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THE GARDENER. 



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Stove, Greenhouse^ Sec. — Water ver\^ sparingly 

 the plants on the tan-pit, and give but a subdued heat 

 to plants lately restored to theu' winter location ; re- 

 new the air when the weather permits, as the fires 

 occasion an atmosphere in the stovehouse much less 

 pure than that which is inhaled in the conservatory 

 under a natural and very temperate atmosphere : the 

 orchideous plants should not have a higher temperature 

 than 65° until February. The Camellia Japonica, 

 China Roses, and various bulbs, should now be 

 brought forwai'd. Keep a mDist heat in pits for early 

 productions. 



In the vineries and peach-houses, where establish- 

 ments are complete and compartments sufficiently 

 numerous, the forcing of fruit commences ; for vines 

 in fruit keep moderate fires at night if frost sets in, 

 but for the vines which are not to be forced leave the 

 sashes ofi" to let the wood harden. 



Flower Garden. — Auriculas will demand much at- 

 tention, as to changing the upper soil and the gentle re- 

 moval of decayed leaves ; if they are under frames, lift 

 up the sashes behind even in rainy weather, but do 

 not let the rain fall directly upon them. If there be 

 frost, cover up the crowns of delicate herbaceous 

 plants with straw, leaves, or fern, and protect the 

 necks, if you can do no more, of shrubby plants i 

 plant bulbous roots. For Hyacinths use a compost of 

 decomposed turf, rotten leaves, dung, sand, and peat, 

 in about equal quantities, very good. Make a bed of 

 this eighteen or twenty inches deep, lay the Hyacinth 

 bulbs on it, nine inches apart every way, and then 

 cover them six or seven inches with the same compost. 

 A compost of the same kind will answer well for most 

 of the bulbs to be planted now ; Fritillaries, Narcis- 

 suses, and Jonquils, however, do not require so rich 

 nor so finely prepared a mould, Ths French gardeners 

 frequently plant their Hyacinths in drills deeply 



