A YEAR'S GARDENING 



JANUARY 25 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Prepare hot-bed for forcing 

 Asparagus^ 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden.— Mulcti the ground around Goose- 

 berry and Currant bushes with half -rotten manure. 



Flower Garden.— Complete the last two days' work by planting 

 Poppy Anemones about 2 inches deep and 6 inches apart. 



JANUARY 26 



Greenhouse and Frames.— Vot corms of Gladiolus in compost of 

 sandy loam and cover with cocoa-nut fibre. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden.— Protect the buds of the Gooseberry 

 and Currant bushes from the depredations of birds by winding black 

 cotton among the branches of the bushes. 



Flower Garden.— Look to the Carnations, and if they are be- 

 ginning to make shoots, protect them from the attacks of birds by 

 fixing a few sticks around them and by winding several strands of 

 black cotton from stick to stick. 



JANUARY 27 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Sow Fern spores in seed-pans, covering 

 with piece of glass shaded by paper, as they germinate more quickly 

 in the dark. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Make a fresh plantation of Rasp- 

 berry canes. 



Flower Garden. — Sow Sweet Peas in a warm border for early 

 flowering. 



JANUARY 28 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look through Ferns and pot any re- 

 quiring it. Look to the Mushroom beds and see that they have 

 sufficient covering to protect them from frost. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Prune out-door Vines, unless al- 

 ready done, as if longer deferred the sap will have begun to rise and 

 the wounds made by pruning will be likely to bleed. 



Flower Garden. — Prepare beds for the main sowing of hardy 

 annuals. 



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