THINGS TO BE DONE IN JANUARY 41 



Gladioli. — Don't overlook the planting of at least a few bulbs 

 of Gladiolus. That you have no bench room is no excuse for not 

 doing so; for the bulbs can be started in pots later on. Don't over- 

 look the Primulinus hybrids, for they are especially good for forcing 

 under glass. 



Annuals for Early Spring Flowering. — You can make a 

 sowing now of almost any of the annuals we grow under glass and 

 have them come into flower from April on up to the middle of May, 

 according to the variety. Annual Larkspur, Sweet Peas, Calendulas, 

 Gypsophila, Stocks, Lupines, Schizanthus, Poppies, Hunnemannia, 

 double Cornflower, Snapdragons, Mignonette and others can either 

 be sown where they are to flower, or, which is better, started in 

 flats, pricked off into other flats, and finally grown on in a solid 

 bed. 



Keep up a nice display in the show house and store. Leftover 

 Cyclamens should have a 55-deg. house and Paperwhites and 

 Roman Hyacinths in flats should be brought into a coldhouse, 

 where they will keep in better shape. 



Have you made a record of the business you did during the 

 Christmas and New Years just past? Don't forget to do it. It 

 will help you greatly in preparing for another year, but unless you 

 get at it soon while the data are handy and the facts fresh in your 

 mind, you will find it a bothersome job. 



Have you brought in a few clumps of hardy Phlox "Miss 

 Lingard" and planted them on a bench in a 50-deg. house to propa- 

 gate from ? 



Is there enough protection on the bulb stock outdoors to keep 

 the frost out ? Plant cold storage bulbs of Lilium speciosum rubrum. 

 By the end of the month sow seed of Cleveland Cherries and some 

 of the Peppers for next Christmas. Sow out Dracaena indivisa and 

 Smilax. 



Fresh seed of Asparagus plumosus can now be had. Order a 

 good supply and sow the first batch in a warm house. Plan to use 

 these as pot plants rather than as a source of long strings which 

 can be more economically bought from specialists or large growers. 



Root cuttings of hardy Phlox can now be placed in flats filled 

 with sandy sofl. Every piece about one inch long will break. Cover 

 them one-half inch deep and place the flats in a cool house. You 

 may be able to purchase 2- or 23^-in. stock of Snapdragons or 

 Calendulas, which is just the thing for benching. 



Sow Pansies this month and they will give you fine blooming 

 stock for late Summer. If you wish to be good to Carnations 

 which are making an active growth, work into the surface of the 

 benches a good dose of bonemeal. 



