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CALENDAR OF GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR FEBRUARY. 



Towards the middle of the month, when tan is used in the plant-house, it 

 ought to be renewed by adding about one-fourth of new tan, the tan in the pit 

 being turned and the old and new tan being well mixed together. Gloxinias, 

 Gesnerias, Begonias, Hedychium, and other bulbous and tuberous-rooted plants 

 which have been dormant during the winter and kept rather dry, should be re- 

 potted into fresh soil. The temperature of the stove may also now be increased 

 by degrees. 



Little more will be required in the greenhouse than what has been for the two 

 previous months. 



Pelargoniums, Verbenas, Fuchsias, and any other plants for turning out into 

 the open borders in May and June that were struck in autumn and had been 

 kept in store-pots, may now be planted singly in small pots, and if placed in a 

 gentle heat will grow rapidly. Cuttings for the same purpose may now be 

 planted freely, as the growing will have commenced in the houses. 



Some of the alpines preserved in the cold frames will now begin to grow, and 

 as some are most successfully divided at this time, they should be attended to 

 when they commence growing. The smaller sorts of herbaceous plants ought to 

 be occasionally looked over, and any thrown out by the frost ought to be pressed 

 down into the soil, otherwise their roots will soon perish and cause the loss of the 

 plants. 



Seeds of stove and greenhouse plants may now be sown where there is con- 

 venience for doing so ; as by getting them in early, they will get to be strong 

 plants before autumn. 



Pruning of gooseberry, currants, and deciduous shrubs, digging of shrubberies, 

 and other winter work, ought to be finished or nearly so this month, so as to 

 be able to commence sowing, planting, &c, in March, which, if fine, is always a 

 busy month with the horticulturist. 



