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GARDENING CALENDAR TOR JANUARY. 
or pots, to be transplanted, as soon as vege- 
tated, into four-inch- pots, and again shifted 
into eight-inch pots, placing four plants in 
each : place them near the glass, say in the 
peach house, or vinery, upon shelves. 
Melons. — Temperature, 60 degrees at night, 
75 degrees by day. Sow a few seeds; pot off 
those for planting out next month, one plant 
in a pot, and stop it at the showing of the 
third leaf. They can be planted out, or kept 
in pots, and grown as vines : in this case, 
allow them to run a little before stopping them. 
Mushrooms. — Temperature, 55 degrees, 
chiefly raised from the fermenting dung being 
prepared in the house, for the succession beds. 
In watering, use tepid water, and apply it 
very moderately : exhausted beds may be 
partly renewed by applying liquid manure. 
3Iusas. — Temperature, 60 to 70 degrees by 
day, 55 degrees at night. Keep the atmosphere 
moist, and water with liquid manure at the roots. 
Nectarines. — Temperature, 55 to 60 de- 
grees by day, 40 degrees at night. Stir the soil 
of the house, and keep the air sweet by water- 
ings ; thin the blossom buds, and shake the 
trees when in blossom, to assist impregnation; 
give air freely when mild, and close early in 
the afternoon. 
Oranges. — Temperature, 45 to 50 degrees by 
day, 40 degrees at night. Water and syringe 
moderately, and in the mornings. Those in 
pots infested with worms should be watered 
with lime water. 
Peaches. — Temperature, 55 to 60 degrees by 
day, 40 to 45 degrees at night. Syringe freely 
in the forenoon, until the blossoms open, when 
it must be entirely withheld ; shake the trees 
to disperse the pollen ; freshen the soil, and 
maintain a moist atmosphere; air freely when 
mild ; always shut up with sun heat, if possible. 
Pine-Apples. — Temperature, 70 degrees by 
day, 60 degrees at night. Increase the heat 
around the fruiting plants, say to a bottom 
heat of 95 degrees ; water once a week or so ; 
keep the house moist ; air, if mild, every day ; 
shut up early, and in severe weather keep the 
fires on during the day. 
Rhubarb. — Place some roots in the mush- 
room house, where it will come blanched ; or 
cover the crowns with boxes or pots, in the 
open ground, and surround them with ferment- 
ing materials : the heat should not exceed 
65 degrees. 
Salading. — Sow in boxes, and keep near 
the light : any of the forcing houses will suit 
it ; old tan much decayed will be found ex- 
cellent for growing it. 
Sea Kale. — Cover up in succession with a 
mixture of leaves and dung, to the depth of 
nine inches or a foot ; if the crowns are 
covered with pots or boxes it is necessary to 
build the material over them ; the heat should 
be mild and regular, about 50 degrees. A 
slight covering may be put all over the bed. 
Strawberries. — Temperature, 55 degrees by 
day, 45 and 50 degrees at night. These re- 
quire plenty of air when in blossom, and 
copious waterings when the fruit is set; keep 
the plants near the glass, in a moist heat ; 
either the pinery, vinery, peach-house, or hot- 
pits will suit them. • 
Steaming. — This practice is not commend- 
able, being quite unnatural ; it is better to 
keep every part of the house moist, which 
produces a sweet atmosphere. 
Vinery. — Temperature, 50 to 60 degrees 
by day, 45 degrees at night. Syringe very 
freely until the vines are in leaf, then increase 
the heat gradually to 60 degrtees, and when in 
blossom from 70 to 80 degrees by day, and 60 
degrees at night. Apply fires during the 
day , protect the borders outside from wet, and 
have the stems which are exposed protected. 
FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY. 
Sow hardy annuals in mild and dry weather, 
in the open ground and in frames ; also hardy 
biennials and perennials. 
Plant and Transplant herbaceous plants, 
j trees, and shrubs of all kinds, if the weather 
is dry, mild, and open. 
General Directions. — Proceed actively 
with alterations, and have the flower borders 
and shrubberies dug ; the surface should be 
left rather rough, excepting about the plants 
and edging ; all the necessary wheeling of 
soil, manure, &c. should be done in frosty ov 
dry weather. Trees and shrubs may be 
pruned at all times and seasons ; but the pre- 
sent is especially suitable. Let all the work 
be done neatly and tastefully. 
Slugs are very injurious to many flowers, 
as polyanthuses, alstrcemerias, &c. ; they 
should be destroyed by laying down handfuls 
of fresh brewers' grains in the evening, and 
sprinkling them with hot lime some time after, 
in the same night. 
Alpine Plants. — Wherever the soil about 
the roots has been displaced by wet or frost, 
add fresh mould, or replant if necessary. 
Anemones. — Plant for late blooming in 
well drained beds in a soil of loam and cow 
dung, at a depth of two inches, and six inches 
apart. 
Annuals. — Protect the autumn sown ones, 
in very severe weather, by inverted flower 
pots ; keep those in frames well aired, so as 
to have them hardy, and in a fit state to plant 
out early. 
Auriculas. — Water very sparingly, and 
give air freely in fine weather ; remove dead 
leaves, and top dress with a rich soil ; protect 
from frost by covering with mats, &c. These 
plants require a dry bottomed frame. 
