108 Work to be done in the Garden . 
leaves or straw laid round them, or have pieces of 
furze, or gorze, or laurel stuck into the ground to 
shelter them, and the tender plants, like Fuchsias, 
or Salvias, or any tender Roses, should also have 
some “ mulching ” put round the stem and covered 
up with soil to prevent its blowing off. 
The bulbs, and evergreens, and shrubs may still 
be planted, if it is not frosty, and if it was not 
done last month. The plants you have in the pit, 
or anywhere, to keep, must be kept very dry. 
You cannot give too much air when it is fine and 
not frosty, and you can’t be too careful in shutting 
up tight when there is fog or rain. 
The chief garden work, however, has now to be 
done indoors — preparing things to use in brighter 
and warmer weather, and looking after the flowers 
we have in the window garden. 
WINDOW GARDENING. 
Just in December our window garden grows 
gay. The pretty little red Tulips, and the Scillas, 
and the Narcissi, all are now peeping out. The 
Hyacinths, indeed, will scarcely be much out yet, 
but even they are showing a little colour where 
the flower will be — and Snowdrops and Crocuses 
are often in full bloom. 
