PART IV. 



MAINTENANCE. 



GARDEN OPERATIONS ARRANGED BY MONTHS. 



Half the secret of keeping a pleasure garden in proper 

 condition, consists in duly regarding the little things 

 that ought to be done, and of doing all work at the right 

 time. In the pages which follow, the matters that relate 

 to keeping up a garden are classified by months for the 

 entire year, as a convenient guide to the work. It may 

 not always be found, with our variable seasons and climate 

 in different parts of the country, that the work under 

 each month will be appropriate to that month for every 

 place, but the arrangement at the least is valuable as 

 showing about what needs doing at any time. The 

 great merit of such a calendar is, that it enables the 

 manager of the garden to anticipate the work, so that 

 when the time arrives for doing, be it a little earlier or 

 later than indicated, there may be preparations for it. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 

 JANUARY. 



AN OUTLOOK. 



At this season we stand on middle ground, between 

 the past summer and the one to come, and it is an ex- 

 cellent time to consider any improvements it would be 

 desirable to make during the new year. Flower beds to 

 be filled with bedding plants may be studied for new ar- 

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