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MONTHLY CALENDAR. 



The object of this Calendar is to furnish in a condensed- 

 form, monthly directions for the culture of some plants not 

 previously mentioned in this work ; and also to direct the 

 reader's attention to the regular management of such plants 

 as have been heretofore treated of. In pursuit of the 

 jatter object, references will be made to former pages, so as 

 to exhibit, at one view, the business of the garden in each 

 month of the year. The iigures refer to the pages in which 

 further directions may be found relative to the operations 

 adverted to» 



JANUARY. 



'Prognostics foretoken most truly some things, 

 Of Summers, and Autumns, and Winters, and Springs; 

 By them from the past we may all ascertain 

 The future, respecting the winds and the rain." 



Having shown in page 104, that Heat, Air, and Water, are 

 the food of plants, and necessary to the preservation of 

 their health and life, if given in due proportion according 

 to circumstances, I would, at this season of the year 

 especially, salute the gardener with a "be ye temperate in 

 all things." 



Temperance in the use of water, is of the utmost impor- 

 tance in the Winter season, for several reasons which may 

 be given. In the first place, water will attract frost, and, 

 therefore, should be used very sparingly in frosty weather ; 



