CALENDAR 



The instructions given in the following calendar are, 

 of course, adapted to the climate of Britain, where the 

 cold is more enduring and greater in the average, but 

 not so excessive as that usually experienced in the 

 winters' of the United States, especially those of the 

 northern and middle regions, where little if any work 

 can be done in the open air, in the kitchen or flower 

 gardens, during the months of January and February. 

 Now and then, in the latter month, when the frost may 

 happen to leave the earth for a brief period, the plant- 

 ing of some kinds of early peas, cabbages, with a few 

 others of the more early vegetables, may be effected. In 

 the more southerly portions of the Union, many of the 

 instructions given in the calendar for January and 

 February may be followed out, whilst those adapted to 

 the condition of things in the hot months of June and 

 July would require much greater modification. Seeing 

 the great differences presented by the American climate 

 during the same months in the various latitudes, we 

 have chosen to give the English Calendar with little al- 

 teration, trusting to the good common sense of the 

 American gardeners to make use of the valuable sug- 

 gestions and directions which it contains, Avith such 

 modifications as they may find requisite to adapt them 



