THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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REMINDERS OF GARDEN WORK IN JANUARY. 
EDGES should be cut and trimmed, and, if damaged, mended with new 
plants of the same kind, or by laying down some of the branches of 
the old ; in doing this the branch should be cut half through, and 
*3, bent down to fill the gap. 
Tulips should he as carefully kept from frost as possible, the soil 
they are in should not be even crusted on the top, if it can he avoided ; if the 
earth be frozen down to the bulb, that bloom will assuredly be less perfect than if 
it were not frozen, however lightly the thiDg may have been treated in consequence 
of the known hardy nature of the bulb. 
Auriculas require no water while there is the least moisture in the compost 
they are growing in ; they must be cleansed from dead leaves, and must not be 
allowed to be quite dry, but moisture must be sparingly given ; they are also 
much better kept from freezing, not that they are tender, but they always bloom 
the worse for a decided check, and as the fibres or the root are next to the pot, 
they are reached easily. 
Carnations and Picottees are generally wintered in pots ; they are as im- 
patient of wet and confinement as any hardy flower that blows ; they suffer 
mildew from that cause alone, therefore they cannot have too much air or too 
little wet ; the frames they are kept in should be impervious to rain, and the 
bottom should be so constructed that the wet they have in watering should run 
away, and not soak into the ground, for the damp which would arise from the 
soddened bottom is as fatal as wet upon their foliage. The bottom of the frame 
should be paved and cemented, and sufficiently sloping to let the wet run out at 
once. The glasses should be off every mild day, and be closed in frost and rain 
this month at any rate ; those in beds take their chance. 
Pink and Heartsease in beds may be preserved, in case of hard frost, by 
covering with litter of any kind rather loosely, but not enough to deprive them 
of light and air. 
Hyacinths in beds or borders should be covered with hoops and mats or 
litter. 
Ranunculuses and Anemones that were autumn planted, should also be 
protected from frost. 
Plants in the greenhouse or in pits or frames should be carefully protected 
from frost and sparingly watered. 
Sow early peas in rows a yard apart, the more sheltered the place the better. 
Dig up vacant spaces when crops have come off, and plant out cabbage a foot 
apart, in rows eighteen inches from row to row. 
Autumn sown beans for planting out should be protected, and some more of 
the early kinds should be sown for transplanting. 
Asparagus may be forced in a common hot-bed, and produced in a short 
time. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Dendrobium nobiee. — Old Subscriber, S. Holton . — The cause of your 
failure to obtain flowers on these plants, is probably improper or insufficient 
attention during their season of growth, and we hope that the following system of 
cultivation may enable you to be successful in the future. The soil for these 
plants should be composed of one half fibrous peat, and the other portion made 
up of sphagnum and rotten wood ; this mixture should be thoroughly incor- 
porated without breaking it fine, and an efficient drainage must be secured, or the 
plants will not thrive j the base of their stems should be elevated two, three, or 
four inches according to the size of the plant, above the top of the pot or basket, 
January. 
