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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR FEBRUARY. 
CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR FEBRUARY. 
The weatlier is now very open and mild ; and should 
this continue, the business of preparing ground for sow- 
ing seeds, and many other things may be conducted 
with rapidity. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 
Under Glass. 
Chkrry Trees planted in pots or tubs which are 
intended to be forced, should be placed in a gentle heat 
early in the month. The treatment is very similar to 
that of Peaches, only Cherries produce better when 
subjected to a higher temperature than Peaches will 
admit of. Give also abundance of light and a rather 
humid atmosphere. 
Cucumbers and Melons. To grow Cucumbers to 
perfection durmg the winter and early spring, there is 
no system like having a house or pit heated with hot- 
water pipes, with the plants growing in tanked beds. 
Melons do extremely well in this way. If grown in 
pits and frames, earth up as the growth of the roots 
require it, and cover well at nights to prevent injury 
from cold. 
Figs, in pots or tubs, in progress of forcing, must be 
liberally supplied with water at their roots, and also 
with a little thin liquid manure once or twice a week. 
Kidney Bkans may still be planted in pots, and 
placed in the forcing-house for a successive crop. 
Mushrooms. — Make new beds as soon as the old 
ones are beginning to show signs of bearing ; be atten- 
tive to ventilation, temperature, and humidity. 
Peach-House. As the season advances, and light 
increases, the heat of this structure may also be raised 
in proportion. 
Pineries. The temperature of these structures must 
not be allowed to range high during this month ; but 
as the heat from the sun becomes stronger, let the tem- 
perature be regulated accordingly. Be systematic in 
watering, and air, and keeping secure from frost or 
excessive cold. They do much better if planted out in 
beds of light soil, or peat earth, heated by hot-water pipes. 
Potatoes planted in leaf-beds, and covered with 
frames, so as to be completely screened from frosts, will 
succeed those which are now earthed up, and will just 
precede the earliest crops out of doors. It is always 
where glass is an object, advisable to sow a few 
radishes, which will all be drawn before the potato-tops 
arrive at much size. 
Strawberries. A large supply of these in pots, 
may now be introduced into a moderate heat. They 
require abundance of light and air. Keene's Seedling 
may be considered amongst the very best for forcing. 
Vineries. The Grapes set last month, will require 
thinning, and occasional syringing. Attend to tem- 
perature, ventilation, stopping, and tying in. 
Open Air. 
Apricots and Peaches will at the end of the 
month begin to swell their buds. In pruning, always 
secure a good supply of young wood from the bottom. 
Grafting fruit trees should be done early in the 
month. 
Pruning and Nailing should be forwarded with 
all speed. 
Peas and Beans may be sown twice in the month ; 
also sow a few in boxes, and place in the Vinery or 
Peach-house. 
Radishes and Lettuce. Sow twice towards the 
end of the month in warm situations. 
Spinach. Sow some round-seeded at the end to 
succeed the winter crop. 
FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 
Glass. 
Conservatory and Grfenhouse. Give a general 
dressing to all the climbers in the beginning of the 
month. Keep up a supply of flowering-plants, so as to 
keep these departments gay and cheerful. Give in- 
creased root room to such plants as require re-potting. 
Also top-dress others as they may stand in need. 
Frames and Pits filled with young stock for the 
flower-garden in summer, must be securely covered 
from the eff"ects of severe weather, and have as much 
light .and air as the season will afford. And great care 
is requisite not to over-water them. 
Orchid-Houses may receive a gradual increase of 
temperature as the season advances, and give a propor- 
tionate increase of atmospheric moisture. Give also a 
free ventilation whenever the weather will permit. 
Stove-Plants are for the most part still at rest; 
but the various kinds of Achimcnes, Gloxmias, and 
Gesneras, should all be re-potted and started in a mode- 
rate heat into growth. Creepers of various kinds 
should also be re-potted — as Ipomwas^ Eohites^ Stepha- 
notis, Pergularia, &c. 
Open Air. 
Alterations should be progressed with ; Shrubbery 
borders dug; Compost for flower-beds prepared ; Roses 
pruned, and Evergreens planted, and everything else 
that the weather will permit to be done. 
FOREST DEPARTMENT. 
Pelling Timber for naval and other purposes, where 
durability is required, should be completed early in the 
month. 
Thinning and Pruning should also be proceeded 
with as soon as possible, that the plantations may be 
cleared of spi'ay before growth commences. 
Planting should be finished at latest by the end of 
the month if possible, and the weather will admit of it. 
Nursery, About the end of the month many of 
the seeds of forest trees may be sown if the weather 
is open ; taking up trees, digging, pruning, and many 
other operations will suggest themselves to assist in 
rendering all neat and orderly. 
