A YEAR'S GARDENING 



FEBRUARY 2 



Greenhouse and Frames.— Look through the plants in the house 

 and wash the leaves of those which need it. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Plant Jerusalem Artichokes in any 

 waste ground or corner of the garden which may be suitable for 

 them. 



Flower Garden. — ^Top-dress hardy Ferns with leaf-mould or well- 

 decayed manure. 



FEBRUARY 3 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Make a careful inspection for green-fly, 

 especially on Calceolaria and Cineraria. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — If the ground be dry enough, plant 

 a few rows of Potatoes for an early crop. 



Flower Garden. — ^Top-dress Ivy grown as edging with loam and 

 weU-rotted manure. 



FEBRUARY 4 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look to the Strawberry plants. They 

 should now be put near the glass and given as much air as possible. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Prune nut bushes — such as 

 Filberts and Cobnuts — cutting away shoots or branches that have 

 borne catkins only. 



Flower Garden.— ¥la.nt Herbaceous Phloxes, first digging soil 

 two spits deep and putting in a layer of rotten manure between 

 first and second spit. 



FEBRUARY 5 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Make a fresh potting of Strawberry 

 plants for fruiting in April. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — If the pruning of fruit trees was not 

 completed last month it should now be done without delay. 



Flower Garden. — ^Attend to herbaceous borders, gently forking 

 over the ground. Divide and re-arrange the plants where necessary. 



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