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JANUARY — FIRST WEEK. 



tie out the branches at equal distances, and down as near 

 to the rim of the pot as possible. Air to be given at all 

 favourable opportunities. Wate- to be given but spar- 

 ingly, and not overhead. 



STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 



Be careful that the night temperature is not raised too 

 high : if kept at 50° in severe weather no ill consequences 

 will result. The atmosphere to be kept rather moist, 

 especially if the weather is bright; and all plants in- 

 dicating an appearance of starting into bloom to be re- 

 moved to the warmest part of the house. 



Clerodendrons. — To be shaken out of their pots ; 

 their roots reduced and repotted into small pots in a light 

 sandy loamy compost. Sow seeds, and also of any hard- 

 wooded stove plants. 



Water to be given very cautiously to the Orchids, 

 merely sufficient to prevent the plants from shrivelling ; 

 and to do this effectually it is necessary to look over 

 them every day. The air of the house to be kept moist 

 by sprinkling the pathways, floors, tables, &c, daily. If 

 any plant is found not to have ripened off its bulbs it 

 should be placed in the warmest part of the house, 

 and the ripening process encouraged. The Brassias, 

 Cyanoches, Coelogynes, Miltonias, and other such plants, 

 when they are beginning to grow, to be repotted. The 

 compost to consist of turfy peat mixed with a portion of 

 charcoal or broken potsherds, and the pots to be at least 

 half full of very open drainage. 



FORCING-HOUSES. 



Cherries. — Very gentle excitement to be given by fire 

 or artificial heat, with kindly humidity, and abundance 

 of air. 



Figs. — Although they will bear a higher degree of 

 temperature without injury than either Cherries or 

 Peaches, it is advisable to begin cautiously, as it fre- 

 quently happens that the more haste with fire the less- 

 speed with fruit, and that favourable opportunities of 

 sun and light must be embraced for making sure progress 

 with them. 



Peaches. — Where the trees are coming into bloom it 



