OPERATIONS OF GARDENING. 



PART I. 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



Commence giving surface-dressings of fresh cow-manure to 



Chrysanthemums will have done flowering, and should be 

 taken out of their pots, pulled to pieces, and put out in a nursery- 

 bed for a supply of new plants. 



The following plants will be much benefited by being well 

 pruned in at this season : 



Malvaviscus arboreus. 



Musssendas. 



Nyctanthes. 



Quisqnalis. 



Tecomas. 



Allamandas. 

 Bignonias. 

 Hamelias. 

 Hibiscus nmtabilis. 



rosa sinensis. 



Syriaciis. 



Ixoras. 



Jasminums. 



Jatropha panduraefolia. 



Lagerstromias. 



Lantanas. 



February. 



VEGETABLES. 



Little can be done during this month in the cultivation of 

 European vegetables, except copiously watering those that are 

 already in the ground. 



Sowings of Lettuce, Mustard, and Cress may still be made. 



To Peas that are reserved for seed, less and less water, if any 

 should be given as they ripen. 



FRUITS. 



Water Loquats liberally, as well as Peach, Plum, Lichee, and 

 Mango trees, as soon as the fruit is set. 

 Earth up and water Pine-apples. 

 Fertilise Vanilla flowers. 

 Sow seed of Water-melon. 



ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 



This is the best season for transferring such Orchids as re- 

 quire it to new pots or baskets. 



Hoyas will be started into growth, and should either have 

 the soil in the old pots partially changed, or be potted afresh ; 

 they will now bear dividing, so as to make several plants out 

 of one. 



Be-pot or re-plant Caladiums, Arum pictum, Manettia cordi- 



