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THE COTTAGE GARDENEE. 
January 22. 
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PLANTS THAT MAY BE IN BLOOM IN j 
JANUARY. I 
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Keep in mind that these lists are chiefly designed 
for those enquirers who have a pit, a greenhouse, and 
plant-stove; though others may take from them just 
what their circumstances want. 
STOVE PLANTS. ! 
Ardisia crenulata, A^chmea fulgens and Mertensii; j 
Begonia fuschioides, manicata, albo coccinea, coccinea; 
Bilbergia iridiflora and pyramidalis; Bletia vereennda 
and Shepherdii; Canna aurantiaca, coccinea, iridiflora and 
variabile ; Centradenia rosea, Centroclinium appressum ; 
Cymbidium sinense; Cypripediuin insigne; Croton, 
Dracaena, Maranta, and Caladium, for fine variegated 
foliage; Dichorisandra thyrsillora; Epiphylluni vio- 
leceum and Russelianum, Euphorbia Jacquiniflora, 
Franciscea acuminata, uniflora, or Hopeana, and lati- 
folia; Gardenia radicans; Gesnera zebrina; Gold- 
fussia anisophylla; Hippeastrum ; Justicia''flavicoma, 
coccinea, formosa; Jasminura undulatum ; Oldenlandia 
Beppiana; Passiflora Buonapartea, and princeps ; Poin- 
settia pulcherrima; Spermadictyon azureum, Zygopeta-! 
lum crinitum, Mackayi, and tricolor. i 
GREENHOUSE-PLANTS. | 
Andersonia Sprengelloides, and others; Acacia as 
last month. Bulbs similar to last month forced; Car¬ 
nations of the tree or perpetual kinds. Camellias, 
Correa speciosa and pulchclla ; Cuphea platycentra; j 
Cinerarias; Cytisus and Genista; Cyclamens, JIaphnes, j 
Epacris, Erica hyemalis, Wilmoreana, Linumoides, &c.; j 
Fuchsia Bominiana, Gastrolobium acutum ; Heliotro- j 
pium, Plermaunia alnifolia; Geraniums, as last month ; : 
Jasminum ligustrifolium, and nudiflorum, hardy ; Li- i 
num monogynum; liachenalia tricolor, and others; j 
Myoperura parvifolium; Mignonette; O.xalis marginata, i 
sanguineum, tricolor, and variabilis. Passiflora, as last ! 
mouth, when not close pruned back ; Pittosporum tobira | 
and undulatum ; Primula, as last month ; Rhododen- i 
dron arboreum varieties; Salvia fulgens; Scilla tenui- 
folia; Saxifraga sarmentosa; Sparaxis tricolor; Tri- 
chomanes bulbocodium; Violets, Neapolitan, Tree, and 
Russian. 
Bware Hardy Peants that will ilower, if I’ro- 
TECTED, IN Pit or Greenhouse, such as Arahis, Au- 
brietia, Arobus vernus. Primroses, Polyanthus, &c., and 
Pinks when forced; also Musk and Lily of the Valley. 
Bulrs that require ])rotection, and scarcely any forc¬ 
ing to bring them into bloom, as Bulbocodium veruum; 
Leucojium vernum, multiplex, pulchella; Narcissus 
albicans, floribundus, bulbocodium; Scilla amama, bi- ' 
folia, non scriptus ; and Snowdrop and Crocus. 
Hardy Sururs that have been regularly forced. ' 
Amygdalus nana, incana, pumila; Cerasus prostrala, 
pygmtea; Berbci'is dulcis, Baphne Mezereon; Beutzia 
gracilis; Kalmia glauca and rosemarinifolia ; Persian 
Lilac; Rhododendrons; Roses, chiefly Chinese and 
Tea. 
A FEW HARDY Annuals, gi'own in a pit, or frame, , 
would also come in, as Nemophila, Collinsia, Coreopsis, 
Sweet Alyssum, Virginian Stock, &c., sown in August, 
or at the end of July. 
I shall now glance at a few things not mentioned last 
month ; and first, among the stove-plants, 
ACchmea fulgens, Bilbergia, and Tillandsia, may 
be treated much the same as Pine-apple plants. They 
are easily propagated by division and by suckers. After 
flowering, the stem is of little more use than as a nourish¬ 
ing foster-mother to the young suckers. When done 
flowering, these old shoots should not be removed until 
the suckers are some size; then is the best time for 
dividing the suckers, and repotting. If a small plant 
is approved of, one or two suckers, or fresh stems, may 
be used; and when a bush is wanted, from five to half-a- 
dozen of such suckers or more should be kept. Peat and 
loam will grow them well. In summer it will scarcely be 
possible to give too much heat, ranging from 7-0° to 90°. 
Jn autumn they should be much cooler, and be kept 
dryish. In fact, the dish formed by the leaves in the 
centre of the plant will be apt to hold too much water if 
there be much drip in the house. A little water stand¬ 
ing in the hollow will do no harm; but if too much, the 
water had better be turned out, now and then, by re¬ 
versing the plant, us too much is apt to injure the 
flower-stem. The jilants should be rather under-potted. 
Begonia manicata, independently of the graceful pro¬ 
fusion of its small flowers, is interesting from the under¬ 
side of the leaves being all covered with rufls as elegant 
as ever went round the neck of a fair lady. It requires 
peat and loam, a close atmosphere and a high tempera¬ 
ture in summer. Little water, and a low temperature in 
autumn and the beginning of winter; a higher tempera¬ 
ture to start it well into bloom, and then it will do well 
in a warm conservatory, and keep a long time in bloom 
there. Alho coccinea is a low-growing kind, one of the 
most beautiful, but requiring constant stove treatment, 
and but little change in the way of withholding water. 
Rough, rich peat, with a little cow-dung, suit it best. 
Coccinea .—This is a splendid thing when well managed. 
The secret is, to get as many shoots started as possible 
at an early part of the season, and to give them every en¬ 
couragement to grow, with as little shade from the sun 
as possible, until towards October, then gradually to ex¬ 
pose them to more air, to withhold water, and reduce the 
temperature to from 45° to 50". When placed about the 
end of the year, or some time in January, or later, into 
a temperature of from 00° and onwards, and supplied 
with warm water, the points of the shoots will throw out 
masses of scarlet flowers. A small plant, from the 
smallness of the flowers, makes but little show. 
Bletia Shepherdii, &c. — These are neat ground 
Orchids, very pretty, and easily grown, in peat and loam, 
requiring a little rest just after flowering, and rather a 
lower temperature and less water before the flower-stems 
appear. 
Canna. —These mentioned bloom chiefly in the early 
part of the season. When done flowering, a short rest 
should be given them, not giving much water until 
fresh shoots or suckers are come freely, when they should 
bo divided or repotted, and grown on in summer and 
autumn, with as much sunshine under glass as can be 
given them. 
Centradenia rosea. —I forget the name of the newer 
species or variety, but both are good, and form pretty, 
compact, little bushes. It propagates easily by cuttings 
in a hotbed in March, and would flower as a small 
plant in the following winter and spring. To get a fair 
specimen requires two or three years growth. The 
flowers are small, and produced in great numbers. Beat 
and loam Summer temperature 70° to 80"; winter, 
50° to 00°; with a good rise from sun heat when in bloom. 
Cymihdiuji sinense. —This is another ground Orchid, 
having nothing to recommend it in its sedge-like leaves, 
or dull brown flowers, produced on a long spike, or stalk; 
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