A CALENDAR 



MARCH 9 



Gremhouse and Frames. — ^Make a first sowing, either in pans in 

 the house or on a hot-bed, of some half-hardy annuals. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Sow Spinach and Spinach-beet. 



Flower Garden. — Fork over the flower beds so as to expose a new 

 surface to the air. ^ 



MARCH ID 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Sow seeds of Canna singly, in 2-in. pots 

 filled with a compost of two parts loam and one part leaf mould. 

 Soak the seeds previously for twenty-four hours in tepid water, 

 file a notch in the shell to allow them to germinate more readily, and 

 place them about half an inch deep in the soil. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Make another plantation of Sea- 

 kale; also make a smaU sowing. 



Flower Garden. — ^See that all seed beds are protected from the 

 attacks of birds. 



MARCH II 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Sow seeds of Chinese Primula {Primula 

 Sinensis) in clean, weU-drained pots filled with a compost of fibrous 

 loam and leaf mould with a httle silver sand. Cover seeds very 

 thinly, place a piece of glass over each pot, and stand the pots in a 

 temperature of 55° to 60°. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Complete yesterday's operations. 



Flower Garden. — ^Support Hyacinths, Tulips, etc., with sticks 

 as soon as they need them. 



MARCH 12 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Take cuttings of such Fuchsias as you 

 wish to propagate. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Sow the maia crop of Parsnips in 

 well-dug, friable soil. ' 



Flower Garden. — Give a liberal top-dressing to the Rhododendron 

 beds. 



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