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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR FEBRUARY. 



tlie gold-edged, the silver-edged, 

 the gold-blotched, the silver- 

 blotched, the variegated hedgehog, 

 the yellow-berried, the white-ber- 

 ried, and the red-berried, there 

 are vei^ distinct varieties for a 

 flozen beds. The variety among 

 hardy evergreens suitable for this 

 purpose is very great ; and no 

 such garden ought to be cheer- 

 less or barren, even iu the winter 

 sea'ion. 



Homy suckle. — The Honeysuckle 

 trained up a rod, and made to 

 loiin a standard as it were, with a 

 fall-over head, is a line object in a 

 shrubbery; and nothing is more 

 simple than its training. Let it 

 grow as it likes, one rod or twenty ; 

 fasten it round the pole with dif- 

 ferent cords every six inches, and 

 on the top all round drive in 

 staple nails, or eyes, to stand out 

 two inches, and not more than 

 two inches apart ; run a wire 

 through the outside, and fasten it. 

 The brandies having been guided 

 as high as this may be ail cut down 

 to six inches above, and all their 

 side branches will grow over and 

 form a head. 



Hyacinths will be above ground, 

 and may be covered with litter, 

 to keep the frosts from injuring 

 the foliage and spoiling the bloom. 

 Tliey may be watered with liquid 

 aaanure once a.s soon as they re- 

 quire watering at all ; and the 

 watering should be done in ear- 

 liest, to soak the ground they are 

 growing in. This liquid manure 

 should be made in the pi'oportion 

 of nine gallons of water to a 

 spadeful of decomposed cowdung. 



Lnpines of the perennial kinds 

 should be planted where they are 

 to fluwer, if this was not done in 

 the autumn; and if there be any 

 quantity of seed to raise plants 

 from, half may be sown now, and 



1 the rest at a later period. The 



] best family is the Liiphms poly- 



phylliis, of whicli there are many 



i varieties ; but those who pretend 



i to grow them will always throw 



away everything that is not iirst- 



rate in quality, because they can 



1 Ije propagated from the root when 



tliey do prove good, and a variety 



worth the trouble may be thus 



perpetuated. 



Mignotiede. — Some pots of tliis 



: favourite flower should be sown, 



and set on a slielf in the green- 



' house, where they may be con- 



': tinned if required to bloom iu 



; pots ; or, if intended for planting 



: out in the bordei's for early bloom- 



; ing, they may be removed to a 



I trame when they get four or six 



I inches high, and kept there till 



' planting out time. These should 



^ be sown in five-inch pots, about 



a dozen seeds in each, and the 



I young plants thinned to about 



I half a dozen of the best when 



! they get forward enough to show 



their strength. Sandy loam suits 



them best, though the soil is of 



less importance now than for 



autumn sowing. 



Perennials generally require to 

 be placed where they are t<j 

 flower before they progress in their 

 spring growth. All the Phloxes, 

 Asters, and others should by rights 

 he parted and planted in autumn ; 

 but that having gone by, they have 

 to be the more carefully done now. 

 Pinks and Pansies in Beds. — Stir 

 the earth all over the surface with- 

 out disturbing the roots, and top- 

 dress with decomposing cowdung 

 laid half an inch thick all over 

 the bed. Let the litter be laid 

 over at night as usual, and removed 

 in mild weather. 



Plants for Bedding. — If you are 

 not fully prepared with enougli of 

 these begin to propagate in earnest, 



