GARDENING CALENDAR F(5R FEBRUARY. 
Cacti. — Excite these gradually and in suc- 
cession. Shift those which require it, hut 
they will bloom more freely if rather stinted : 
at the same time, to have good specimens they 
must be shifted and put in a rich soil. Where 
grafts have been put on, keep the moss 
around them in a damp state, until they are 
united. 
Cinnamomum (Cinnamon tree). — The 
healthy plants with pots full of roots may be 
shifted into larger pots, and may have a little 
bottom heat, and be kept close for a few days : 
if not healthy, re-pot them into the same size 
or a smaller pot, using a turfy open compost 
of equal parts peat and loam, and also give 
them a little bottom heat. 
Clerodendrons. — Cut down the old stems 
to three or four eyes ; shake away the old 
soil, and pot them anew in fresh and rich soil. 
Seedlings from autumn sown seed, should be 
potted off. They must all have plenty of heat, 
light, and room, and a moist atmosphere. 
Climbers. — These must be well cleaned, 
pruned, and neatly tied in ; the young shoots 
are not the better for being tied in too early. 
Daturas. — Excite a few of the rested 
plants, and propagate from the single eyes ; 
or pot cuttings of two or three eyes each, 
singly, in four-inch pots ; if placed in heat 
they will soon root, and may then be shifted 
on. 
Erythrina. — Thin out the shoots of those 
started early to three or four : the thinnings 
make excellent cuttings, when a few inches 
long ; bring more plants into heat, and train 
some with a single stem. 
Euphorbias. — Remove those in flower to 
the cool end of the house, where they will 
retain their bloom much longer. Propagate 
young plants of E.fulgens, and keep them 
dwarf and bushy, by stopping them in due 
time. 
Ferns may now be looked over and many 
will require shifting: use a soil of loam and 
leaf mould, with a little peat and sand ; they 
require a humid close atmosphere. Sow 
the seeds (spores) under a bell glass, scatter- 
ing them over rough lumps of peat soil, and 
set the pots in feeders of water ; they will re- 
quire no other watering nor covering. The 
water fern ( Ellebocarpus oleraceus) must be 
kept very moist : it is best raised from seeds 
annually. 
Gardenias. — Put a few into a pit where 
there is a good bottom heat ; they must not 
have much water, and the atmosphere must 
be kept moist and congenial. 
Gesneras, Gloxinias, &c. — Those started 
early must have a shift, shaking away all the 
exhausted soil; place a few more in heat : those 
in a resting state must not be allowed to suffer 
from cold or damp. 
Uippeastrums, Crinums, and Pancratiums. 
— Those showing signs of growth should be 
re-potted in fresh soil, and put in a warm and 
light place : allow those which are resting to 
get a little dry gradually. 
Hydrangeas. — Supply largely with water, 
also liquid manure twice a week ; bring in a 
few more plants for succession. 
Ipomoeas. — Sow the seeds in a hot bed, to 
be potted off early : give the established plants 
a slight pruning. 
Ixoras. — Plunge in a dung or bark bed 
near the glass. When the pot is nigh filled 
with roots, shift them, using a soil of three 
parts peat, and one of loam, with a little silver 
sand. 
Jasmines, Rondeletias, Brunfelsias, &c, in 
a flowering state, should have good supplies 
of water : thin and tie out the shoots of those 
wanted for specimens. 
Lantanas will require very little water : 
those beginning to grow will furnish cuttings 
for propagation, and these will make fine 
plants ; or they are useful for bedding out for 
flowering in autumn, and may be treated pre- 
cisely as verbenas, only they require peat, 
or bog mould. 
Luculia gratissima. — Those struck last 
month should be potted as early as possible 
into a soil of loam, leaf mould, and sandy peat : 
continue to propagate young plants if re- 
quired. 
Lycopodium. — Give these plenty of mois- 
ture ; put the finer sorts in a light situation. 
It is a good plan to prevent their suffering 
from accumulated damp, to plant them in a 
pot inverted within another, the inverted one 
being filled previously with soil and potsherds, 
and the hole at the bottom so enlarged, as to 
leave room to insert the plant ; in this case, a 
few plants may also be inserted around the 
edge of the outside pot : this plan may be 
adopted to produce a large mass in a short 
time. 
Mahaceous plants. — Sow more seeds of 
the annual kinds of hibiscus ; pot off those sown 
last month. The shrubby sorts must be dressed, 
potted, and plunged in the hot-bed ; others 
may do without plunging. 
JSIanettias and other tender climbers must 
be carefully watered ; shift them into fresh 
soil as they show signs of growth, and provide 
trellis and stakes of sufficient size. 
3'Ielastomas. — The late shifted ones must 
be kept growing, and moderately watered at 
first : the others may be shifted at the end of 
the month. 
Melo-Cacti must still be kept moderately 
dry : those most forward, may be shifted to- 
wards the end of the month into a soil of sandy 
loam, brick rubbish, and a little leaf mould. 
Nepenthes (Pitcher plants.) — These may 
