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CALENDAR FOR JANUARY. 
In the Flower Garden and Shrubbery all fine weather should 
be taken advantage of to forward every description of ground 
work, moving deciduous trees and shrubs, and also pruning such 
as require it. Lawns may be mended or relaid, a few Anemones 
may be planted, and Tulip beds should be carefully protected 
from frost and wet. Half-hardy trees and shrubs should also be 
regularly attended to, as many of them receive more damage 
from frost in the spring than at any other period. 
All plants in pits and cold frames, as Carnations, Auriculas, 
Stocks, Mignionettes, &c., should receive every bit of air possible, 
but no water beyond just enough to keep them healthy should 
be applied, and that only on fine mornings. 
Almost exactly similar attention must be paid to the green¬ 
house with regard to air and water, fires being only had recourse 
to in frosty or very wet weather, when a fire should be lighted if 
the house becomes damp. The temperature should not be kept 
above 40° or 45° at night, although it may range higher during the 
day in sunny weather, advantage being taken of such opportunities 
to give plenty of air. 
Where a structure of any kind is used for forcing flowers, 
regular supplies of Roses, Lilacs, Hyacinths, and any other desir¬ 
able plants should be introduced, as room occurs by the removal 
of those forward enough to be placed in the greenhouse or con¬ 
servatory. A portion of the stock of Amaryllis, Gloxinias, 
Achimenes, Tuberoses, and other plants of similar habits, should 
also be placed in heat, and brought steadily forward. Such 
plants as Verbenas, Heliotropes, Petunias, and others wanted in 
quantities, should also be placed in heat, to supply cuttings, 
which should be propagated as quickly as they attain sufficient 
size to be taken off the old plants. 
In the stove department particular care should be paid to the 
Orchidaceous plants, repotting those that absolutely require it, 
and are commencing their growth, using sphagnum for those on 
blocks or in pots where they do not require to be elevated, but 
peat and broken pots, or freestone chips, where they do require 
to be so placed. Attend regularly to neatness in every depart¬ 
ment, removing dead leaves, fumigating, &c., as occasion arises. 
H. M. 
