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weather and supply plenty of air. Top-dress hardy ferns 



with manure. 

 27. Sow dahlia seeds in heat. Dig and manure ground for sweet peas 



where this was not done in the autumn. 

 28. Sow half-hardy annuals such as nicotiana, petunia, verbena 



and balsam in warm house. Use pots or boxes and sow in 



fine soil. 

 29. Take more chrysanthemum and winter-flowering carnation 



cuttings especially if any of the previous batches have failed. 

 30- Attend to cuttings in cold frames and remove failures. Give air 



in generous measure on mild days. 

 31. finish pruning fruit trees. Repaint outside of greenhouse if 



required. 



FEBRUARY 



i. Make further progress with trenching and manuring of vegetable 



ground. Build new arches and pergolas. 

 2. Place old dahlia tubers hi warmth in boxes. Cover lightly with 



soil and sprinkle with water to induce production of cuttings. 



Sow spinach on warm, sheltered borders. 

 3. Place tubers of begonias and gloxinias in heat to start growth. 



Prick out seedlings of tomatoes if ready. Continue to sow 



pots or frames of half-hardy plants. 

 4. Plant anenomes and ranunculuses in open borders. Pot up 



cuttings oi fuchsias and heliotropes as soon as ready. 

 5. Disbud vines in greenhouse. Make preparations for forcing 



rhubarb and seakale out of doors. 



6. Plant shrubs such as aucubas, boxes, cypresses and ribes. 

 7. Give calceolarias in frames plenty of air and if growth is rapid 



pinch out the tops. Propagate marguerites by cuttings. 



Stir surface of bulb beds with fork as soon as shoots are well 



above the ground. 

 8. Strawberries and raspberries maybe planted in well-prepared soil. 



Sow lettuce, radish and turnip in sheltered places. 

 9. Plant lilies of the valley in shady borders. ^Finish renovation of 

 "' lawn by laying new turf where this has not been completed. 

 I0 . Watch temperature of greenhouse during day-time and supply 



moistuie by syringing when the sun gains power. Sow more 



