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some places, and there will be a demand for good sorts in April. Ijcave 
pot-roots alone till the end of the month, unless they are sorts that 
are much required for stock. Soft-wooded and free-growing plants 
may be multiplied rapidly with the help of a frame. Fill up to 
within twelve inches of the glass with dung that has been previously 
turned, to remove its rankness, and upon it spread four inches of 
dry sandy soil, and put in the cuttings as fust as the plants supply 
them. Look over the stock of seeds, and determine what will be 
required for this season’s sowing, and, in good time, fix upon the 
style and method of bedding out you will pursue, so as to raise stock 
for the purpose, for the season of propagating is now at hand, and for 
the next two or three months, the chief work of the whole ensuing 
season will have to be got through. 
Conservatory and Greenhouse. — Azaleas must be kept back, 
unless there is a large stock, or they will be all in bloom at once, in- 
stead of giving a charming succession. Those already in the forcing- 
house must have plenty of water, and if well loaded with bloom, 
they should have weak guano water. The stock here will now be 
starting into spring growth, and though air must be given as much 
as possible, cold draughts and frosts must be guarded against, as, 
during this mouth, most greenhouse plants are more susceptible of 
cold than at any other period of the year. Shift such things as re- 
quire it ; see to the drainage of plants well established ; give water 
pretty freely to such as are making free growth ; azaleas and camel- 
lias must have plenty. Camellias are now pushing fast, and must 
be bloomed in a dry air, and be shaded from mid-day sun. Weak 
guano-water will help them, but give two waterings with j)lain water 
to every one of manure. Camellias done blooming, should be put 
into a temperature averaging sixty-five degs., with a moist atmos- 
phere and partial shade, by means of tiffany, or canvas, over the 
glass, to promote the growth of new wood. Epacrises, correas, les- 
chenaultias, polygalas, etc., should have a little extra warmth, and 
be brought into free growth for flowering ; the latter like a little old 
mortar mixed with the peat in potting them. Houses devoted to 
collections of plants should now be carefully looked over, as some 
things may be doing badly, owing to too low a temperature, while 
others may require it to be reduced. A free increase of fire-heat for 
a few hours at mid-day, sinking to the old point at night, is some- 
times advisable, to keep mixed collections healthy ; and in the 
arrangement of the stock, orchids and New Holland plants, and 
exotic bulbs, should be placed at the warmest end ; pelargoniums, cal- 
ceolarias, and cinerarias, intermediate ; and ericas at the coolest end, 
with a free circulation of air. Put Deutzia scalra, Weigelea rosea, and 
Forsythia viricUssima, into moderate heat to bloom well, and they 
will make a beautiful display for some time to come. Look out 
sharp for green fly and red spider, and fumigate with sulphur and 
tobacco as may be necessary. Fuchsias that have started should be 
laid on their sides and syringed occasionally. Plants coming into 
bloom must have weak liquid manure once a week. Bedding fuchsias 
start in heat; and get ready a compost of turfy loam, one-half; 
old hot-bed dung, one-fourth ; leaf-mould, one-fourth ; and at the 
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