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CALENDARIAL INDEX 



OF 



THE MORE REMARKABLE OPERATIONS. 



January. — Put a pot of iJbsa odorata in the 

 hot-house, to produce young shoots for cuttings, 



February. — Prepare, by ringing, plants of 

 Pffibnia Moutan for propagation, in Maund's 

 manner, 102; put potatoes in a warm room to 

 sprout for seed, 178 ; put plants of liusn odo- 

 rata, or other China roses, in the hot-house, in 

 order to produce young shoots for cuttings, 428 ; 

 sow potato seeds for the purpose of obtaining 

 new kinds, 440. 



March. — Sow tobacco seeds on a hotbed, for 

 transplantation in May, 271. 



April. — Steep branches of lime trees in water, 

 preparatory to procuring bass for matting from 

 them, 656. 



May. — Harden tobacco plants raised in a 

 hotbed, by exposing them to the air, 273. 



June. — Pinch off the points of shoots of tim- 

 ber trees, in Mr. Billington's manner, 38. 



July. — Repeat Mr. Capper's experiments 

 on the anatomy of the vine, 137 ; prove Mr. 

 Capper's experiments in the last week of the 

 month, 264 ; take up Ranunculus roots, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Tyso's mode of culture, 549. 



August. — Pinch off the terminal shoots of 

 trees in Mr. Billington's manner, second time 

 for the season, 38 ; prove Mr. Capper's experi- 

 ments in the first week of the month, 264; ga- 

 ther tobacco leaves, 271 ; sow Ranunculus seed 

 according to Mr. Tyso's mode of culture, 549. 



September. — Pinch off the terminal shoots of 

 trees in Mr. Billington's manner, second time 

 for the season, if not done in August, 38 ; plant 

 Chenopodium B&nus Henricus as a spinach 

 plant, 188; sow lettuce on a spent melon bed for 

 forcing during winter, in the Dutch manner, as 

 practised by M. Lindegaard, 690. 



October. — Plant potatoes for an early crop, 

 59. and 178. 



November. — Cover American plants in ex- 

 posed situations with common laurel boughs, 

 425 ; prick out seedling auriculas, sown in the 

 preceding August, 426 ; sow peas in pots about 

 the 10th, for an early crop, 555. 



December. — Prick out seedling auriculas 

 sown in the preceding August, according to the 

 method practised with so much success by Mr. 

 P. Cornfield, Commercial Florist, of North- 

 ampton, if not done in November, 426. 



*** For a complete Cottager's Gardener's Calendar, for one year, see p. 190. ; and 

 for a Cottager's Husbandry Calendar, for one year, see p. 193. 



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