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THE GARDENER. 



[feb. 



You will find that celen^ gives a good preparation for 

 carrots, turnips, parsnips, onions, and early caulidow- 

 ers, or for peas with potatoes and winter greens or 

 brocoK between the rows. Autumn sown onions may 

 be succeeded by spinach, lettuce, and early cau- 

 liflowers by autumn onions, Sprint: s:wn o:iions will 

 be advantageously succeeded by cabba^^'es in beds, 

 with scarlet runners between : and if the cabbages 

 stand all summer ai:d next winter the ground will 

 come in, in the spring, alonsr with brccoli ground for 

 celery, potatoes and peas — the peas sown on the ridges. 



During rain you can find employment, besides what 

 the stovehouses and conservatories afibrd. in maldng 

 and repairing mats and straw covers, shades for Dah- 

 lias, prepai'ing stakes, cutting shreds, making paper 

 bags for the bulbs of next year. kc. 6cc. 



If the season be mild you may sow, towards the 

 close of the month, a great variety of seeds in the 

 open air, but do not be tempted to sow by a pet day, 

 which may be succeeded by a deluge of rain and heavy 

 frost. If however seeds and labour are of no great va- 

 lue to you. there can be no objection to your adven- 

 turing a little in warm borders, for the sake of obtain- 

 ing eai'ly productions — Cai^rots for instance : but be 

 prudent in this particular-. Kidney-beans are so deH- 

 cate, that there is no use in sowin;^ them yet out of 

 doors, at least without some ai-tificial protection. Peas 

 and beans should be sown for succession, and salading 

 and early cabbages should be planted out, as well as 

 rocambole (Spanish shallot^' and Jerusalem artichokes. 

 Seakale may now be abundantly forced in the open 

 gai*den with litter and pots. Protect the wall fruit- 

 trees that are in blossom from frost by light matting, 

 thin canvas, or (as Abercrombie recommends) by 

 interweaving through the branches boughs of ever- 

 greens from time to time. 



