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after they have been thus forced, we find it most profit- 

 able to throw them away and replace them by young and 

 fresh stuff. 22 30. 



20th. Pricked out rooted cuttings of Carnations one 

 inch apart in shallow boxes, to economize space; after be- 

 ing sufficiently rooted in the boxes, they are placed in 

 cold greenhouses or frames. See Carnations for Cut 

 Flowers. We find that thus treated and planted out in 

 the open ground they do quite as well as if they had 

 been potted, and nearly one-half the space is saved. 30 

 34. 



2lst. Put in large quantities of the leading bedding 

 plants, such as Verbenas, Petunias, Heliotropes, Gera- 

 niums, etc., for succession crops. 36 30. 



22d. Pricking out Cabbage, Cauliflower and Lettuce 

 from the seed sown January 31st. 26 30. 



24#i. The same. 24 16. 



25th. Put in first Rose cuttings from young wood, of 

 some new sorts that are scarce with us. Finished thin- 

 ning out and plunging Roses. 17 22. 



26th. Put in cuttings of Lantana, Variegated Gera- 

 niums, etc. 



27th. The same. 24 30. 



28^. The same. 28 26. 



. 29th. First sowing of Tomato, Pepper, and Egg Plant 

 eeeds in shallow boxes for spring plants, in a night tem- 

 perature of 65. 22 20. 



MARCH. 



2nd. Put in first cuttings of Dahlias, new Chrysanthe- 

 mums, new Fuchsias, etc. Sowed Chinese Primroses, 

 Calceolaria, Cineraria, and seeds of other plants of this 

 class, as we find it is better to sow now and carry them 

 through the summer than to sow, as is often done, in 

 August. See Chapter on Propagation by Seeds. 12 



