THE GARDENER'S CALENDAR 



SUGGESTIONS AND REMINDERS OF WORK APPROPRIATE 

 TO EACH MONTH 



JANUARY 



THERE will not be much doing in strictly 

 gardening operations this month, but one can 

 be getting ready for the actual work of 

 spring. 



Material for hot-beds and cold-frames can 

 be got ready now. Everything can be done 

 except putting them together. It is an excellent 

 plan to paint them outside and in. If this is 

 done, they will last for years, if it is not done, 

 they will soon begin to decay from the effect of 

 heat and moisture. 



I would advise putting the frames together 

 with screws. This will admit of your taking 

 them apart easily, after their use for the season 

 is over, without breaking or otherwise injuring 

 them, and they can be piled away in small 

 space until wanted again. If not taken apart, 

 they will be quite sure to be broken, as, from 



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