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26. Cover rhubarb roots with drain-pipes or old tubs to hasten growth 



of sticks. ^ 



27. Sow box or pan of celery seed in warmth. Roll lawns at every 



available opportunity. 



28. Plant out border carnations raised from autumn-struck cuttings; / P T 



Repot azaleas that have flowered. 



MARCH 



1. Clean and weed asparagus beds and top-dress them with old 



manure, nitrate of soda or salt. 



2. Transplant autumn-sown onions and sow more seed. Prune 



shrubs and cut back ivy on walls and fences. 



3. Sow ten-week stocks, asters, zinnias, scabious and other half-hardy 

 annuals in pots and boxes in warmth. 



4. Start more dahlia tubers in greenhouse for the production of 



cuttings. Prick off seedlings of begonias and gloxinias sown 

 in January. 



5. Trim back climbing roses, taking out all dead wood and withered 



extremities, but leaving shoots produced last season intact. 



6. Plant herbaceous subjects in mild open weather. Finish all 



digging and manuring in vegetable garden as early as possible. 



7. Plant early potatoes in sheltered border. Dust soot between 



rows of early spring cabbage and hoe it in. 



8. Plant rockeries and hardy ferneries. 



g -Sow sweet peas out of doors in well-prepared ground. 



10. Repot plants in greenhouse that need it. Sow early lettuce, 



cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts in boxes in cold frames. 



11. Prune red and white currants, black currants and gooseberries. 



12. Plant out biennials raised from seed sown the previous summer. 



13. Thoroughly harden off shrubby calceolarias and plant in per- 



manent quarters. 



14. Make new lawns and have all ready for sowing grass seeds in early 



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15. Prune clematis Jackmani. Continue to strike cuttings of fuchsias, 

 " heliotropes, marguerites. Remove litter placed for pro- 

 tection on beds of bulbs, but only if the weather is mild and 

 open. 

 16. Start cucumbers in frame over a brisk hotbed. 



