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hepaticas, &c, will now bud and flower, if the weather is genial ; 

 and the crocus and snowdrop will put forth their blooms to meet 

 the sun on his returning march. 



About the end of this month, you may begin to sow the hardy 

 annuals. I prefer April, but it may not be convenient always to 

 wait so long ; therefore sow now the seeds of hawkweed, lavatera, 

 Venus's looking-glass, Venus's navelwort, candytuft, larkspurs, 

 lupines, convolvulus, flos Adonis, dwarf lychnis, nigelia, annual 

 sunflowers, &c. 



This month, you may plant and transplant, fearlessly, all hardy, 

 fibrous-rooted flowering perennials and biennials, such as saxifrage, 

 gentianella, hepaticas, violets, primroses of all sorts, polyanthuses, 

 double daisies, thrift, <fcc. ; rose campions, rockets, campanulas, 

 sweet-williams, hollyhocks, scarlet lychnis, carnations, pinks, 

 monk's-hood, perennial asters and sunflowers, &c. 



Plant cuttings of roses, honeysuckles, and jasmines. 



If the weather is mild, you may transplant many kinds of 

 evergreen shrubs, such as phillyreas, alaternuses, laurels, laurus- 

 tinus, pyracanthas, cistuses, &c. Let there be a ball of earth 

 round their roots, when you take them out of the ground. 



If box edging is required, plant it now ; water it, and the plants 

 will soon root. 



Dig the borders, carefully and lightly, with your garden fork ; 

 make the garden look neat, and free from weeds ; clear away 

 dead leaves ; sweep the lawn and walks : and let spring advance 

 in its proper order. 



MARCH. 



Now plant away. Evergreens cannot be moved at a better 

 period. Deciduous flowering shrubs may also be still planted, 

 such as Althaea frutex, syringas, roses, honeysuckles, mezereons, 



