1842.] 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
87 
THE COTTAGER’S CALENDAR OF GARDEN 
OPERATIONS. 
BY JOSEPH PAXTON, 
Gardener to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. 
° JANUARY. 
THE ae in bare month will be but trifling, and 
the weather may prevent them altogether ; pee should it 
be open, sal back to ess mber, and endeavour to brin 
up any a e protection of choice pian will no 
require saitieatad care; as the 
“ries h c, 
may be neatly trained, if it ne before. 
Water oes in pots sparingly, and never at the decline 
of day. 
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BeANS.—If none were sown in autumn, or have perished, some 
should now be sown, as recommended a November, for trans 
planting in March. Early Mazagan is the hardiest and mae 
- early — ne, 
CaB —Towards the end of the month, if the weather is 
coon ‘tid ‘mild aeiaee in the autumn- planted may be made eps 
est plants of Early York set one foo 
apart, f has pi Be: us 
oh —A sowing of double-blossomed Frame - Early Charlton 
ma made on a sheltered Rorset which 
bre Ah iroativing, draw the drills 
eeds for this aang crop “akon 
on sown thick. the whole of the 1 border is seg r Peas, 
ard between each row will be room enoug’ ~ is oar. - 
sned to crop between them with early Potatoes, ave Cauli- 
flower, or dw arf Kidney- “Beans, which is th 
be left betw wane 4 
merly to be the plan, even in emg s -_ 
ina plot by meer = is. now too ase in small 
ones ; this should never be done, as experience has taught that 
two rows at ood diana apart, will yield uch as three 
near together, besides the seed saved, and mid ined, by 
being enabled to crop close to them; and their place can always 
Pe. occupied 
the — they com me off. Defer sowing if the 
a ; 
Ss, remain 
S$ pu 
he ground ; the 
rom severe ghar toni 
ma aye adit y Fern 
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if Pai gs or snow eae prevented the operations reco 
cant 
ge N 
undug a5 this time; yet that which 
far ad- 
dig or ridge it 
ate a more harm will be done than 
a short delay will occasion if the ground is trod or worked 
te; sh 
when ina 
roe readily ‘m ae on b 
at regular distan 
Brea may be made this month of Early 
Lone pod, wo aris iti eget ond me feet ot a ae 
od ve : good distance from each other 
fo ~xer8 
Planted as an edging to 
parpeabe for which Onions are 
Py a 3 draw a drill about three 
“last month, the Ravine 
Cu @ ma: i 0 This 
tt in md soil or situation, and docs well 
® back wall; it ‘may be used: forall 
— 
& pany and Sheltered tae for a sowing of 
a be covered = from sévere weather, for 
y light litter will do; they 
 opporiaaay. The Scarlet 
1 ee Bal haut few besa ed 
rt _ ae ieieveaee 
» bu 
caeler. favourabie 
t kind top 
etces may bo 8 
Ses-KAre 
if new plantations 
ot made in Jul er 
: Avsust, they may oe now; ee old beds shod ’ cleaned, and 
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in rows, they should 
ie = and a ie of See the 
poe new three years 
and tie te Rasphernics, and 
will be found t 
~ Prune | make fresh planta- 
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latter end of the tone ‘the — crop should be sown ; 
e 
useful little plant seit | 
of covering now, 
n rich loamy soil; draw t drills about two, inches deep (if 
patie in a bed) and five inches apart ; egg ~ a for having 
t buds, i he firs’ 
i d oa in their Bg pa of growth bad 
mely s susceptible of frost, some covering should be gi 
them if it occur. 
Roses.—Chinese kinds, and those of ae na growth, should now w be 
goa but do not shorten strong- 
those Aiiocts intended to produce wood tag t season. Benne oad 
also be plan’ 
ted, and the soil for — cama ix too rich, 
Thorn or Privet hedges may be c 
MARCH. 
most important month for getting in main crops o 
tse: be is proverbial we boisterous weather, but with 
a Ba rv of w 
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ared as we have recom 
me nded, or o di ga Be ther 
yet remains a ieee not ipbkes of, wig ts 
portant in wip garden—namely, a fon er cet of 
although the same plot may produce for 
several one a good c sabi of Onions, for instance 
by bein gin red, it is, 
tice ; awd 
elery, Pota 
thought of now. 
erised 
diately yee gant a ‘short 
ne weather May h chet whilst s ofa 
texture dug flat will be quite wet 
VEGETA ame: 
ry te pte eg er mar the’plants from the autumn- 
rae: Jatterien transplanted in rows, across a ig me , about 
tw doet apart but if ~ ee Intended ¢ to crop betw hem, which is 
the best plan, with early Cauliflower or Celery, they should then be 
set at greater d 
fhe working. 
early purple sprout- 
pot sown n pee sere i the dwarf 
late eumple-t “a ‘the March’ fol Le ing, recat op gh 
CaBBacE.—In the first eee ek, Sow On 
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first open weather, a few Early Horn may be sown’ 
use before the main -crop is ae eee 
se, and th 
in: sutumn 
¢ scraping: of ame a dry, will 
corporal 
this 
3 for stron: maou; Ws 
dan excellent dressing ; if it is well » 
it will keep the earth open and enrich it also ; 
used: much more expeditiously, besides a more re- 
isposed crop and a saving of seed; old roots may now be 
planted to ieee seeds. 
LIFLO w in warm situation for the summer supply to 
; choose a piece of the lightest and richest 
reais seed Mesias and aoe and ad 
taht tye 
nevi 
aaa rt et cee etre Celery for 
an hts cann srocured fro gard 
and in nthe absence of eae , Sow seed ina Yor ete 
with ; . oose any out-of-the-way situation, rd 
it is ‘hem up an tnsighl pis and not easily eradicated ‘except by 
a 
Lerxs.—Sow the broad- sag! London in a warm situation the 
ser pays opportunity. e seed should be scattered thinly 
small bed, and sortie th ‘ghey fom the my beating it in 
with the head head of the dros Aye levelling the thc 
sits he peneeched trom 
mai which have 
if Cab 
may te Fc has eh 
fey be co 
Mint.—Roots laa te tiided. Man new coe ope 
ONIONS ro be sown ae ‘the ry of the moat, “oF Geis, 
if ‘the: weathe mes ire 
plants. | beds 
een'’s Seedlings, fie jie fan te after coveri 
Pars.iry should be so the first favourable pi “ah 
ce 
rei usually fag sx or seven weoks before i nag ap 
above-ground ; it may ad sown as an to the walk or on @ 
border, When put in poten gy the dais shoul be drawn — 
| Elst Se ei Srna eye ne 
oes fi - : t, six or t ay on covering 
let the baer lt, = = are full-grown, any 
ng uncur ee id be drawn as soon as the 
earliest leaves begin to turn yellow a portion may be cut over close 
© ground in succession; this will cause the plants to produce 
gr in i 
finer leaves, and stand the winter 
PARSNEPS.— ‘Teenes sho shoal be sown at ‘the same time and on an ad- 
joining piece to the Carrots, as they require similar treatment; the 
Scie. Be! for these shoul be about one and a half inches deep, and one 
‘00 Sree ere Ginhi, and 
apart 
should ip le grown largely b; cottager ; boiled and eaten 
with salt fish or meat in the spring, they are delicious, and co 
with them yield an abundance of milk ; in in sowing them, three or four 
seeds may be dropt in - nd e drills, six or eight inches apart. ‘The 
hollow crown Row: apie 
PEAs.— of Dwarf Blue Imperial or Blue 
Prussian— wake “oth or, ‘shout th a feet pond ee nie or 
more prolific Peas can be sown 
rare : eee eno 
the earl, as s00n 
sticked they act a 
ing drills, ether make one wide at thet bottom, “* aoe double aris, 
range 
y 
too soo 
; the rows should alwa: h and sow 
Por. —This is by far the most important plant we have to 
speak of: fs and although the season for th _ 
he introducing the subject, that some of the 
features in its 1 culture may be impressed on the mind, 
Various interesting exp Cpephiconee have been upon the manner ¢ 
growing this root, which we might detail, but we wil re ourselve 
in this prod with iving the modes of treatm which hay 
proved the best. The time of planting ; depends a good pe upon a 
have succeded w 
from the end of February to the same time in June, yet either ver 
early or late planting pe oe ene aoe shall, however, d 
method which in d warm s' ions will y 
trouble either for home signaienlion or rape a view to profit—this 
plan is practi Lancas and many p 
Ceeeeaks 
ised in hire, onshire, s of Ire- 
land, and is termed the “‘ lazy-bed” plan ‘ormed as 
follows :—-Mark out the ground, four feet and a half for the beds, and 
two feet for the alleys; then remove about four i off the surface 
the beds into the alleys, afte the beds ; and if the soil 
is not in good heart, under the Potatoes if at 
all heavy, but if very light place it above them. By putting manure 
under early Potatoes on strong soil, ad The sets, 
which should be good- coe of the Ash-leaved Kidney, 
arf-growing early 
lanted Shout eight inches ail all over the 
m carefully with their crown 
surface, p g them ; they 
will then rise x okt cae: a, 4 bee on their sides ~eyes of 
Potatoe bear the ce to those at ‘the erage te ter 
minal buds of feese d6%6 taatonee er ones ; should the Pobaibes be # 
large as to make two sets, crown and plant 
each by themselves, and they will form a succession. ook kong 
should not be used for planting at this or indeed van tend 
very 
small gardens this plan may be slayted with on success ata = gr 
period with dwarf-growing kinds. 
_RapisH.—Some seed of the Scarlet Short- ae and Turni 
red with the main crops of 
dn, ; however I pears ie and the pee ge 
panes fox a chi 
sea 
which is readily done, they are not only. depraeed in flavour 5 
come to per — earticr but peal | begs quantity only pig oes “ 
required ; mplish ‘this. to exclude the 
light; a Large fl “flower-pot or id. tien eee do this, ara few 
covpred ie fern or straw, or any similar means 
dictate. If the crowns haye been mulchet 
as sicianas 
a winte csi oil ee eae arded, 
ACH vay. honpwe. between Peas or Beans, or by itself, but ig 
not acrop to be recommended at this season - a cottage-garden, 
— neither nourishing as food, or durable as Top. 
aan sibantiand » few of os Bix Weeks Turnip may 
haaoaee upon a Phogheg Slobing, foray ant ane 
very scarce; the border power igre a sloping form 
ates ate oh aI water. 
