INTRODUCTION 



MONTHLY CALENDAR. 



THE object of this Calendar is to furnish in a condensed 

 form, monthly directions for the culture of some plants not 

 previously mentioned in this work ; and also to direct the 

 reader's attention to the regular management of such plants 

 as have been heretofore treated of. In pursuit of the 

 latter object, references will be made to former pages, so as 

 to exhibit, at one view, the business of the garden in each 

 month of the year. The figures refer to the pages in which 

 further directions may be found relative to the operations 

 adverted to. 



In page 23 it has been shown, that the directions accomr 

 panying our catalogue may be applied to all the varied cli- 

 mates of the United States, by a minute observance of the 

 difference of temperature.. 



It may be here observed, that the soil is susceptible of 

 cultiration three months earlier in the remotest South, than 

 in the coldest part of our Northern territory ; the calendar 

 therefore for March, may be applied to the middle of 

 January in the warmest climatei, and to the middle of April 

 in the coldest; some exceptions to this rule must, however, be 

 taken in the Southern States after the three Spring months, 

 for the following reasons : 



1. As warm weather South is of longer continuance, 

 than in the North, plantations of those species of vegetables 

 denominated tender in page 19, may be made in the ogeiv 

 garden from March to August. 



