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Fruit Garden. — Cut and nail in vines, pears, cherries, and plums 

 against walls and fences ; apricots and peaches are more safely left till 

 next month, or rather till the buds hegin to swell. Thin standard and 

 dwarf trees of decayed and superfluous wood. Plant fruit trees, if 

 favourable weather ; prune gooseberries and currants and other fruit 

 shrubs ; prepare and plant cuttings of the two former, and suckers of 

 the latter, to plant in a nursery 3 take oSF the shoot buds of the goose- 

 berries and currants as far as they are to be planted in the ground, 

 so doing prevents the stems of the future bushes from being always 

 pestered with suckers : it will not prevent the cutting from striking. 



Flower Garden and Shrubbery. — In this little can be done this 

 month, except planting hardy roots and bulbs, and protecting by cover- 

 ing those planted in autumn : j)lant deciduous trees and shrubs. Sow 

 sweet-peas to succeed those sown in November ; roll, poll, and sweep 

 grass walks, verges, and lawns ; keep them clear from leaves and rub- 

 bish 3 root out dandelions and docks, if there. Plant box edgings. 



Forcing Ground. — Attend to articles sown on heat in December. 

 If you want them early, you may now force radishes on slight heat 

 under frames, asparagus, potatoes, French beans, rhubarb, seacale, 

 strawberries in pots. Where you have the convenience of a green- 

 house, many things may be forwarded in this way. Cucumbers and 

 melons now require particular attention, to keep up the heat equally 

 by linings and coverings. Son: for next month. 



Green-House. — Pick oflF decayed leaves, water sparingly, give air 

 freely in mild dry days j light fires, not to promote growth, but to 

 keep out frost, and to dry up damps. Cover potted stocks and other 

 plants in frames during hard frost. 



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Kitchen Garden. — Whatever was mentioned as proper to be done 

 last month, and was not performed, maybe done this, either in sowing, 

 planting or pruning : if your land is light and dry, you may sow onions 

 for a main crop towards the close of the month, but on cold and heavy 

 soils it is better to wait to the middle of March 5 earth up celery, if you 

 have any left unearthed. Tlant beans for a full crop about the middle 

 of the month. Sow peas in succession as they are hkely to be wanted, 

 radishes under straw covering, coss lettuce on heat to transplant ; on 

 light rich soils lettuces may be sown broadcast, or drilled 5 they will, if 

 they escape slugs and other vermin, be nearly as forward as those now 

 sown on heat ; the frost will seldom injure them. If you have good 

 strong plants of the coss lettuces which, sown in October, in the frames, 



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