February . 
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now also fork into the ground all the manure or 
leaves that have been round the stem during win- 
ter. I once had a Eose border which was cut 
rather close in autumn, and all the pieces and 
leaves were then buried in a coating of leaves and 
rubbish, and when this was forked in in spring 
the Eoses began to grow, and we had such a show 
of blossom as I have seldom seen. 
Your Crocuses and Snowdrops which are now in 
blossom may not be disturbed. The beds that they 
are in should be dug, as I said, in autumn, or if 
you are so grand as to have a reserve garden with 
pots of bulbs, and some means or other of getting* 
“ bedding plants ” to come after, you would per- 
haps give the digging in May, when you take up 
the pots of evergreens and spring bulbs, and pre- 
pare for planting all your summer flowers. 
All the work, however, that I have here de- 
scribed, may be done quite well even as late as 
March. I have only given the directions this 
month because very often there are such lovely 
days in February that we can’t help gardening, 
and I always myself liked so very much those few 
first days for pleasant garden-work, when every- 
thing around began to look so spring-like. 
