1852.] THE PHILADELPHIA FLO RIST. 29 



: orients, enumerating: extent of ground, quantity of glass, &c. &c, and ^% ) 



T any other desirable information. c, , 



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Resolved, That said Committee be authorized to employ Amanuen- \ 



sis if required, and take such other measures as to present to this 

 Society on or before the Monthly Meeting in November next, a full 

 report of all the Establishments around the City. Passed nem. con. 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS, 



Written by Practical Gardeners, for the Philadelphia Florist, 



APRIL AND MAY. 



Oh, such a Spring after so severe a Winter! and preceded by such 

 a hot and parched and dry Summer ! Yet this is only as it should be. 

 The renovating frosts destroy the germs of disease and impurity, 

 cleanse and invigorate Nature after summer's drowsy heat. 



The snow adds in its mysterious way to the fertility of the soil, pro- 

 bably as the special absorbent and conductor of ammonia, preserves 

 the herbage from cutting winds, and wraps the face of Nature in still- 

 ness while she sleeps. And now the heavy rains are falling to re- 

 plenish the springs, and streams and rivers, and irrigate the plains so 

 that, against the solstice next approaching, u by the scent of water all 

 green things shall bud and blossom throughout the land." With this 

 effusion our contributor begins a little abruptly the 



CALENDAR. 



Shrubs, ornamental and ugly, n ust be trimmed and relieved of all 

 dead and unsightly branches and shoots. The extreme frost of the 

 last rude season, has left none too much to cut. 



Roses, must now be finished ; all pruning must be got through with, 

 and the mind of the Gardener relieved of it for good. Vegetable 

 seeds are sown to some extent, such as Peas, Spinach, Parsnip, Carrot, 

 &C. Onions have been planted — go on sowing Peas at regular inter- 

 vals of two weeks; a few rows at. a time, to keep up a succession of 

 this most desirable legurna. Beans also, as soon as is safe or advisable, 

 which must be left to the judgment of the weather-wise gardener ; sow 

 however, in regular succession when once commenced ; the honest 

 seedsman will tell you the best sorts according to peculiar circum- 

 stances ; Cauliflowers or Chou-flturs, are now being cut, and forming 

 heads in frames ; salading is in good order, where carefully tended 

 during the past winter. 



Cabbages, are beginning to stir out of close quarters, as well as 

 many other prisoners who do not fraternise with Master Frost. But, 

 why do 1 write 1 all Cabbage gardeners know these things. (Our 

 correspondent writes for Amateurs,) Well, what they know does them 

 as little harm as what they don't know — Strawberry plantations are 

 no doubt completed ; we shall watch this nice fruit, and learn all 

 about it, and then try to teach what has been learnt — there are 

 fl many strange systems in our day ! / 



Potatoes, have got a cold wet bed to start in, this spring, we hope -A. 

 f^they may not rot, especially those which cost four dollars per bushel. J^J 



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