i82 JOTTINGS OF A GENTLEMAN GARDENER 



JANUARY. 



Structural alterations of all kinds can be made provided 

 that the weather is suitable. Such alterations include 

 the making of new borders, and the building of rock- 

 gardens. Also the erection of pergolas, poles, and arbours 

 in positions assigned to them in the previous summer. 



Push forward digging and trenching of the ground, and 

 do not stint manure. 



Sow half-hardy annuals in pots or boxes in a heated 

 greenhouse. 



Sow half-hardy perennials, half-hardy biennials and 

 hardy biennials in boxes in a heated greenhouse. 



Ventilate frames containing cuttings on all suitable days. 



Prepare the ground for planting roses by digging it 

 deeply, or trenching it in the manner to be described in 

 the next chapter. 



FEBRUARY. 



Sow more half-hardy annuals in boxes in heat. 



Plant roses in well-manured sites. 



Plant shrubs of all kinds. 



Lightly turn over the soil in existing shrubberies after 

 removing laurel and other acrid leaves, and pine needles, 

 which may be lying thereon. 



Finish trenching of borders and continue outdoor 

 digging. 



Start planting hardy perennials of all kinds in borders 

 out of doors. 



Continue building rock-gardens, and if the weather is 

 warm start planting them with alpines. 



Ventilate frames containing cuttings. 



Continue making structural alterations and improve- 

 ments in the garden. 



Plant anemones and ranunculuses if this has not been 

 done. 



Take cuttings of early-flowering border chrysanthemums. 



Lay turf paths and trim up existing grass walks. 



