CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS—JANUARY. 3 
rity, after which the seeds are extracted with a very moderate 
degree of heat compared to what is necessary for such as have 
been gathered before undergoing the influence of severe 
frost ; all sorts of pine, fir, and larch cones may now be 
collected and the seeds extracted. If gathered in dry weather 
they may be stored in a dry place to any depth, but larch 
cones suffer if stored in a wet state. The extracting of the 
seeds from cones can be accomplished during weather un- 
suitable for most out-door operations. The modes of pro- 
cedure are detailed under the names of the trees—Scotch 
pines, larch, ete. 
If the texture of the soil in any part of the nursery ground 
requires to be improved, frosty weather will be found suitable 
for carting and applying heavy loam to such parts as are of a 
loose and sandy description, and light sandy or peat soil, 
ete., to such parts as are tenacious and apt to harden in dry 
weather. 
Nursery ground that has been frequently cropped with 
various plants, is greatly renovated by a coating of fresh clean 
soil ; that from a field after a potato or turnip crop is very 
suitable, and where it is applied early in winter it has the 
best effect. 
As hawthorn springs earlier than almost any other nursery 
plant, its transplantation both into hedges and nursery lines 
should be completed now, or before the buds expand. 
Trench ground, and forward all operations preparatory for 
the hurry of spring. 
Turn over manure-heaps, compost and leaf heaps, that they 
may become pulverized. 
FEBRUARY. 
The operations recommended during last month are suitable 
for a like state of weather during this month. If the weather 
is suitable, continue to transplant all sorts of forest trees into 
the forest, and also into nursery lines; plant hedges, etc. 
Complete plantations on dry ground. 
