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GARDENING CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY. 
Salvias. — Keep those cool which will be 
wanted for late blooming : the young plants 
must bekept growing, and shifted into rich soil. 
Stapelias. — Allow these to remain un wa- 
tered except in dry weather, when they 
should have a little. 
Tropwolums. — Look over these every clay, 
and give a proper direction to the young 
shoots, so as to have the trellis equally covered 
all over : they must be freely but carefully 
watered. 
THE CONSERVATORY. 
Temperature. — From 50 to 60 degrees by 
day, and 45 degrees at night ; 5 degrees over 
or under will not materially alfect the plants. 
Ventilation. — Admit air chiefly at the top, 
and more freely, but avoid currents ; if 
admitted at the front, let it not be by opening 
the sashes directly opposite those open at the top. 
Watering . — Keep all the plants near the 
pipes or flues, (and indeed where there is any 
heat,) well supplied, as they are liable to 
suffer from drought. The plants will gene- 
rally require additional water ; but it must be 
of the same temperature as the house. Those 
which are planted out, may have a second 
watering, about the middle of the month. 
Examine the soil six inches down, and ascer- 
tain its real state. 
Arrangement. — Continue to re-arrange the 
plants once a week ; remove the flowering 
plants as they get shabby to their respective 
departments to be shifted, and put into heat to 
make wood and buds for the following season. 
Insects. — Those plants which are planted 
out, must, when infested, be syringed with 
tobacco liquor a good deal reduced, taking 
care first to have the plant syringed with pure 
water. Those in pots, as roses, cinerarias, 
&c, should be put into a close pit and fumi- 
gated. The scale and mealy bug must be got 
rid of if possible ; syringing with very warm 
water will generally kill the latter, and brush- 
ing with soot and soap water will remove the 
former. 
Soils. — Those plants which grew strongly 
last year, may have exhausted the soil ; it will 
be well therefore that those which are vigo- 
rous growers should be looked at, and the 
exhausted soil removed, and replaced by some 
of better quality, according to the nature of 
the plant. 
Routine. — Remove all decayed leaves and 
the fading blooms, and sweep out every 
morning, taking care to damp the floor first, 
to prevent dust arising. 
THE PLANT STOVE. 
Temperature. — From 60 to 70 degrees by 
day ; and i'rom 55 to 60 degrees by night. 
Ventilation. — Admit air increasingly, but 
still with caution ; shut up early, and allow 
the temperature to rise to 75 degrees with sun 
heat. 
Water. — The amount of water may also be 
slightly increased, yet it must be given very 
moderately to plants recently shifted ; give 
slight syringings in the morning if the weather 
is bright, and maintain a moist atmosphere. 
Potting. — Look over the whole carefully ; 
and re-pot those whose pots are well filled 
with roots, also those which have imperfect 
drainage and sour unhealthy soil ; keep them 
close for a few days after shifting. All soft- 
wooded plants, as clerdendrons, salvias, &c, 
require a richer soil and larger shifts than such 
as ixoras, and the hard-wooded plants. 
Soils. — It is a common practice to have all 
soils mixed up and exposed to the influence 
of frosts, &c. ; but if the soil is under cover, 
it is immaterial whether or not it is previously 
mixed. 
Insects. — If possible check them at their 
first appearance, and prevent their increase as 
much as possible by sponging over with clean 
water the foliage of those plants which are dusty. 
Achimenes. — Put a few of the store pots, 
(which will be full of tubers) into heat, and 
pot the young plants when grown about an 
inch long ; put them into various sized pots, 
pans, or baskets ; for large specimens plant 
eight or ten tubers in a patch, somewhat 
near together in the centre of the pot ; water 
sparingly at first. 
Allamanda, Beawnontia, and the strong 
growing creepers, should, if necessary, be 
shifted into a soil of equal parts peat and loam, 
adding a little sand and leaf mould ; those 
which are to be trained on a trellis, should 
have them immediately applied. 
Alpinias, Sedijchiums, and other reedy 
plants now in a growing state, will require to 
be shifted ; give them a little bottom heat, 
and as they advance in growth, increase the 
supply of water. 
Aphelandras, Justicias, Muellias, &c. — 
Many of these being now past bloom, can be 
cut partially back, and increased by cuttings ; 
those kept for later flowering may be shifted 
into larger pots, or they can be improved by 
applying a little weak liquid manure twice a 
week. Pot off" the cuttings put in last month, 
and when the roots touch the sides of the 
pots, top them to make them bushy plants. 
Begonias. — Towards the end of the month, 
the full stock of the tuberous rooted sorts may 
be shaken out and repotted in a light but rich 
soil, and placed where they will have a gentle 
bottom heat. A few of the herbaceous and 
shrubby sorts may be excited, but others must 
remain for a while in a state of rest, receiving 
very little water. 
Burckellias. — Put afew of those which have 
been kept cool, into heat, and keep them moist. 
