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CHAPTER IX. 



VEGETABLE AND FLOWER GARDEN. 



CALENDAR FOR THE NORTHERN STATES. 



From the Lady's Annual Register. 



JANUARY. The New Year has come. The 

 old one, with its joys, its sorrows, its labors, its 

 repose, its temptations, its conquests, its light or 

 dark hours, is gone. The preparations for New 

 Year are over the Gifts are all arranged nothing 

 remains but the joyful distribution of them. Much 

 is to be regretted in the past year. For the future, 

 there should be nothing but hope and good resolu- 

 tion. This year is at least now unstained by sin ; 

 strive that it may long continue so ; think not of 

 the past, except as a warning and encouragement 

 for the future, trust humbly in a good Providence, 

 and keep boldly on. If you have parted with 

 friends during the past year, resolve to bestow 

 more kindness and love on those that remain. If 

 God has blest you with wealth, dispense it to the 

 needy, with a more liberal hand. If your means 

 have been lessened, take to yourself a double por- 

 tion of content, and show your ingenuity in making 

 a little answer. Whatever you do, do well and 

 cheerfully. 



FEBRUARY. Still winter reigns. February has 

 not the charm and excitement of January, the New 

 Year's holidays, presents, &c., to reconcile us to it. 



