CALENDAR OF GARDENING OPERATIONS 



JANUARY 



Vegetables. Manure, dig and trench vacant vege- 

 table ground. Dig in mustard crops. 



FEBRUARY 



Vegetables. Plant Broad Beans in rows 2 feet apart 

 and the Beans 4 inches to 5 inches apart in the rows ; or 

 plant in rows 3 feet apart, with double rows of Beans 

 9 inches apart each way. 



MARCH 



Vegetables. A sowing of Celery (' White Gem ') for 

 an early crop should be made under glass. Sowings of 

 Brussels Sprouts (' The Wroxton '), Cauliflower (' Early 

 Dwarf Erfurt '), Cabbage (' Earliest of All '), Leek 

 (' Prize-taker '), and Lettuce ('All the Year Round ') 

 can be made in the open. 



Sow Parsnips (' Tender and True ' or ' The Student ') 

 in deeply dug soil which was manured last year, in rows 

 15 inches apart, covering the seed 1 inch. One ounce of 

 seed will sow a 200- foot row. 



Sow Radishes thinly on a rich, warm soil, and cover 

 the seed about 1 inch deep. 



The Onion bed prepared in the early winter should 

 now be raked down and a firm, fine, even surface 



