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GARDENING CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY 
Cabbages. — Plant a full crop of those which 
were pricked out; put them rather thick, as 
they can he thinned early, and used as cole- 
worts. Sow again at the end of the month, 
and red cabbage also, if not sown in autumn. 
Carrots. — Sow in a slight hot-bed early ; 
and late in the month, sow also a few on a 
warm border. Protect, in severe weather, 
those in frames, and give air plentifully. 
Cauliflower. — Near the end of the month, 
plant out at two feet apart, on a rich and 
warm spot, a few of the strongest, which have 
been kept through the winter, and protect 
them with spruce branches. In mild weather 
take off the lights from those in frames ; shift 
a few of those in pots, and do not allow them 
to get dry and stunted : sow a few for.succes- 
sion under glass. 
Celery. — Sow a little at the end of the 
month, in the stove or hot-bed ; it is likely to 
run to seed, but it will be useful in the kit- 
chen. When any sort proves good, preserve 
a few plants for seed, and plant them against 
a wall, or in a warni situation ; keep earthing 
up the late crops when dry and mild. 
Chervil. — Sow in any spare corner ; a few 
plants will be sufficient. 
Clary. — Sow at the end of the month, on 
a liorbt but rich soil. 
Coriander. — Unless there is a demand for 
it, a very few plants will suffice ; raise them 
in heat. 
Endive. — Look over those being preserved 
in pits or frames ; clear away all appearance 
of damp ; give air at back and front ; and 
when required for use, remove the plant 
wholly. 
Fennel. — Transplant to any spare corner ; 
a plant or two will be plenty. 
Herbs, as mint, pennyroyal, hyssop, &c. 
should be increased by division or slips, as 
required ; they will all do in ordinary soil. 
Horse-radish. — Plant fresh beds at once ; 
put cuttings of the roots at the bottom of a 
trench at least so deep as to give one foot of 
clear root when grown. 
Leeks. — Preserve and plant some of the 
good heads, where they will ripen their seed : 
sow a few at the end of the month. 
Lettuce. — Look over those in frames ; keep 
them a little dry, and stir up the soil amongst 
them, also among those against the walls, and 
in hand lights : prick out the young plants 
sown last month. 
Liquorice may be grown from seed ; but 
it is usually and properly increased by divi- 
sion of the roots. Plant eighteen inches 
apart, and three inches in the row, in deeply 
trenched soil. 
Marjoram. — Sow anytime this month in 
a warm border ; afterwards plant in rows a 
foot apart. 
Onions. — Prepare for the main crops ; the 
ground should have been trenched, well 
manured, and ridged; now have it levelled, 
and if a quantity of leaf-mould, and a little 
pigeons' dung or guano, were worked in the 
surface, they will come up more sure and 
even. Stir the soil amongst the autumn 
sown crops, and clean thoroughly. 
Parsley. — Sow, if not done ; it is suitable 
for an edging ; give it a rich, rather dry, and 
stony soil, and one of the best situations in 
the garden. 
Parsnip. — Break up the ground well, and 
sow in rows at eighteen inches apart, at the 
end of the month. 
Peas. — Transplant those raised in heat to 
the wall borders about the end of the month ; 
also earth and stake them. Sow again on a 
warm border, say three feet apart ; it is well 
to tally the whole, naming the sorts, and when 
sown, &c. 
Potatoes. — Plant the general crops ; if 
done in autumn, it is all the better. The early 
sorts which should be stai'ted in heat, and a 
little confined in the roots, may be planted 
alongside the south wall, and slightly pro- 
tected ; manure them principally with leaf- 
mould. 
Rape. — Sow in any common soil about the 
end of the month. 
~Radish.es. — Sow early, for succession, in a 
very sheltered place, or what is better, in a 
frame where they will have a gentle heat, and 
plenty of air : sow twice this month. 
Sage. — Divide and transplant the old roots; 
or sow in a bed, and plant out at a foot apart. 
Savory. — Sow at the end of the month, on 
a warm border, rather thick, in good soil. 
Savoys. — Sow a few at the end of the 
month, in light and rich soil. 
Salading, as mustard, cress, must be sown 
every fortnight upon a warm sheltered spot ; 
forward it by placing handlights over it ; it 
will be well still to have a little in heat. 
Salsify and Scorzonera. — The ground for 
these crops should be well wrought, and in an 
open situation ; sow next month. 
Skirret. — Sow at the end of the month, in 
rows a foot apart, or increase by the roots. 
Shallots. — Plant in shallow drills, giving 
the bulb a gentle press into the soil, and no 
direct covering ; put them six inches apart, 
and fifteen inches between the rows. 
Sorrel. — Increase by division, and put in 
rows fifteen inches apart, and nine between 
plants. Dress the old plantations if required. 
Spinach. — Make small sowings at the be- 
ginning and end of the month ; thin, clean, 
and stir between the autumn sown crops. 
Tansy is mostly grown in a spare corner ; it 
luxuriates in a rich soil, and is easily increased 
by division, or seed. 
