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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
To many kinds shading will soon be necessary, 
and such should he got in readiness for using 
directly the plants show indications of suffer¬ 
ing from excess of light. Attend to previous 
directions respecting potting or re-dressing, 
which should always precede the new growth. 
Many kinds, however, will from time to time 
require examining and the addition of fresh 
material. Do not permit water to lodge 
about the newly-formed roots, or rot they 
assuredly will. Increase the humidity of the 
house as the days lengthen. Remove plants 
in bloom to a drier house, to preserve them 
from spotting. Night temperature 60°, rising 
10° or 15° by day. 
GREENHOUSE. 
If a mixed collection of plants is grown, 
remove the soft wooded kinds to one end of the 
house, as they will require to be kept a little 
warmer than hard wooded sorts. Where sepa¬ 
rate houses can be afforded each, their manage¬ 
ment will be more easy. The cultivator must 
bear in mind that the successful growth of 
plants depends very much on a good start; 
and as the generality of greenhouse plants will 
now be commencing to grow, an abundance 
of both light and air is in the highest degree 
necessary to ensure a slow, steady, and pro¬ 
gressive action. Not only must plants be kept 
as near the glass as circumstances permit, but 
the glass itself must be kept clean, and every¬ 
thing connected with the inside of the house 
in the same state. We said above a slight 
difference should be made in the management 
of hard and softwooded plants, but with both 
nothing like hurrying should be attempted; 
a short-join ted sturdy habit can only be 
obtained by the means above pointed out, com¬ 
bined with patience. Many things will now 
require repotting, and supposing a supply of 
peat, loam, and well rotted dried cow or other 
manure, is at hand, it may take place as 
opportunity offers; speaking in general terms, 
fibrous peat and silver sand are the principal 
ingredients for hard wooded plants,using more 
t less of loam, &c., for free-growing- kinds. 
As some plants require pruning back at this 
season, allow them to form a new growth 
before shifting them. Let every attention be 
paid in potting to thorough drainage, as much 
of the after-success depends on this. Camellias 
are now in their greatest beauty, and will re¬ 
quire rather more water than usual—manure 
water occasionally. As plants of these and 
Chinese Azaleas go out of bloom, place them 
in a cool house to recruit their energies, and 
to enable them to break strongly. Sow Mig¬ 
nonette for succession. Tuberoses should now 
be potted in light rich soil, in 32-sized pots, 
and when the plants are up a few inches repot 
them. Sow Balsams, Cockscombs, and other 
tender annuals for summer display. Cinerarias. 
—Late-struck plants should now be put into 
their blooming pots ; these will succeed those 
now coming into bloom. Green fly will give 
some trouble this month; fumigate on their 
first appearance, or the mischief will be done. 
Seedlings will now be fast coming into bloom. 
All will help to make the greenhouse gay; hut 
in selecting those to be saved for another season 
compare them with the best already out. 
Pelargoniums .—March is an important month 
with this plant. Fumigating must be par¬ 
ticularly attended to; as the plants begin to 
grow, aphides will make their appearance, and 
these must be kept under. Watering, too, at 
this season, requires more than ordinary care 
and judgment. As but little water is given 
during the dull winter months, the balls of 
earth become dry and hard towards the bottom 
of the soil; and as the general stock is started 
into growth at this season, care should be 
taken that, when watering, the water shall 
penetrate through the ball of earth. Training 
the plants into handsome shapes, as they pro¬ 
gress, should be attended to, tying out the 
side shoots, and arranging them generally 
according to the instructions given on several 
previous occasions. If the foliage has become 
at all dusty, use the syringe freely until it is 
clean. Use weak liquid manure when the 
pots have become full of roots ; give plenty of 
room, light, and air. Fancy varieties require 
much the same treatment as the other kinds ; 
the warmest end of the house should be allotted 
to them. 
CONSERVATORY. 
This will now be at the height of its beauty 
by the addition to the ordinary stock of plants, 
of forced Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Roses, and 
other hardy shrubs, bulbs, &c. Allow nothing 
to detract from the interest attaching to select 
showy plants in the shape of faded or withered 
blooms, or negligence of any kind : a moderate 
temperature, say 48° or 50 c by night, increas¬ 
ing 8° or 10° by day, should be maintained. 
Let the necessary watering be done early in 
the morning, that the house may become dry 
and enjoyable by the forenoon. Many of the 
best white Camellias will be soiled if exposed 
to damp. Water plants growing in the open 
border when dry. 
PITS AND FRAMES. 
Look over the stock of bedding plants, 
selecting such varieties as will require to be 
increased; remove them to a warmer tempera¬ 
ture, where they will soon push young shoots, 
which will strike freely. Plants not required 
for propagation should be hardened off without 
delay. Keep them well stopped back, to form 
bushy plants by the time they are required 
for planting out. See to the coverings nightly, 
as the weather at this season being uncertain, 
one night’s neglect may possibly cause much 
unnecessary trouble. Fumigate occasionally, 
and look well after mildew. Annuals required 
for bedding-purposes should now be sown. 
Peas should be sown in pots for turning out 
in May. 
FORCING. 
Vines in bloom require a dry temperature, 
