The Garden Under Glass

308 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS soil. Give pelargoniums a larger pot, both the old plants and those struck from cuttings in the summer, also schiz-anthuses and Clarkias. Pot Lilium auratum, Harrisii and longifolium, three bulbs in 9-inch pot, and allow room for top-dressing. Make up a propagator in warm house for striking cuttings, etc.; also make a hotbed and frame for forcing vegetables or for purposes of propagation. Cut back Lorraine begonias which are past their best. Dry off freesias as they pass out of flower, also calanthes. Start into growth amaryllises, begonias and fuchsias. Tie bulbs as they need it. Top-dress with approved Chemicals such plants as are root-bound; also feed with liquid manure. Throw away Chrysanthemum stools as it is found they are no longer needed. Clean violets in frames, loosen the soil and water if they need it. Give plenty of air to cold frames on all possible occasions, and protect from frost. Put sticks to sweet-peas in pots sown in the autumn. Keep a good but not scorching heat in the greenhouse. February Früh.—A fresh batch of strawberries should be worked along each fortnight to maintain a succession. Those which were started at the beginning of January will by the end of this month be flowering, and it will then be ad-visable to cease syringing and to fertilise the fruit by touching each flower with a rabbit’s tail at noon. This ensures better shaped fruit. Top-dress the vine border if not already done and start later vines after cleaning and dressing them. Those started earlier and tied down to make them break evenly should be tied in place before the growths get so long as to endanger their being broken. Continue to syi’inge them twice a day. Sow more