Horticultural Operations for January. 47 



Egg Plants. — For the best display, to Hovey & Co., . . • $5 00 



For the second best, to A. McLennan, 2 00 



Peas. — For tlie best and earliest, to J. Quant, . . . . 3 00 



Rhubarb. — For the best display, to J. Lovett, . . . . 5 00 



For tlie second best, to J. A. Kenrick, 3 00 



Squashes. — For tlie best Canada, to A. D. Weld, . . . . 3 00 

 Potatoes. — For tlie earliest and best, to A. D. Williams, . . 3 00 

 Vegetables. — For the best and greatest display at the weekly ex- 

 hibitions, to A. D. Williams, 5 00 



gratuities. 



To J. Crosby, for the best and earliest Cucumbers, open culture, . 3 00 



To J. Crosby, for early Cabbages, 2 00 



To S. Walker, for Water Cresses, 2 00 



To J. Quant, for early Cucumbers, 2 00 



To J. Crosby, for the second best show of vegetables, at the weekly 



exhibitions, 2 00 



To J. Owen, for Celery, 1 00 



For the Committee : A. D. Williams, Chairman. 



Q;^ The Premiums awarded at the Annual Exhibition, in September last, 

 in addition to the above, will be found at p. 479 of the volume for 1849. 



HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS 



FOR JANUARY. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines, in the hot house, will now begin to swell then- buds, and 

 will require considerable attention at this season of the year. The tempera- 

 ture should be kept up to 50°^or 55°, and in a fortnight increased 55° to 60°. 

 Syringing should be kept up every morning in good weather, till the eyes 

 are fully broken. See that the border is well protected with a thick cov- 

 ering of manure, hay, or leaves. Grape vines in tlie greenhouse and grape- 

 ry will now be at rest, and will not require any attention till tlie end of the 

 month. Vines in pots should now be shifted, and got in readiness for bring- 

 ing into the house. 



Fig Trees in pots should now be pruned, if not already done, repotted if 

 they need it, and placed in a warm situation, where they will soon begin to 

 grow. 



Peach Trees in pots may be brought forward the last of tlie montli. 



Scions of fruit trees may now be safely cut at leisure time, tlms saving 

 labor when the season is more advanced. Preserve them by inserting the 

 ends in a box of earth, in a cool cellar. 



Seeds of Gooseberries, Grapes, Strawberries, &,c., may now be planted 



