GARDENING CALENDAR FOR JANUARY. 
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Berberis (Berberry). — Remove the suckers, 
and plant them in nursery rows for stock. 
Bulbs. — Those that remain unplanted 
should be put in now, otherwise their bloom- 
ing well will be uncertain. 
Carnations. — Keep them in a dry bottomed 
frame ; air freely, and water sparingly ; pre- 
pare a compound of equal parts loam and cow 
dang, for the final shift ; turn it often, and 
pick out every insect, especially wire worms. 
Clematis, and other deciduous climbers, may 
be pruned and trained ; if cut down to the 
ground, lay a little loose manure over the 
roots. 
Crocus. — Fork up the soil between these, 
just before they come above ground, choosing 
a dry day. Mice are very destructive to the 
roots, and should be trapped. 
Cyclamens. — Freshen the soil among these, 
and in order to secure their full beauty, they 
must be sheltered in severe weather. 
Dahlias. — Pot any of the old roots that 
are in danger of rotting ; a few of the good 
sorts may also be propagated, if there is plenty 
of accommodation ; if not, defer it until the 
end of February. 
Erythronium (Dog's-tooth violet). — Plant, 
if not already done ; they must be placed near 
the edge of the beds or borders either in rows 
or patches. 
t Fuchsias. — Cover the roots with litter or 
rotten leaves ; if dry, the standards may be 
pruned and covered up with straw ropes or 
spruce branches. 
Sepaticas. — Plant in a rich and strong soil: 
some plants may be taken up and potted for 
forcing. 
Hyacinths, — Stir the surface of the soil 
when dry ; protect with litter, or hoop them 
over and cover with awning in severe 
weather ; cover those planted singly with a 
flower-pot inverted. 
Jasmines, Honeysuckles, and other shrubs 
may be increased by cuttings planted in 
trenches, with river sand at the bottom ; when 
rooted, remove them to where they are re- 
quired, or plant in nursery rows. 
Pansies. — Keep the finer sorts in frames 
until spring, giving them full air in fine wea- 
ther ; stir the soil and top dress with dung 
ami leaf mould ; strew dry litter thinly over 
those exposed, during severe weather. 
Picotees are very impatient of wet ; give 
all the air possible; their treatment is the 
same as that for carnations. 
Polyanthus. — Plant out in well drained 
and rich borders or beds ; sow seeds in pans 
in a cold frame. 
Primroses. — Have a few plants in pots, 
especially of the double flowered kinds, which, 
if top dressed now and placed in a frame, will 
bloom early for the show-house. 
Ranunculus. — Plant six inches apart, in 
loam and cow dung ; press the tubers gently 
into the soil, and a little sand may be placed 
under them ; drain the bed thoroughly. 
Roses. — Remove entirely those shoots 
which can be spared, and shorten others ; 
balance well the heads of standards, and secure 
them by stakes. The final pruning must be 
deferred until the severe frosts are past ; pro- 
tect the tender sorts in severe weather with 
dry moss at the roots, and dry material, as 
broom, fern, spruce branches, or withered 
laurel boughs ; they must be plentifully ma- 
nured with cow dung, and require a strong 
loamy soil on a dry subsoil. 
Stocks. — Sow a few of the German sorts 
in heat, for early blooming; pot off carefully 
the first seedlings which vegetate, as these are 
proved to produce the greatest proportion of 
double flowered plants. 
Snowdrops. — Stir the soil as they appear, 
which gives it a degree of freshness and neat- 
ness that much increases the beauty of the 
flowers. 
Tulips. — Protect from frosts, and cover 
with water-proof cloth in wet weather. 
Violets. — Some of the Russian variety, 
planted on a south border, and slightly pro- 
tected, will furnish a supply of blooms. They 
are impatient of wet 
Wallflotvers. — Plant them in masses 
throughout the borders, &c, where they will 
be easily removed when past blooming ; the 
soil should be enriched with manure, as 
annuals or other plants must come in their 
place by and by. 
WINDOW GARDENING. 
Bulbs, to be had in flower now, must be 
obtained from the forcing-house ; avoid keep- 
ing them in a draught of air, and water only 
with tepid water ; introduce few at a time. 
Put a little salt in the water for those in 
glasses, which does not require changing. 
Begonias will now be quite dry and at rest; 
repot a few of those which were early ripened, 
and excite them to grow by placing them in a 
gentle heat. 
Camellias must be very carefully and regu- 
larly supplied with water, and that only when 
the soil feels dry. 
Cinerarias are well adapted for the window, 
although not often seen there; give them all 
the light and air possible, little or no heat, and 
plenty of water. 
Evergreens, such as aucubas, laurels, 
laurustinus, sweet bays, junipers, daphnes, 
hollies, &c. should be provided in pots for 
the winter decoration of the balconies, &c. ; 
they require very little water, or any atten- 
tion this month ; but in very severe weather 
all should be protected or housed. 
