Bulbs.--The selections for winter and spring flowering to be made as
soon as possible, choosing the most suitable varieties for each season;
to be potted at two or three intervals for succession. To be potted
in light fibrous turfy loam of a sandy quality, and placed in a dry
situation; to be covered with three or four inches of old tan or coal
ashes.
Camellias.--The large, old specimens that have set their flower-buds to
be carefully supplied with water; for if they are allowed to get too dry
at the roots they are apt to drop their buds. Young vigorous plants, on
the contrary, will require to be watered rather sparingly, to prevent
them making a second growth.
Cinerarias.--Shift as they require it, and let no neglect as to
watering, &c., cause a check to their growth.
Climbers.--To have a succession late in the season when flowers
become scarce, it is advisable to cut them back for that purpose, more
especially the climbers on rafters or ornamental trellises.
New Holland Plants.--If any have been standing out of doors for some
time, it is advisable to remove the best and most tender varieties to
the cold pits, or other secure situations, to avoid the danger and risk
of exposure to wet or windy weather.
Soils.--Now is a favourable time to collect soils of different sorts for
future use. The advantages of forethought for such matters will become
evident when the time for use arrives. Leaf mould, decomposed sheep,
deer, and cowdung, road and river sand, old Cucumber, Melon, and other
such soils, to be put in separate heaps in a shed, or any other dry
place, protected from drenching rains. Each sort to be numbered, or
named, that no mistake may occur when wanted.