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too large for pots or tubs, could well be planted out now, if the soil is in readiness 
for so doing. 
Stove: Orchids and Ferns must be attended to as regards watering and 
potting, if necessary. New sphagnum could be added to the former, and clean 
crocks and a top-dressing to the latter, where required. Every well-developed fern- 
frond is of value at this season, and every care therefore should be exercised in 
preserving the fronds from damp. Orchids in flower, too, should be looked to with 
a very jealous and careful eye, and visitors in admiring them may be reminded, 
some of them especially, to look, but touch not. Poinsettias should now have 
finished their growth, and with Euphorbia jacqiiiniceflora will shortly make a fine 
display. Water freely, and a little manure added now and then will greatly 
assist them. Roman Hyacinths in flower should be put in a cooler place, and 
others forced on as wanted. 
Greenhouse: A batch of Bulbs of all kinds should be potted-up, and plunged 
in old ashes, or tan, or sand. Pots of Crocus and Snowdrops are pretty with a 
small fern or two potted with them. Tulips also will flower with, and look well 
with, ferns in large pans or pots. In potting groups of Hyacinths^ place the 
lightest coloured in the centre and the darker around, alternated with white. In 
potting add plenty of sand ; they do admirably in sand and leaf-mould in equal 
parts. Winter-blooming Heaths and Epacnis will be flowering freely, and will 
add greatly to the display here and elsewhere ; water judiciously, and not in 
driblets. Early Pelarcfoniums will require staking, and the latest batch 
stopping, if there are too many on hand for flowering at one time. Give 
Cinerarias plenty of water, and if troubled with aphis give a gentle smoking. 
Shift on into larger pots any Zonal Pelargoniums likely to come into flower 
early, and give them a warmer berth to induce flowering. Bulbous Begonia>\ as 
they go out of flower, should be placed where their shoots can be ripened off.— 
Henry Knight, Floors Castle. 
FRUITS. 
Pines: Plants now throwing-up and those which are swelling-off fruit should 
have a steady bottom-heat of 80° ; let the day temperature range from 78° to 
85°, with a fall of 10° at night; examine each plant carefully, and when dry, 
water freely with tepid liquid manure. Directions given last month for the 
management of the early spring fruits may still be followed. While gradually 
reducing the heat and moisture in succession-houses, care must be taken that the 
plants do not receive a sudden check; 58° at night, with a rise of 5° to 10° by 
day, and a bottom-heat of 80°, with a moderate supply of water at the roots, 
will keep the plants in a progressive state. Give air on all favourable occasions, 
and cover up where practicable, in preference to giving fire-heat. Ripening-fruit 
should be removed to a dry, warm house, as soon as it begins to change colour. 
Vines : Ripe Grapes will require great care until the vines are clear of foliage ; 
ventilate with fire-heat on all favourable occasions ; remove decaying leaves, and 
look over the bunches twice a week. Take advantage of dry weather for the 
correction and renovation of unsatisfactory borders. If the roots have the range 
of internal and external borders, this operation may be performed while the fruit 
is hanging, but it should be cut and removed to the grape-room as soon as the 
leaves have fallen from the vines. To have new grapes in April the earliest 
house should now be closed ; a temperature of 5 G°, which may be obtained from 
fermenting materials, unless the weather is very cold, will be sufficient at first. 
Prune, cleanse, and prepare succession-houses for starting in December. Cover 
with fern or leaves, and protect outside borders from the chilling effects of cold. 
