THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Feb. strong. Potatoes that are started in boxes in this way 

 I~I4 give better and earher crops, when they are ultimately 

 planted, than those which are not so treated. I advise 

 the reader to select sets of about two ounces in weight 

 for seed purposes. Sharpe's Express is a splendid early 

 variety, a heavy cropper, and a good cooker. 



Feb. FEBRUARY— Third and Fourth Weeks 



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The days are now lengthening appreciably. Our 



" cycle lighting-up time-table for the meridian of Green- 

 wich " tells us that at the middle of February we may 

 leave our lamps unlit till some ten minutes past six. 

 Well, those of us who are amateur gardeners first and 

 cyclists afterwards will be more grateful for the know- 

 ledge that we shall soon have daylight for evening work 

 in the garden. Some of us have nothing to do except to 

 garden all day long, but rather more of us, I think, have 

 to be away from home and garden for the greater part of 

 the day, and make shift in the early morning and in the 

 evening. 



An hour in the garden on a sharp February morning 

 is as refreshing as a cold sponge. Do not be impulsive 

 and thoughtless, please. No seizing of spade, and digging 

 furiously on an empty stomach, with muscles that have 

 grown flabby from want of exercise. Keep up the ten 

 minutes' practice with the Developer all the winter 

 through, and when February comes rise half-an-hour 

 earlier, and boil a little extra shaving water. A tumbler 

 of it with a large Apple will make a glorious seven 

 o'clock meal ; and give a healthy stimulus for a steady 

 hour in the garden before breakfast. 



One who follows this course will be an enviable 

 being. He will feel a glow of health and virtue. He 

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