THINGS TO BE DONE IN JANUARY 39 



soil between them cultivated. A night temperature of 45 deg. will 

 suit them best and is enough for Snapdragons during this month. 

 The same with Calendulas, Mignonette, Pansies, Forget-me-nots, 

 Polyanthus Primulas, Canterbury Bells and Wallflowers. The small 

 flowering Bouvardias can stand 55 deg.. Marguerites, 50 deg., and 

 Lupines, 48 deg. 



Roses for Easter 



While a great deal depends upon just what date Easter faUs on, 

 you can never make a mistake by getting the Ramblers intended 

 for that day under way early. By that I mean let the plants, whether 

 grown on in pots or field plants potted up in late Fall, come along 

 in a house of 45-deg. or a little over. This wUl result not so much in 

 a marked growth of the young breaks, as in the roots getting active, 

 which will mean later on that the plants wiU respond more freely 

 when subjected to more heat and more moisture. Never aUow the 

 soil in the pots to become dry, even while the plants are in a dormant 

 state in a cold house. 



You can, if necessary, give the plants during the last few weeks 

 before Easter, a 70-deg. or 80-deg. house, if they have a 45-deg. 

 house during January and have been getting ready to start since 

 the end of December. But you cannot have them in a high tem- 

 perature in February and then let them have a 50-deg. house three 

 weeks before Easter in order to hold them back. 



Various Easter Stocks 



Hydrangeas, Bougainvilleas, Genistas, Rhododendrons, Deut- 

 zias, Azaleas, Ericas, Kalmias — aU of these want not more than 

 45 deg. during January. Keep them cool, with the exception, 

 perhaps, of the Hydrangeas, which during the latter part of the 

 month might be given a few degrees more. With Hydrangeas it 

 is always best to get them under way early ; you will have no trouble 

 in holding them back a little later on, but it is a mean job to be 

 obliged to force them hard a few days before Easter and have to 

 offer spft, sickly colored stock, which usually means trouble before 

 you get through with it. 



Bedding Stock 



The 2-in. or 23/^-in. Geraniums most likely will need a shift, 

 and every available cutting, if of fair size, should be placed in the 

 propagating bench. Don't delay ordering, if you are short on stock; 

 there is nothing to be gained by it. If there are stock plants of 

 Salvias, Hehotrope, Ageratum, double Lobeha, Fuchsias and others 

 still under the benches where they were placed for the lack of space, 

 get them up now. Let them have sun and light in order that they 

 may produce healthy cuttings. 



