80 Horticultural Memoranda. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR FEBRUARY. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines, except in graperies where it is desirous to force forward 

 the crop, there will be nothing to do this month ; in ordinary greenhouses 

 the bn<!s Avill not swell till March. If the vines are now to be started into 

 growth, it should be done very gradually, beginniag with a temperature of 

 50° and increasing gradually to 55", G0°, &c. As soon as the buds are 

 well broken, give more air, and see that the main shoots are tied firmly to 

 the trellis. Cuttings for young plants may be put in this month and for- 

 warded in a hot-bed if one is at hand. 



Peach Trees in pots may be brought into the greenliouse for a succes- 

 sion. 



Scions of fruit trees may be cut now, as well as at any other time. 



Root-grafting may be performed now, if the roots have been laid in 

 where they can be readily procured. 



Pruning Orchards, when there is a great deal to do, may be commenced 

 the latter part of the month. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now be in full beauty, and will require to be regularly 

 supplied Avitli water, occasionally using guano water, or liquid manure of 

 some kind. Straggling plants should now be headed in, if good formed 

 heads are wanting, and as soon as done blooming, those that need it should 

 be repotted. Cuttings may be put in now, and those of last summer may 

 now be potted off. Inarching and grafting may be commenced this month. 



Dahlias. In extensive collections it will soon be time to commence the 

 propagation cf the rare kinds; the roots may now be potted for that object, 

 and placed in the greenhouse or in a moderate hot-bed. Seeds may be 

 planted. 



Roses will now be coming into full bloom. Water freely, syringe oc- 

 casionally, and keep off the red spiders and green fly. Repot young 

 plants and put in cuttings of such sorts as are wanted. 



Pelargoniums may be repotted this month, using a richer and better 

 soil than the last time. 



Azaleas now coming into bloom should be freely watered. 



Verbenas should be repotted this month. 



Cinerarias will require shifting again this month. 



Heliotropes should be repotted this montli. 



All the species of Achimenes should be potted this montli. 



10 Tfeek Stocks should be repotted. Sow the seeds now for a crop of 

 young plants to turn out into the border in May. 



Pansies, Phlo.v Drummondi, Brachycomc, and other fine annuals should 

 be sown now, for transplanting. 



Glad'olus cardinalis should now be potted. 



Fuchsias should now be attended to ; the old earth shook ofl:' and repotted 

 into fresh soil. 



Calceolarias will now need repotting. 



Plants in Frames, after the continued cold and confinement, will need 

 frequent airings the first fine weather, to prevent damp. 



