FEBRUARY- 



wary, after the plants come up, to admit air every mild 

 day to prevent them from drawing, if yon place a bot- 

 tle with water, for several hours in the bed, previous 

 to watering the plants, it wiWhe of great advantage to 

 them ; three or four plants will be enough to leave m 

 each pot, the rest you may either plant in other pot::^, 

 or if some of them are weak, you have a choice in 

 retaining only the stoutest ; they are to remain in ihi^ 

 bed till they obtain, two rough leaves, and then to be 

 managed as directed next month. 



COMFREY. 



Plant partings of roots, eighteen inches asunder, in 

 almost any ground; this plant is useful to heal wo^iad-; 

 put the roots barely under the ground. 



PRU.YE FRUIT TREES. 



Prune apples, pears, plumbs, cherries, x^eaches, ap- 

 ricots, nectarines, raspberries, 4*c. as directed in Jan- 

 uary, if not done in that month. Train the espalier 

 trees as directed in January, and fix new^ stakes v. borc 

 tbey are vranted. 



VLYES. 



Prune vines as directed in Janiiary, if not don<* 

 then — this w^ork should be tinished this month, Uri they 

 are apt to bleed when cut in March. 



GOOSEBERRIES AJYQ_ CURRA^TS. . 



This is a good seas or! for pruning goosebenies and 

 currants, and a fine time to select cuttings for propaga- 

 tion. In preparing of these, particular attcRtion is ne- 

 cessary to be paid to the following directions-^of goose- 

 berries choose stout shoots of last year's growth : you 

 may either slip them off or cut them close in from where 

 they were produced ; then cut them in lengths of tea or 

 twelve inches. Allow two eyes or buds^ with the thorns 

 to remain on the summit of each cutting, diveciing iha 

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