PLANTING TABLE 381 



Store gladiolus and lily bulbs in damp sand. 



Mix potting earth. 



Scrub flower pots. 



Keep account of all time spent on garden work. 



Order new pots to replace broken ones. 



Mend all broken tools. 



Make cheesecloth frames for cabbage and cauliflower. 



Balance your accounts. 



MARCH 



Set your hot-bed pit-frame. 

 Temper your manure. 

 Pack manure in hot-beds. 

 Take hot-bed temperature daily. 

 Sow in hot-beds hardy flowers and vegetables. 

 Try small sowings of new varieties. 

 Watch hot-beds carefully till seedlings appear. 

 Start forcing a few hills of rhubarb. 

 Sow in hot-beds tender flowers and vegetables. 

 ; Sow radish weekly. 

 Sow lettuce every fortnight. 

 Set cold-frames, to warm the ground. 

 Balance your accounts. 



APRIL 



Thin hot-bed plants. 



When ground beneath cold-frames is thoroughly warm, prepare it 

 for sowing. 



Sow in cold-frames all hardy seed. 



Finish hot-bed thinning. 



Begin sprouting early potatoes in house or frame. 



FROST OUT OF THE GROUND. 



Sharpen your asparagus knife. 



Sow in cold-frames tender flowers and vegetables. 



Manure the asparagus and rhubarb. 



