A CALENDAR 



DECEMBER 20 



Greenhouse and Franies. — Look to the Carnations and be on the 

 watch against damp. Give them as much Ught and air as possible 

 in fine, dry weather. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Give a covering of light litter to 

 any Parsnips which have been left in the ground for the frost to 

 sweeten and take care to lift them before the ground is hardened. 



Flower Garden. — Look to the Anemones and other choice plants 

 wintering out of doors, and give them due protection. 



DECEMBER 21 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look to the Auriculas and Polyan- 

 thuses and avoid all tendency to coddling them. Protection from 

 frost and damp, not heat, is what they require. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — See to the Globe Artichokes and 

 cover the crowns with small heaps of fine ashes. 



Flower Garden. — Make use of all fallen leaves, either collecting 

 them into heaps for future use or digging them in at once. 



DECEMBER 22 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Do not neglect the bulbs in the frames. 

 Be on the lookout for those that are coming forward and transfer 

 them to the greenhouse to flower. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Prepare the Asparagus bed for the 

 coming season — ^weed it and clean it thoroughly to-day. 



Flower Garden. — ^Some hardy perennials may stiU be planted 

 if the weather be mild; Solomon's Seal and Periwinkle, for instance, 

 for the shady border and the rockery respectively. 



DECEMBER 23 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look to the Violets in the frames and 

 pot up some plants for flowering in the greenhouse. 



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