JAN 



327 



JAN 



hot-beds, prepare ; wheel on to vacant 

 ground. — Earth, for hot-beds, prepare. 

 — Frost, protect plants from. — Ground, 

 trench vacant. — Hot-beds, make and at- 



Annuah, sow in pots and put in hot- 

 liouse, &c., b. — Auriculas, protect from 

 cold,&c.; give earth and compost to. 

 — Carnations, protect from cold, &c.- 



tend to. — Kale (Sea), begin forcing, b. i Cuttings of hardy deciduous shrubs 



Kidney Beans, sow in hot-bed, e. — Let- 

 tuces in frames, attend ; transplant to 

 force. — Af(?/o;is,sow,for fruiting in May; 

 day temp. 75'^, night 60°. — Mint, force, 

 in hot-bed. — Mushroom Beds, make, and 

 attend to those producing ; procure 

 horse droppings for. — Mustard and 

 Cress, sow in hot-bed. — Onions, ex- 

 amine stored. — Parsley, protect from 

 frost. — Peas, plant in hot-bed ; and pre- 



lay be prepared, e. — Edgings, make. 

 Slate painted green, and Gentiiiella 

 planted within, is handsome and dura- 

 ble. — Gravel, roll in dry weather. — 

 Hedges, of Privet, &c., plash. — Hya- 

 cinths, protect from cold, &c. — Layers 

 of hardy shrubs may still be pegged 

 down. — Manure, apply generally. — 

 Mulch, put round roots of lately plant- 

 ed trees. — Potted Plants, secure well 



pare sticks. — Potatoes, plant in slight from frost. — Prune, and regulate flow- 

 hot-bed. — Radishes, sow in hot-bed. — I ering shrubs. — Ranunculuses, plant, if 

 Rape {i'oT salading), sow in hot-bed. — [before omitted; protect from cold, &c. 

 /yiu6a/"6, begin forcing, b.—Ta«si/, plant ! — Rose Trees, scrub with brine, to de- 



in hot-bed.— Tar^-a^-on, plant in hot-bed 

 and do any work which will lessen that 

 of the following busier months. — Wood- 

 lice, destroy in the mushroom-house. 



ORCHARD. 



Apples (Espalier), prune, &c. — Apri- 

 cots, prune and train in frosty weather. 

 Brine, apply with a scrubbing brush to 

 stems and brances of fruit trees, to de- 

 stroy insects, eggs, and moss. — Cher- 

 ries (Wall and Espalier), prune and 

 train. — Currants, prune. — Espaliers, 

 prune and regulate. — Figs, protect from 

 frost. — Fork the surface around fruit 

 trees. — Gooseberries, prune. — Mulch, 

 put around newly planted trees. — Nec- 

 tarines, prune and train in frosty wea- 

 ther. — Peaches (see Nectarine). — Pears 

 (Espalier), prune, &c. — Plums (Wall 

 and Espalier), prune. — Pruning, at' 

 tend to generally. — Raspberries, prune. 

 — Snails, destroy in their torpid state. 

 — Stake and support trees newly plant- 

 ed. — Standards, remove dead and ir- 

 regular branches from. — Trench and 

 prepare borders, &c., for planting. — 



stroy scab, insects, &c. — Salt, sow over 

 grass, to drive away worms, &c. — Seed- 

 lings, in borders, protect with mats. — 

 Trench vacant ground. — Tulips, protect 

 from cold, &c. ; plant, if omitted, b. 



HOT-HOUSE. 



Air, admit as much as possible. — 

 Apricots (see Peach.) — Bark Beds, stir, 

 and renew, if heat declines. — Cherries 

 (see Peach). — Cucumbers, in pots, in- 

 troduce ; water frequently, and train. 

 — Currants, water frequently. — Figs 

 (see Vines). They should be in pots 

 in the Vinery. — Flowers in pots (Roses, 

 Carnations, &c.,) introduce. Gooseber- 

 ries, water frequently. — Head down spe- 

 cimen plants, as Justicias, &c. — Kidney 

 Beans, sow in small spots, not larger 

 than twenty-fours; water frequently. — 

 Light, admit as freely as possible. — 

 Mats, put over glass in very severe 

 weather, even in the day time. — Necta- 

 rines and Peaches in blossom keep at 

 about 5:y' during the day, and at night 

 about 40o ; water very sparingly ; shake 

 branches gently to distribute the pollen ; 



Vines, prune and train. — Wall Trees stir earth around often. — Pine Apples 



generally, prune and regulate. — Walls 

 It is a very beneficial plan to paint these 

 by means of a white-washer's brush, 

 with a liquid mixture of S lbs. lime, 

 4 lbs. soot, and S lbs. sulphur. It de- 



( fruiting), require increased bottom 

 heat to about S.t^; vvater about once a 

 week ; temperature in house from 60'-' 

 to 70^. — Salading, in boxes sow. — 

 Stove, temp, not above 60"^ in the day, 



by its dark colour promoting the warmtl 

 of the wall. The liquid employed, in 



stroys and banishes insects, as well as ! and at night 40^. — Strawberries, in pots, 



introduce; when blossoming, water fre- 

 quently ; day temp, not more than 55°. 



which to mix the above, should be urine — Thermometer, watch its dictates. — 



Vines, in leaf, keep about GO" ; in blos- 

 som about 70'^ during day, at night 50"^; 

 protect stems outside by haybands; 



and soapsuds in equal proportions. 



rl.OWER GARDE^f. 



Anemones, protect from cold, &c. — give liquid manure. — PFosA the leaves 



