weeks. 



Heliotropes may now be shifted into larger sized pots, if plenty of flowers 

 are wanted. 



Schizanthus s should have another shift this month. 



Victoria Stocks will also now require repotting. 



Cyclamens will now begin to bloom, and will require liberal supplies of 

 water. 



Oxalises done blooming should be sparingly watered. 



Calceolarias will require repotting. 



Heaths should be kept properly watered, and the shoots frequently topped 

 so as to form dwarf bushy plants. 



Pelargoniums intended for fine flowering specimens should have all the 

 vigorous shoots stopped at the third joint. 



Tree paonies, brought into the house now, will bloom finely in February 

 and March. 



Cinerarias should be repotted. 



Corroeas, now coming into flower, should be neatly tied up, and liberally 

 watered. 



Leschenaultia formosa should now have a small shift, giving a very lib- 

 eral drainage of charcoal and potsherd. 



Mignonette should now be rather sparingly and carefully watered. 



Ixias, Sparaxis, and other Cape bulbs, now coming into bloom, should be 

 more abundanrly watered. 



Gladioluses, if crowded, may have a shift into a larger pot. 



Carnations, if strong layers, may have a shift, and be brought into the 

 house, where they will flower. 



Nemophila insignia should now be shifted into seven inch pots. 



