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FEB 



" Both these unhappy soils the swain 



forbears, 

 And keeps a Sabbath of alternate years, 



ORCHARD. 



Apples, finish pruning, b. Apri- 

 cots, finish pruning, b. — Blossoms of 



That the spent earth may gather heart: early wall fruit, shelter in frosty and 



windy weatlier. — Dress and fork 

 over the earth of the borders, &c. — 

 Figs, prune. — Forcing, continue. (See 

 Jan.) — Gooseberries, finish pruning, b. 

 — Grafting, commence, if mild, e. — 

 Grafts, collect ready for use. — Hot- 

 house, forcing continue. (See Jan.) — 



again 

 And bettered by cessation, bear the 



grain, 

 At least where vetches, pulse, and 



tares, have stood, 

 And stalks of lupines grew (a stubborn 



wood) 



Th' ensuing season, in return may bear i Layers, make of Figs, Vines, Filberts, 



The bearded product of the golden 

 year." 



FARAMF>A odoratissima. Stove 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Turfy 

 loam and sandy peat. 



FARM - YARD MANURE. See 

 Ihing. 



FARSETIA. Six species. F. 

 cheiranthifoUa is a hardy annual ; the 

 others are half-hardy evergreen shrubs. 

 The first by seed, the shrubs by cut- 

 tings. Light loam. 



FEABERRY, a local name for the 

 Gooseberry. 



FEATHERS. See Animal Matters. 



FEBRUARY. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Except in the remote south, the out- 

 door operations of the gardener are 

 almost suspended. Nearly all that he 

 can do is to provide manure, prepare 

 rods and poles for peas and beans, 

 labels for his plants, and if the weather 

 admit, trench those compartments of his 



Mulberri(>s, and Muscle Plums, the last 

 for stocks. — MfzwMres, apply where re- 

 quired. — Mu^s, on trees, destroy with 

 brine. (See Jan.) — Pears, finish pruning; 

 graft, e. — Plums, finish pruning ; graft, 

 e. — Pruning, finish generally. — Rasp- 

 berries. — Standards, finish pruning. — 

 Straicberries, c\ea.r and spring dress; 

 force in hot-beds, giving air abun- 

 dantly, and covering the glasses with 

 mats at night. — Trench ground for 

 planting. — Vines may still be pruned, 

 b.; cuttings, plant. 



HOT-HOUSE. 



Air, admit freely during midday, 

 when weather permits. — Bulbs, and 

 other dry roots for succession, plant, 

 b. — Bark Beds attend to. (See Jan.) — 

 Cherries, in blossom, shade when sun 

 is bright ; disbud as required : day 

 temp, keep about 60° ; night 45°. — 

 Earth of borders, &c., stir once a 

 week. — Figs require a day temp, about 

 60°. — Flowering shrubs in pots, intro- 

 duce for succession. — Heat, keep up ; 



grounds which require such treatment, j plants becoming more sensitive. — Jfj'd- 

 Such labour and the preparation of hot- ney JSeans, continue to sow in boxes, 

 beds for forcing, may profitably employ ' (See Jan.) — Labels, renew where re- 

 his time. Cabbage, Eggplants, Toma- ' quired. — ieat'^'S, keep cleaned ; decay- 

 toes. Peppers, &;c., are now sown in j ed and weeds clear away constantly. — 

 hot-beds for early planting. If the , Liquid Manure apply to the roots of 

 weather be very cold delay awhile, fruit trees in forcing, especially Vines 

 nothing can be gained by setting them and Figs. — Peaches, and other fruits in 

 during strong frost. Farther south blossom, should not now be syringed ; 

 labour has now commenced in earnest, j disbud; thin when too thick, and as large 

 In theCarolinas and southward, it is per- ' as peas ; day temp. 60°. — Pines, water 



haps one of the most active months in 

 horticultural operations. Beans and 

 Peas are planted; Cabbage and Cauli- 

 flower sown, and plants from previous 



moderately ; (crowns of) remove from 

 bark bed to pots; regulate succession 

 by changing their pots, &c. — Steam, (if 

 employed) may be admitted almost 



sowings transplanted. Lettuce plants j daily. — Strawberries, in pols, introduce 



from the autumn seed beds are set out. 

 Spinach is sown, also Radishes, Car- 1 

 rots. Parsnips, Beets; Asparagus beds 

 are dressed. In short, all the early ope- 

 rations of the garden are now per- 

 formed. 



for succession. — Thermometer , for most 

 stove plants, may be at 70" during mid- 

 day. — Tobacco fumigations give weekly, 

 or oftener if insects appear. — Vines, 

 treat as in Jan.; do not syringe whilst 

 in blossom; prune bunches; day temp. 



