48 Horticultural Operations for January. 



Put everything in the houses in the neatest order: wash and clean all 

 large-leaved plants, as camellias, oranges, &c., and tie up neatly all 

 crooked and ill- shaped specimens, pruning them into shape. Don't be 

 afraid of the knife ; it is a bugbear which destroys tlie beauty of one half 

 of our window plants. Look out for insects, and do not let them get the 

 start of you ; it will be difficult to eradicate them if you do. 



Pelargoniums will now begin to move off with a rapid growth ; tie out 

 all the branches carefully, if fine specimens are desired ; shift at once into 

 the flowering pots, and stop all over-vigorous shoots, except on such as are 

 wanted for blooming early. Keep near the glass, in a very airy place, and 

 do not over water, though they will require larger supplies than last month. 



Cinerarias will now show signs of advancing their flower stems ; repot 

 immediately if the roots are pot-bound ; tie out the shoots, and water oc- 

 casionally with weak liquid manure. 



Camellias will now be in full bloom. Water liberally, syringe freely, 

 and shade as soon as the sun gets high enough to burn the leaves. Put in 

 cuttings now ; and begin to inarch the last of this month Sow seeds if 

 not already in. 



AcHiMENEs and Gloxinias should now be potted and started into growth, 

 placing them in the very warmest part of the house. 



Azaleas will now begin to grow, and will need more water. 



OxALisES, done blooming, should be set away, and their place supplied 

 with spring flowering bulbs. 



Japan Lilies may now be repotted and brought into the house, if room ; 

 if not, they may be placed in a frame, and covered with leaves or tan to 

 the depth of six inches, to keep out frost. 



Pansies should now be shifted into the pots they are intended to bloom 

 in. Look out for the green fly. 



Calceolarias should now have a shift into larger pots. 



Verbenas, for early blooming, may now have a change into larger pots. 



Stephanotuses should now be headed in, repotted, and forwarded in 

 the warmest part of the house. 



Monthly Carnations should be repotted as soon as the roots become 

 crowded. 



Heaths should be looked after attentively. Water cautiously, keep in 

 a very cool place, and repot before the roots become matted together. 



Fuchsias, for early blooming, should now be shaken out of the old pots 

 and put into new ones, reducing the ball of eartli and pruning in the 

 branches. 



Cuttings should now be put in of all such plants as are wanted for 

 bedding out in summer, viz., — scarlet geraniums, salvias, heliotropes, ver- 

 benas, cupheas, petunias, lantanas, &c., &c. 



Sow SEEPS now of Cobaea scandens, verbenas, ten-week stocks, pan- 

 sies, &c., &c. 



Attend to the condition of all kinds of plants ; pick off all dead and de- 

 cayed leaves, turn round the plants on the stage once a fortnight, and keep 

 the temperature 40 to 45° at night, and 65 to 70° during the day. 



