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FEBRUARY— FOURTH WEEK. 



FOUETH WEEK. 



GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY. 



During- continued frosty weather fires must be kept 

 up in these houses, and then particular attention must 

 be given to the New Holland plants, Heaths, and 

 such like, which are impatient of heat, that they do 

 not suffer from want of water. Be sure that the' ball 

 is thoroughly moistened at least once a-week. 



PITS AND FRAMES. 



Amongst climbers, Calampelises, Cobceas, Lophosper- 

 mums, Maurandyas, Eodochitons, and Tropaeolums, de- 

 serve attention at this time, increasing them by cuttings 

 or by seeds. Some annuals are also worthy of attention, 

 such as Brachy comas, Phloxes, Portulaccas, Schizanthuses, 

 with others which may all be forwarded in heat. Who- 

 ever has not yet attended to the propagation of plants 

 for bedding out, should now begin, without further delay, 

 to put in cuttings of Euchsias, Verbenas, Heliotropes, 

 Petunias, Salvias, Scarlet Geraniums, &c, to have good 

 plants in May and June. All straggling and weak shoots 

 to be topped back to form robust, bushy plants. 



STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 



Some of the stove plants that have done blooming 

 should be cut back, such as the JSrantliemum pulchellum, 

 Euphorbia j acquinicpjlor a, Geissomeria longiflora, Gesnera 

 lateritia, Justicias, Linum trigynum, Poinsettia pul~ 

 cherrima, and others. A bottom heat will be necessary 

 when they are repotted, which may be done in about 

 three weeks or a month. Such of the most forward plants, 

 as they require shifting, to be attended to. The condition 

 or fitness for this must, in a great measure, be determined 

 by the progress the shoots and roots have made. 



FORCING-PIT. 



Continue to introduce plants of Azaleas, Hyacinths, 

 Heliotropes, Hydrangeas, Kalmias, Sedums, Lilac3, Nar- 

 cissus, Pelargoniums, Pinks, Ehododendrons, and Eoses 



