48 Horticultural Operations for January. 



in boxes in the greenhouse, or in hot beds, and brought forward so as to 

 make strong plants by autumn. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias will now be in full flower, and should be liberally watered, 

 syringing occasionally in fine weather. If the soil is mossy, it should be 

 carefully top-dressed. Inarching and grafting may be commenced the last 

 of the month. Seeds should be sown now, if not planted before. Attend to 

 the impregnation of flowers if seeds are wanted. 



Pelargoniums will require a little more attention now : such as need it 

 should be repotted, and the branches carefully tied out to pegs, so as to 

 make short stocky specimens ; nip off" the tops of the most forward shoots, 

 as this will make them throw out laterals ; keep the plants rather dry, and 

 place them on shelves near the light, to prevent them from drawing up. Seeds 

 saved last year should be planted now. 



Japan Lilies will soon require to be repotted ; as soon as they begin to 

 grow this should be done. Seeds may be sown now. 



Dahlias wanted for very early flowering should be brought forward this 

 month : or, if they are wanted for propagation, they should be potted. 



OxALiSEs, done blooming, should be placed away on a light shelf, and be 

 sparingly watered. 



Pansies, in pots, should be kept on a cool shelf near the light, in order to 

 make them dwarf and stocky plants. Repot such as show signs of bloom- 

 ing. Seeds may be planted now for a succession. 



Gloxinias should be potted now for early blooming. 



AcHiMENES should also be potted now, if early flowering plants are 

 wanted. 



Verbenas should be repotted. Seed should be sown now in order to 

 get the plants early into flower. 



Schizanthuses should now be repotted. 



Petunias of the fine kinds should now be propagated from cuttings. 



Azaleas should be rather sparingly watered. 



Roses will now be coming into flower. Syringe the plants freely, and 

 water occasionally with liquid guano. Fumigate often with tobacco, to 

 keep down the green fly ; and with sulphur, to kill the red spider. 



Heliotropes should now be propagated from cuttings, for a spring stock. 



Fuchsias should now be potted, and if a large stock is wanted, they 

 should be propagated by cuttings. 



Calceolarias will need another shift into large pots. 



Heaths of many kinds will now be in bloom : water liberally, and syr- 

 inge occasionally ; such as appear to need it should be repotted, and if a 

 stock is wanted, now is the best season to put in the cuttings. 



Guavas should be repotted now into large pots, if they are of sufficient 

 size to produce fruit. 



Carnations and Picotees, for early flowering, should now be shifted 

 into larger pots. 



Tree Peonies in pots may now be brought forward for early blooming. 



