MONTHLY CALENDAR. 
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MONTHLY HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
FOR JANUARY. 
VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 
Cauliflower plants' in frames, See. must he well protected from frosts at night, and have 
plenty of air in the day time. 
Asparagus .—Continue planting new beds on a slight heat. 
Lettuce, plants in frames &c. must be kept free from rotten leaves, or they will be liahe to 
perish. 
Early Frame Peas, and Mgzagan Beans should be sown in pans or boxes, about the latter 
end of this month, and placed on the flues of the stove, to transplant out for the first crop. 
Potatoes may be planted about the middle of the month, in sandy soil on a slight hotbed, or 
in boxes, in either case sow a thin crop of Radishes and Lettuce over them. 
Mushroom Beds out of doors must’be kept free from damp litter. After gathering the 
mushrooms, cover them well from the frost. 
Rhubarb Roots may now be regularly taken up and planted in an old Pine pit, or in any situ¬ 
ation where they will receive a slight heat; and if covered with pots like those used for Sea- 
Kale, the stalks will have pushed sufficiently for use in a fortnight. 
FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 
Boses in Pots now placed in the forcing houses will produce flowers in March. 
Ranunculuses now planted in frames will bloom in April. 
Mignonette andTen-week Stocks may be sown about the latter end of the month, in pots, and 
placed on a very slight hotbed; the former in a light sandy, maiden soil, perfectly free from 
dung. As soon as they appear, be cautious to give them plenty of air. 
Auriculas should be top-dressed the latter end of this month, or beginning of February. 
Dahlia seed should be sown about the end of this month or beginning of next, and a few of 
the old roots may be plunged in a little old tan, or a moderate hotbed. 
Tulip Beds will require occasionally sheltering. 
Forcing ;.—Continue to take into the stove, Lilacs, Pinks, Hyacinths, &c. as may appear 
necessary. 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
Pruning and Nailing should now be attended to at every convenient opportunity. Peaches 
and Nectarines, however, would be better delayed until the beginning of February, or at least 
until the buds have advanced a little, as pruning them too early sometimes proves injurious, 
if the weather should afterwards be very severe. 
Strawberries for forcing continue to bring in once a fortnight. 
Peach Houses, where the fruit is wanted early, should not be delayed; be careful, however, 
that the heat from the flues is very moderate at the commencement, or the probable conse¬ 
quence will be the loss of the whole crop of fruit. If Peaches and Nectarines in pots, be pla¬ 
ced along the flues, they will ripen their fruit at least three weeks earlier than those trained on 
the trellis. The trees in the houses closed at the end of Nov. or beginning of Dec. will now 
be out in blossom, and by the end of the month the fruit will begin to set, they will now bear 
the heat of from 60 to 65 degrees, by day. Be careful not to syringe them while in blossom, but 
keep the flues very moist, and give plenty of a'r during the day time, and you may ensure a 
good crop of fruit setting, if the trees are healthy. 
Cherry Houses should have the glasses put on in the beginning of the month, and a little 
fire put in the flue in order to dry up the damp; but be particularly cautious to give as much 
air as possible, and never allow the heat to rise much higher than from 45 to 50 degrees, Fab. 
for the first month. Cherries in pots might also be placed over the flue, after the manner of 
Peaches ; these would be earlier than those trained on the wall, although there is less depen¬ 
dence on a crop of fruit from pots. 
Vines in Pots now brought into the vinery will ripen their fruit early in May. For the mode 
of pruning see page 4, and also Vol. 1. 
THOM AS HAK DCASTLF, PIUNTF.R, SHEFFIELD. 
