PART III 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR 

 THE YEAR 



UNDER ordinary circumstances it would be more 

 convenient to commence a calendar of operations in 

 January. With intensive methods of cultivation, 

 however, it is somewhat different. The month of 

 August is generally recognised as the beginning of 

 the cultural year for the intensive cultivator, hence 

 it is, therefore, more convenient to begin the calendar 

 in this volume at that period. 



Under each month in the year from August in one 

 year to July in the following the principal operations, 

 as detailed in the preceding pages, have been noted 

 briefly, merely as reminders to the grower what ought 

 to be done in each month. It is important that seeds 

 should be sown, pricked out, or transplanted at the 

 proper time, otherwise the crops may mature too 

 late to be of any particular value, especially to the 

 commercial grower. Although Paris is somewhat 

 farther south than London by about 3 degrees, there 

 is really very little difference in the climatic con- 

 ditions. As temperature, however, is an all-important 

 point in gardening, and especially when conducted 



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