38 
THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
California, and British Columbia. Besides 
botany, ornithology, entomology, and coi- 
chology each received a share of his attention, 
and have benefited by his researches. He 
was a member of the Linnean and Zoological 
Societies. 
Mr. G, Francis, Superintendent of the 
Adelaide Botanic Gardens, is also dead. His 
successor is Dr. Schomburgk, brother of the 
late Sir It. Schomburgk. 
Mr. Henry Scott, for many years gar¬ 
dener to Wynne Ellis, Esq., of Ponsbourne 
Park, Hertford, died on the oth of January. 
Pie has made a bequest of £200 to the Gar¬ 
deners’ Royal Benevolent Institution, to which 
he had been a subscriber from 1845. 
Mr. Allan Black, for some years Curator 
of the Herbarium at Ivcw, died on a voyage 
to the Andaman Islands on the 4th of Decem¬ 
ber. In consequence of his suffering from 
lung disease he left Kew about two years ago 
to take the superintendence of the Botanic 
Garden at Bangalore—a change which it was 
thought would do him good ; but last Novem¬ 
ber his health had become so much worse that 
he was recommended to go home by way o e 
China or Australia, and while waiting for a 
vessel he took the trip on which he died. 
Dr. Montagne, the celebrated French 
cryptogamic botanist, died on the 9th of Jan¬ 
uary, in his eighty-second year. He served 
as a surgeon in the French armies till 1832, 
when he retired. He then took up the study 
of cryptogamic plants, at which he was so 
assiduous a worker, that for twenty years he 
devoted ten hours a-day to them. He de¬ 
scribed upwards of two thousand of these, and 
was the author of several works on the sub¬ 
ject, and a member of the French Institute. 
He bequeathed his herbarium to the Jardin 
cles Plante3, and his microscope and the re¬ 
version of his small fortune to the Academy 
of Sciences. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 
STOVE and orchid-houses. 
Stove .—Maintain only a moderate tempera¬ 
ture, increasing it slowly as the days lengthen 
and light increases ; if it reach 60° by the 
end of the month, enough will be done. 
Preparations for spring potting should com¬ 
mence by gradually giving more water to 
plants which have been rested; when the 
plants show when they will break, prune 
them in according to their habit; they should 
be allowed to grow for a short time before 
disrooting or potting, after which stimulate^ 
the roots by bottom heat and a moist atmo¬ 
sphere. Gloxinias, Gesneras, Achimenes, and 
similar plants of herbaceous habit may now 
be started. Orchids. —60° will still be the 
night temperature. There will, however, be 
no harm in allowing the thermometer to rise 
to 80° by day in bright sunshine, damping 
the house well at the same time. Continue 
to pot or re-dress all that show indications of 
moving before the growth has gone far, or the 
delicate young roots may be injured. Well 
soak plants on blocks or in baskets, as the 
general stock should, during this and the 
next month, be got into growth. Dry turfy 
peat, sphagnum, crocks, charcoal, and the 
rotten part off soft wooded trees, should 
always be in condition for using, as potting 
should take place not all at once, but as the 
plants’ growth demands it. Zygopetalums, 
Lcelias, Bletias, and other plants, as they 
come into bloom, should be placed at the cool 
end of the house, and their flowers preserved 
from damp. 
greenhouse. 
Admit air every mild day. Be cautious in 
applying artificial heat. Close early, with a 
little sun heat when you have the chance, to 
preserve a warm atmosphere. Look over the 
plants every day to see if they require water ; 
as the sap begins to move, more will be re¬ 
quisite : let it be a degree or two warmer than 
the house. Give weak manure-water freely 
now to Camellias and Azaleas,to enable them 
to bring out their flowers fine. Leschenaul- 
tias, Crowea saligna, and Boronias should 
have the warmest end of the house, away 
from draughts; light, however, is necessary. 
Kalosanthes and other succulent plants should 
occupy the driest part of the house: water 
only when dry. Train Tropoeolums as the 
shoots advance. Kennedyas, Hoveas, Pime- 
leas, Boronias, Acacias, if wanted to bloom 
early, encourage by keeping them at the 
warm end of the house. Keep down insects 
by fumigating and soap and water. Azaleas. 
—Plants required for early bloom may be re¬ 
moved to the Peach-houses and early vineries; 
continue to fumigate plants infested with 
thrips, so as to eradicate the pest before 
young shoots are formed. Keep free from 
damp those remaining in pits or houses. 
Admit air freely in favourable weather. The 
judicious application of liquid manure will 
be beneficial to such as are confined for pot- 
room, or are swelling their buds. Those 
that have bloomed may be removed to a 
close pit. Be careful not to excite them 
too much, otherwise they will not form 
flower-buds for next season. Cinerarias. 
—Plants for late flowering should now have 
their final repotting; also plants for ex¬ 
hibition in eight-inch pots; there is no gain, 
however, by using so large a pot, a six-inch 
one being quite sufficient, in which the 
plants look neater and have a better effect. 
Look well to green fly, and clear the plants 
of dead foliage. Tie out the blooming shoots, 
if large dwarf plants are desired, and keep 
