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HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
IV. — MONTHLY HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR, 
FOR JANUARY. 
VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 
Cauliflower Plants in frames must have plenty of air, and be protected from host. If any 
symptoms of slugs appear amongst them, scatter a little quick-lime over the whole bed on a 
mild night after it is dark. 
Asparagus should continue to be planted in hotbeds. 
Radishes sown on a hotbed, in the beginning of the month, will be ready to draw at the end 
of February. If sown at the middle or end, they will be ready early in March ; if the weather 
be favourable. 
Potatoes planted in light sandy soil, on a slight hotbed, in the beginning of the mouth, will 
be ready for use by the beginning or middle of May. 
Rhubarb Roots taken up and planted in a little heat will produce stalks lit for use in a fort¬ 
night. Renew’ them as often as is necessary. 
Sea-Cale covered with pots and dung in the beginning of the month, will be ready for use by 
the middle of February; and if a certain quantity of roots be covered every fortnight, the pro¬ 
duce will continue until Asparagus is ready in the open ground. 
Herbs in Pots, introduced in heat, will produce sprigs for use in a fortnight. 
Peas and Beans now sown in light soil, on a warm border, will be more favourably circum¬ 
stanced for the first crop than those sown last month ; but, in all cold situations, the best me¬ 
thod is to sow in pans or boxes in February, and transplant as soon as the w r eather permits. 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
Apple Trees newly planted, must have some half-rotted dung laid about their roots, if this 
w r as not done last month. 
Cherry Trees in Tubs, now brought into the forcing-house, will produce fruit in the begin¬ 
ning of May. Cherry Houses now started will produce about the middle of May, the differ¬ 
ence of ripening arising from the fact that the trees in the latter, which produce the general 
forced crop, are planted in the border. Finish pruning those on the open walls, except the 
Morelia. 
Fig-Trees planted in forcing-houses now started will ripen their fruit about the middle of 
May. Fig-Trees planted in tubs or pots now introduced will ripen fruit in April. 
Gooseberry and Currant Trees finish pruning as soon as convenient. 
Grapes. —Those vines on the rafters now started will ripen their fruit in June or.July. — 
Vines in pots, now introduced into a forcing-house, will produce in May and June. 
Peach and Nectarine Trees in forcing-houses, now started, W’ill ripen their fruit in June and 
July. Those in pots or tubs, if placed along the flues, will produce a fortnight or three weeks 
earlier. 
Raspberries in Pols, introduced into the forcing-house early in the month, will ripen their 
fruit in April. 
Strawberries in Pots, introduced into the forcing-house in the beginning of the month, w ill 
ripen their fruit from the end of March to the end of April, according to the sorts. 
FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 
Roses in Pots, placed in the forcing-house in the beginning of the month, will produce dow¬ 
ers by the middle of March; if placed in at the end of the month, by the end of March or be¬ 
ginning of April, if the weather be favourable. 
Ranunculuses planted in the beginning of the month in frames, will come into flower about 
the beginning of April, if the weather be fine. 
Mignonette and Ten Weeks Stocks sown in pots about the end of the month, and placed on a 
slight hotbed, will come into flower in May immediately succeeding those sown in the autumn. 
Auriculas will be much improved in flowering, if they be top-dressed about the end of this 
month or beginning of February; be careful during this month not to over-water them, they 
thrive best if kept somewhat dry during winter. 
Camellias in frames being introduced into a little heat either in the window of a warm 
room, where they will be exposed to the sun, or any other convenient situation, will soon come 
into flower. 
Calceolarias in the greenhouse should be repotted, if they require it. 
Greenhouse Plants should be kept rather dry dur'ng this month, also be careful to keep them 
clear from all dead leaves. 
THOMAS HARDCASTI.E, PRINTER, CHURCH-STREET, SHEFFIELD. 
