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PROPAGATOR'S CALENDAR. 



JANUAEY. 



Kitchen and Hardy-Fruit Garden. Order seeds. Sow French Beans, 

 Salading, Peas (on turves), Celery, and Cauliflowers on a gentle hotbed or 

 iu the early fruit-houses. Start early Ashleaf and other Potatoes in shal- 

 low boxes. Plant Rhubarb, Seakale, Asparagus, and herbs. Sow 

 Tomatoes and Egg-plants and Vegetable Marrows for fruiting early in 

 frames. Make up Mushroom ridges outside ready for spawning next 

 month. Sow early Cabbage and Celery in frames or boxes. Sow Rad- 

 ishes and Lettuce. Sow a few Peas, Mazagan Beans, Spinach, Radishes, 

 and Horn Carrots on a warm south border. Sweet Basil and Marjoram 

 may now be sown in heat. Hotbeds made last month will now be use- 

 ful for forwarding early crops : those made of two parts of leaves to one 

 of litter are best for Turnips, Cauliflowers, Lettuce, Celery, Tomatoes, 

 Melons, Cucumbers, and Marrows. Plant Jerusalem Artichokes. Make 

 plantations of Horse-radish either by dibbling in roots deeply with a crow- 

 bar or by planting at regular distances apart in well-manured trenches 2 to 3 

 feet deep. Grafting may be commenced in the case of Apples, Pears, 

 Plums, and other hardy fruit-trees ; and if not already done, now is a good 

 time to select suitable scions or grafts from fruit-trees of well-known ex- 

 cellence. If the weather is cold and frosty, grafting may be deferred for a 

 few weeks, and scions cut now may be buried on a north border until 

 wanted. Trim up stocks and prepare grafting materials of all kinds. 

 Now is a good time to look after Quince, Paradise, Doucin, Plum, or 

 Brompton Almond, and other fruit-tree stocks for next year's work. Sow 

 Plum, Almond, and Peach stones, and pips of Apples and Pears, during 

 dry and sunny weather. 



Flower-Garden and Shrubbery. Propagate Echeverias and Semper- 

 vivums for edgings from cuttings, offsets, or leaves. Sow Sweet - peas, 

 Canary Creepers and other Tropseolums, Mignonette, Stocks, and other 

 annuals, in boxes on a gentle heat. Propagate herbaceous, rock, and 

 border plants by division. Plant Aconites, Snowdrops, Crocus, and other 

 hardy bulbs, if not done in the autumn. Dig up Musk roots for potting. 

 Look to the root-stocks or tubers of sub-tropical plants, and propagate 

 Wigandias, Solanums, Ficus, &c., from cuttings. Verbenas and Lobelias 

 may now be topped, and the tops struck as cuttings, replacing the stock 

 plants near the light. See that all seeds are in proper order for sowing 



