CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS tor 
a cool greenhouse, where they will need very little water. 
Avoid wetting the leaves, 
Perpetual-Flowering Varieties.—These ought now to 
be flowering freely. They do best if placed in a house by 
themselves, and this month a minimum temperature of 
50° to 55° is sufficient, the latter in mild weather. Admit 
plenty of fresh air, and keep the atmosphere rather dry. 
Give careful attention to watering, and keep the plants clean 
by fumigating. Cuttings should be taken this month and 
inserted in sand over bottom heat in the propagating frame. 
Pot on the cuttings rooted in October from 2-inch and 
3-inch, into 4-inch and s-inch pots. These make excellent 
plants for planting out in May, to flower in beds in the open. 
For the present they may be placed in a house where the 
temperature at night is 55° to 60°, and by day 60° to 65°. 
Pinks.—These, being in the open air, require similar 
treatment to the border Carnations and Picotees. The 
few plants potted up to fill gaps require the same treatment 
as the Carnations in frames. 
FEBRUARY 
Border Carnations and Picotees.—If the weather is 
mild, the plants will show signs of growth ; but this is not 
desirable, as sharp frosts may succeed the mild weather. 
Remove the lights from the frames whenever the weather 
permits. Get the pots and the compost ready for repot- 
ting such plants as are to be grown in pots. Those plants 
which have been longest in the small flower-pots should 
be repotted towards the end of the month. See that the 
compost is free from wireworms. 
Malmaison Varieties.—The plants may now have a 
night temperature of 50°. Expose them to all the light 
