CALENDAR—FEBRUARY. 379 
Forcing Dpartment.—About the end of the month, 
prepare for making up hotbeds for early cucumbers and 
melons, at least where a pit heated with hot water is notin 
use. Sow salads, carrcts, and kidney-beans on slight hot- 
beds. Sow peas in cold frames for transplanting. Force 
asparagus, sea-kale, and. rhubarb, in hotbeds in pits, in the 
‘mushroom-house, or in the open, garden by covers sur- 
rounded with litter. Give air in fine weather, and water 
sparingly, to the pinery and cucumber pit; and to other 
forcing-houses according to the progress of the-trees. At- 
tend to forced kidney-beans and strawberries. Give abun- 
dance of air to the green-house, conservatory, and alpine 
frame, but little water. Continue to force roses, kalmias, 
rhododendrons, and hardy flowers and bulbs, for the deco- 
ration of the green-house, or to be taken into the lobby or 
the drawing-room. Most of these ought to be poe and 
prepared in autumn. 
Flower Garden.— Plant dried tubers and bulbs of bor- 
der flowers, if not done in autumn; but the planting of the 
roots of the finer florists’ flowers ought to be deferred till 
next month. 
Transplant herbaceus plants and evergreen shrubs in light 
soils, if not done in autumn; also deciduous trees, shrubs, 
and hedges. Lay edgings in fine weather. 
Sow mignonette, stock, and other annuals, in pots; sow 
sweet peas, and a few hardy annuals, on a warm border. 
Give stage auriculas and carnations abundance of air; but 
keep them rather dry, to prevent damping off. 
‘FEBRUARY. 
Kitchen Garden.—Continue to trench and manure the 
quarters for early crops. Sow beans and peas in the begin- 
