PAET VII 



MONTHLY CALENDAE OF WOEK 



JANUARY 



Flower Garden and Shrubbery. — Shelter tender thiugs with 

 branches, Moss, or Fern. Plant deciduous trees and shrubs in 

 open weather. IMidch and stake at once ; lay down turf, and 

 make alterations. Maiuire and dig beds and borders. Plant any 

 bulbs out of the ground except Kanuneuli, which should be kept 

 till next month. 



Fruit Garden. — Plant young trees where required. Prune 

 and train w^all trees. Regulate the growth of Orchard trees, 

 thinning the branches where badly placed and too thick. Dress 

 mossy trees with quicklime. Prime and train espaliers. Make 

 new i:)lantations of Bush Fruits and Raspberries ; cuttings of 

 Gooseberries and Currants should be planted. Mulch old beds of 

 Strawberries with manure. Lime is a good antidote in the case 

 of slugs and snails. Wash Pear and Peach trees infested -with 

 scale, and Apples on which cotton-blight exists, with a strong 

 solution of Gishiu-st compound (6 oz. to the gallon). 



Vegetable Garden. — Sow Peas, Long Pod Beans, Horn 

 Carrots, and Radishes on early border. Sow Cauliflowers in heat ; 

 give all the air possible to Cauliflowers in cold frame. Protect 

 Broccoli turning in, and Celery in frosty weather. Rectify all 

 defects in drainage, and trench, dig, and manure vacant plots ; 

 clear up rubbish-heap, and char or other^nse make available for 

 manure all waste substances. 



Conservatory. — Keep up a genial temperature of 45° to 50°. 

 Keep down insects as much as possible with the sponge. If any 

 plant is infested with green-fly or thrip, remove it to another house 



