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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR MARCH. 
Kidney Beans, for succession, may be sown in pots 
twice tliis month. They now require abundance of air. 
Peach Houses. The fruit being now set, let the 
thermometer range from 65*^ to 75° by day, with 
abundance of air, and about 60° at night. 
Pineries. In these structures abundance of fruit will 
be showing; give a higher temperature than last month. 
If the plants are grown in the soil without pots, and the 
bed heated by hot water pipes, the growth will be much 
finer, and the fruit considerably larger, with scarcely a 
tithe of the trouble attending their culture in pots 
with tan. 
Potatoes, in frames and pits, should be exposed to 
the air as much as possible, but they must be well 
secured by covering from frosts. 
Strawberries. Bring into the forcing-house the 
last crop of Keene's Seedling Strawberries, which will 
continue bearing until the earliest crops ripen in the 
open air. 
Vineries. Follow the directions given last month. 
Open Air. 
Apricots and Peach Trees should have their 
blossom protected from frosts by netting or canvass, 
the first may remain suspended before the trees until 
the fruit is well set. 
Asparagus. Any time after the middle of the month 
fork and spring dress the productive beds. This, too, is 
the best time for forming new beds. Select a piece of 
good mellow ground for the purpose, dung it well, and 
trench it to the depth of eighteen inches or two feet ; 
then form beds four feet wide, and make in them three 
drills lengthwise in the beds, and sow the seeds thinly ; 
cover in each drill, and rake the bed lightly over to 
level it. 
Artichokes. Give the spring dressing with manure 
towards the end, and dig and level the ground between 
the plants. 
Beans. Sow Hangdown, Longpod, and Windsor, 
twice during the month. Also plant out those which 
were previously sown in boxes for the earliest crop. 
Beet. Sow the main crop. 
Cabbage. Plant out from the winter beds all the 
strong plants for use in June, and sow the early kinds 
to come in during the autumn ; also sow Brocoli, Bore- 
cole, Savoy, and other winter Greens- 
Cauliflower Plants, wintered in frames, &c., should 
be planted out about the end, and sow seeds about the 
middle of the month. 
Carrots. Sow the main crop. 
Celery, previously sown on a slight hotbed, should, 
towards the end, be pricked out in light rich manure 
soil, and sow in a warm place for a later crop. 
Herbs, of various kinds, may now be sown. 
Peas. Sow twice in the month. 
Parsnips. Sow the main crop. 
Potatoes. The sooner the early crops are planted 
the better. 
Onions. Sow the main crop as early in the month 
as the weather and the soil will permit. 
Turnips. Sow the early kinds about the 20th for 
the first crop, and a succession crop at the end. 
Spinach. Sow twice during tlie month. 
Salads. Keep up a succession by sowing every fort- 
night. 
FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 
Glass. 
Conservatory and Greenhouse. In these struc- 
tures make slight advances of heat on bright days, but 
avoid fire as much as possible ; admit air freely ; train 
climbers as they advance in growth ; pot when requisite; 
use fibrous rough soil ; give good drainage ; water newly- 
potted plants with care, and do not remove them whilst 
newly watered ; attend regularly to watering, and keep 
everything clean and in good condition. 
In the Forcing Pits. Continue to introduce plants 
to bring into flower in succession. Destroy insects by 
fumigation or other means, and keep the plants well 
syringed. 
Cold Frames and Pits must have abundance of 
air. Sow hardy and half-hardy Annuals in pits, and 
keep them here until the spring frosts are over, when 
they may be turned out into the borders. 
Orchid House. Orchids beginning to grow should 
be placed at the warm end of the house ; attend care- 
fully with watering, a humid atmosphere, and partial 
shade. Flowering specimens should neither be kept so 
warm or moist as those which are growing. 
Stove Plants, of various kinds, should now be 
attended to. Climbers should be pruned and trained ; 
the Lagerstrcemia indica and other species should now 
be liberally cut in, and plants beginning to grow should 
be potted or top-dressed, and a moderate increase of 
heat supplied. 
Open Air. 
Mowing and dressing Lawns, pruning Roses, pre- 
paring flower-beds, and making all progress with altera- 
tions before the sun becomes too strong, form the chief 
business of this month. 
FOREST DEPARTMENT. 
Thinnings and Prunings should be cleared from the 
plantations as soon as possible, before growth commences. 
Planting must be completed at an early period in 
the month. In re-planting land where the timber has 
been felled, avoid planting the same kinds again. If 
Oak, Elm, Beech, &c., have been previously grown, 
plant Larch, Scotch Fir, and other pinaceous plants. 
Nursery. Sow the seeds of Forest Trees, and begin 
to get everything in order for the spring. 
