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 CHAPTER VII. 



MONTHLY NOTICES. 



A RECAPITULATION of the work which each month 

 presents to the gardener's notice, will be useful. 

 By occasionally glancing over the Monthly Notices, 

 the memory is refreshed ; and it will be found that 

 even the three winter months allow the young gar- 

 dener no remission from labor. There is some- 

 thing to be done in every week of the year, some- 

 thing to be attended to, which amuses the mind, 

 interests the imagination, and benefits the general 

 tone of mental and physical health. 



Let your lawn and grass walks be kept neat and smooth, 

 by rolling, this month; and if any part of the grounds require 

 fresh turf, this is the season for cutting and laying it down. 

 If you live in the neighborhood of a common, that is the best 

 ground for cutting turf, as the herbage is short, and free from 

 nettles, clocks, &c. Lay it down firm and even, allowing 

 for the sinking of the newly laid earth, about an inch or two. 

 Roll it well, after having laid down the turf. 



Keep the gravel walks also from weeds and moss, and roll 

 them in dry weather. If you attempt to roll gravel in wet 

 weather, the gravel clings to the roller. 



Dig the clumps or spots where you mean to plant ever- 

 greens, in February and March, that the ground may be 

 trenched in readiness. The frost of this month will render 

 newly-dug earth more friable, and the snow will enrich it. 



If the weather is very settled and mild, you may still plant 

 out hardy deciduous shrubs, such as sweelbriars, double 

 bramble, double-blossomed cherry, dwarf almond, jasmines, 

 honeysuckles, roses, lilacs, laburnums, guelder rose, Spiraea 

 frutex, mezereons, &c. Transplant each shrub with a, good 

 ball of earth round its roots. 



