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forty-five to fifty degrees. By this means the plants will make an 
early growth, and will require repotting early in the season, or about 
April. As the plants grow attention must be paid to stopping the 
strong growths early in the spring, as by this means a bushy compact 
habit is obtained, and the plants will be more compact and handsome. 
Shading will be required from the early part of March, in bright 
weather, till the middle of June. By this time, if all has gone on 
well, the plants will have made sufficient growth for the season, and 
should then be removed from the frame to the open air ; if the pots can 
be plunged in coal ashes they may be fully exposed to the sun, and 
must be attentively supplied with water. No plant suffers more than 
the Epacris when stinted in its supply of water, and if flagging is 
allowed death is almost certain. 
Exposed as above the plants become browned and unsightly; by 
this however they are benefited, as the wood being thoroughly matured 
flowers will be more abundantly produced. Early in September the 
plants must again be removed under glass, and wintered as before 
recommended; and as little bloom may this season be expected, it will 
be better to cut back to within three or four inches of their base all the 
strongest shoots of the former year’s growth early in February, the 
plants may then be kept somewhat warmer for a week or two, when 
they must be carefully potted and placed in a growing temperature. 
The treatment this season will differ from the last, inasmuch as they 
will not require repotting, and only the strongest of the growths need 
be pinched, and these not later than April. If they are required early 
in bloom a light situation in the greenhouse must be selected, and the 
plants removed early in September from the open air. 
By starting the plants early into growth they will acquire the habit 
of early flowering, which will in most instances enhance their value. 
In the dull months of early winter their varied colours look conspi¬ 
cuous and attractive, which is not the case to so great an extent when 
the more^ gaudy colours of “ forced plants ” begin to abound. S. 
CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH. 
Auriculas .—From the great amount of moisture in the atmosphere 
there will be some trouble in keeping these plants sufficiently dry, to 
prevent damping of the foliage. Give all the air possible without 
allowing them to have rain. If the plants are in an elevated position, 
so much the better. 
Azaleas .—Place a few of the forwardest of these in a temperature of 
from 50 to 60 degrees; keep them well watered, and syringe them 
occasionally ; in a few weeks they will begin to unfold their beautiful 
flowers. Let the general stock have plenty of air on mild days. See 
directions in last month’s calendar. 
Camellias .—The plants that were started early last spring will be 
now in flower; those whose blossoms are swelling should have plenty 
of water, as without it they are very liable to throw off the flowering 
buds, especially if the weather necessitates the use of fire heat. 
