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HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
Grapes .—Vines in pots being'brought into the Vinery, will ripen 
their fruit in February. Those forced early, if the wood be ripe, 
should be exposed to the open air, to prepare them for forcing again. 
Peach and Nectarine Trees on the walls will begin to cast their 
leaves towards the end, and it will be an advantage slightly to brush 
them upwards with a small birch or ling wisk, to clear the leaves 
from the branches. Keep them close nailed to the wall this month, 
or they will be liable to be broken by the wind. If the wood be un¬ 
ripe, and the walls against which they are trained be flued, put in 
some fire to ripen the wood off, for on this depends the future crop. 
Planting. —Fruit-trees of all descriptions should be planted as 
early in the month as is convenient, to establish them in their new 
situations before severe weather comes. After all the leaves have 
fallen, planting may cease until early in the spring. 
Raspberries. —Make new r plantations of raspberries upon prepared 
ground. Towards the end, manure the old stools. Pot a quantity 
for forcing. 
Strawberries, intended for forcing, should stand in a south aspect, 
if convenient. New beds may still be made, but it is better not to 
do this later than September; for when the plants are small and 
newdy planted, the frost generally draws them out of the ground 
again. 
VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 
Cabbages for spring crops, should be planted. Prick out a bed, to 
fill up with in the spring, or to plant for a second crop. 
Broccoli. —The Green and Purple Cape, Grange’s Early White, 
Early Sprouting Purple, and Impregnated Early White, will conti¬ 
nue in use, if the weather be favourable, from this time to Christmas. 
The Tall Large-headed Purple, the Portsmouth, the Sulphur- 
coloured, the Spring White, the Dwarf Purple, and the Siberian, 
should be taken up, about the end of this month or beginning of 
next, disturbing the roots as little as possible. Dig a trench, and lay 
them in a sloping direction, about eighteen inches apart, with their 
heads towards the north, and only a few inches above the ground. 
Cover in the trench, and open another, laying the heads of the next 
plants over the roots of the first row, and so proceed until the whole 
are laid down. The crowns of the plants thus lying low, are soon 
covered with the snow, and preserved from the severity of the frosts. 
Beet-Root should be taken up and preserved in a cellar or shed. 
Carrots, for winter use, should be taken up, and preserved in the 
same manner as beet-root. 
