

Calendar of Operations 



In the Greenhouse or glasshouse the principal work is keep- 

 ing everything as bright and fresh as possible, allowing no dead 

 or dying leaves or dirt of any kind to accumulate on any bench 

 or pot or even under the plant-benches or stages. It is advisable 

 to syringe very little during this month, and only on bright, 

 warm days and in the early morning. It will suffice to dampen 

 the floors and plant-stages (or tables) once or twice a day; 

 especially be careful not to syringe plants which are in bloom, 

 else the display of flowers will be short. 



This being the coldest month of the year, and flowers scarce 

 in the open, a good display of color should be aimed at, Roman 

 Hyacinths, Begonias, Cinerarias, Euphorbias, Rondeletias, Pri- 

 mulas, Poinsettias, etc., being utilized. We should keep the 

 greenhouse gay and cheerful during the entire month. 



Keep the temperature between fifty-five and sixty-five de- 

 grees Fahrenheit at night, allowing a rise of ten degrees in the 

 daytime. 



Give larger pots to pot-bound palms or other evergreen, orna- 

 mental-leaved plants which have healthy roots. Examine each 

 individual plant, and, if the roots are not in a healthy condition, 

 cut back the diseased roots to healthy tissue and repot the plant 

 in a pot of the same size or even in a smaller one, using good, 

 fresh soil composed of two thirds turfy-loam and one-third leaf- 

 mold with enough sand to keep the whole open and free, 

 together with a sprinkling of bone-meal or crushed bones. 



Sow seeds of Lobelias, Pyrethrums, Celosias, Wigandias, and 

 other bedding foliage-plants, placing them in sandy leaf-mold 

 and giving them partial shade until germination. 



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