MONTHLY CALENDAR. 
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of practical and exemplary men, hear lectures, or consul* 
authors on the subject, he should do as every sensible man 
does at his daily meals, take that which suits him best, and 
leave the residue for others. If this little work should be 
considered worth an annual perusal, he may read the Gene- 
ral Remarks, in this month, (January,) and make a memo- 
randum of such things as may be obtained in moments of 
leisure, in preference to putting it off till it is wanted. I 
shall endeavour to make my Calendar serve as an index to 
the book, and in pursuit of my object, shall begin at the 
General Remarks, page 13, which suggest, that if a man has 
a garden to form, he will require fencing materials. If these 
should be already at hand, every gardener should provide 
manures, ingredients for the destruction of insects, drilling 
machines, and other tools ; poles or rods for the support of 
Peas, Beans, or other climbing plants he may intend to cul- 
tivate ; and if he intends to use hot-beds, or forcing-frames, 
he should make arrangements to get compost and heating 
materials, in time for the work to be performed in the next 
month. If he depends on this book for information, he may 
read the General Remarks, from page 13 to 30 ; and also 
from page 112 to 122, on Forcing Vegetables. 
FEBRUARY. 
“ A cold, sour autumn, they sternly maintain, 
A long, severe winter will bring in its train ; 
If summer and autumn be both dry and warm, 
Calm opens the winter, it closes in storm.” 
Although stern winter, with its ice-bound chains, exerts 
its influence over the soil, the gardener may find employment 
preparatory to commencing his operations of ploughing and 
planting, as the year progresses. Perhaps the most import- 
ant business at this season is to collect plenty of manure ; 
uext to this, the gardener, who intends to raise early plants 
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