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KALENDARIAL INDEX. 



2. Kalendar of vegetable nature round 

 London. 



In the first week : the daffodil (Narcissus pseudo- 

 narc/ssusi, the garden-hyacinth (Hyacinthus orieit- 

 talis), the wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri), the cowslip 

 Primula officinalis), the periwinkle (Pinca), sloe 

 Prunus spinosa), and various other herbs and trees 

 in flower. 



Second week: the ground-ivy (Glecoma hederacea), 

 gentianella (Gentiana acaulis), pulmonaria virginica, 

 the auricula, iberis sempervirens, cynoglossum om- 

 phaloides, and most of the common fruit-trees, and 

 fruit-shrubs in flower. 



Third week : some robinias, andromedze, kalmiae, 

 and other American shrubs ; daphne laureola, ulmus 

 campestris, chrysosplenium oppositifohum, mercu- 

 rialis perennis, and other plants, in flower. 



Fourth week: the beech (Fagus) and elm (Ulmus) 

 in flower ; ivy-berries drop from the racemes ; the 

 larch in leaf, and the tulip and some white narcissi 

 and fritillaries in flower. 



3. Kitchen-.garden Culinary vegetables. 



Sow seakale for a full breadth ; lettuce, small sa- 

 lads, and radishes, twice or thrice in the month. Peas 

 and beans (3601. and 3617.), broccoli thrice (3555.), 

 borecoles in the first week (3529.), cabbages and 

 savoys twice (3492. and 3519.), spinage for succession 

 (3771.), turnips twice (3698.), silver-skinned onions 

 every three weeks during summer for drawing; 

 onions, leeks, and cardoons, in the first week, for 

 a general crop (3929.) ; celery, in the first fortnight, 

 for a general crop (4603.), mustard for seed (4027.), 

 carrots, in the second or third week, for a main 

 crop (3717.), kidneybeans, in the second week, for 

 an early, and in the last week for a late crop (3634.); 

 asparagus and parsneps, in the first or second week, 

 but not later (3727.) ; red beet, in the third week, 

 for a full crop, and also nasturtiums, salsify, scor- 

 zonera and skirret. (3740.) Sow culinary aromatics 

 and herbs, if not done in March. (4131.) 



Propagate by bulbs and dried roots. (1987.) Finish 

 planting the main crops of potatoes. (3676.) 



Propagate perennial culinary plants by slips and 

 offsets, as all the pot-herbs, aromatics, &c. (1988.) 



Transplant lettuce, cabbages, seakale, celery, 

 and cauliflowers. (2079.) 



Dress artichoke and asparagus beds, or compart- 

 ments. (3925. and 3884.) Hoe and thin spinage, onions, 

 turnips ; earth up cauliflowers and cabbages, seakale 

 for blanching, peas, beans, and potatoes. Stick peas, 

 tie up lettuces, destroy weeds, and stir the ground 

 in fine weather. (2591.) 



Attend to insects, and . to the store-room. (2280. 



4. Hardy fruit department. 



Plant cherries, plums, apples, and pears, till the 

 10th ; apricots and gooseberries till the 5th ; peaches 

 and nectarines till the 15th ; but defer till autumn 

 what you cannot accomplish by this period, unless 

 the season is unusually backward. (20?7.) 



Protect as in last month. (2206.) 



Prune, if you have delayed it ; but expect vines 

 to bleed, and stone-fruits in general to be much 

 injured by the operation, if not performed very 

 early in the month, and even that is too late. In 

 the last days of the month, rub oft' the buds 

 of vines which appear where you do not wish 

 shoots. (4826.) 



Routine culture. Water, mulch, stake, and fence. 

 Weed strawberry-beds, and pinch off runners, 

 where you do not wish to have young plants. 



Destroy insects, and especially the thrips, which 

 will begin to appear on forward peach-trees ; pick 

 off caterpillars. (2280.) 



Fruit-room. Turn, pick, wipe, and air the more 

 choice dessert fruits ; and look also to the baking 

 apples and pears. (2298.) 



Fruit-cellar. Attend to the temperature, and 

 never break open a cask till you are in want of its 

 contents. (2299.) 



5. Culinary hot-house department. 

 Glass-case without artificial heat. If the season 



is backward, sow in the first week kidneybeans, to 

 be protected till the weather is mild. (2686.) 



Hot-beds. Continue preparing a succession of beds 

 for ridging and hilling out cucumbers and melons. 

 Sow, transplant, shift, &c. all esculents, or pot-herbs, 

 which are tender annuals, as gourd, basil, love- 

 apple, capsicum. Maintain the proper degrees of 



heat by linings. See to pine-suckers. Plant crowns 

 and suckers taken off in the winter. (2712. to 2717.) 



Pinery. Attend to routine culture : shift the 

 plants, reinforce the bottom heat, water and give 

 air as judgment founded on experience, reflection,, 

 and vigilant attention shall direct. The pine is a 

 very difficult plant to kill, but it requires constant 

 and powerful heat, and rich loamy soil, and also 

 water more abundantly than is often given to it, to 

 produce large, well flavored fruit ; attend to minor 

 articles grown or forced in the pinery, as vines, 

 fruit-trees in pots, cucumbers, kidneybeans, and 

 strawberries. (3338.) 



Forcing department. All that it is proper, in our 

 opinion, to say here, is " guard against supineness : 

 there is much less danger from your ignorance than 

 from your indifference or want of vigilance." (2360.) 



6. Flower-garden. Open ground de- 

 partment. 



Sow annuals ; all the sorts for a main crop, or for 

 a succession, if you have sown them in March (6507.) ; 

 half-hardy annuals in warm borders there to re- 

 main. (6513.) Biennials and perennials should be 

 sown as early in the month as possible. 



Propagate by rooted and unrooted slips and off- 

 sets. (1988.) 



Transplant all sorts from the nursery to the bor- 

 ders (2079.) ; tender and half-hardy annuals from the 

 hot-beds to the borders. (6503.) 



Routine culture. Weed, hoe, rake, stir the sur- 

 face, remove all decayed leaves and stalks as soon as 

 the plants have done flowering, unless you select a 

 stalk or two occasionally for seed. Never leave all 

 the flower-stems for this purpose, and seldom all 

 the pods or seed-vessels which are on a stem, as that 

 would weaken the plants. 



Protect your auriculas from the extremes of every 

 description of weather : if placed on a stage facing 

 the north, or set on a shaded paved platform about 

 three feet high, they will be better than if conti- 

 nued in the frames. (6383. and 6384.) 



Destroy insects, and especially pick the grubs 

 from the leaves of rose-trees : if you do not attend 

 to this, you will have no blow worth looking at. 

 (2280.) 



7. Flower-garden. Hot-house depart- 

 ment. 



Glass case without artificial heat. Alpines may 

 now be entirely uncovered, and also prolonged an- 

 nuals and most half-hardy sorts ; a few half-hardy 

 annuals may still be sown, if not done in proper 

 season. (6513.) 



Hot-beds and pits. Shift frequently such tender 

 annuals as you mean to come to a handsome size, 

 more especially balsams. (6481.) Sow more seed, if 

 you have not enough of plants ; plant out some in 

 the borders to grow strong broad plants, especially 

 balsams and combs in very warm situations. Plant 

 tuberose roots, and shift those which are coming 

 forward, if they appear to be stinted in their growth. 

 (6323.) Attend to pots of cuttings, and seedlings 

 from either of the following departments (6683.) : 



Green-house. Fire-heat may generally be dis- 

 pensed with in this month. Go on propagating by 

 all the methods in use ; this is the fittest season 

 of the year : a good deal depends on taking off, 

 making, and putting in the cuttings, but nothing 

 will answer, if constant attention is not paid to keep 

 them in a medium state as to air, heat, and mois- 

 ture afterwards. (6634.) 



Dry-stove. No fire will here be necessary, except- 

 ing when the thermometer in the open air is under 

 40 deg. or 42 deg. Propagate by the usual means, 

 which in general for succulents is cuttings ; attend 

 to bulbs now coming into flower. (6654. and 6658.) 



Bark or moist stove. Go on, as in last month, 

 shifting, propagating, and stimulating as the nature 

 of the different hot-house plants requires, and as 

 your views or duties inculcate : never forget neat- 

 ness, and removal of dust, insects, &c. (6688. to 6716.) 



8. Pleasure-ground and shrubbery. 



Plant (2077.) such sorts of deciduous shrubs as you 

 deemed too tender to plant last month ; but finish 

 this work in the first week. Plant a few roses as 

 late as you can, in order to retard their coming into 

 bloom : or, if you can afford the time and room, 

 place potted roses in the ice-cold cellar in autumn, 

 and do not take them out till the August following, 

 by this means you will have a fine show in October 



