284 THE COTTAGE GA11DENER.. [January 30. 
(Hardy), sow, e.; plant suckers, slips, and partings of roots; (Half- 
hardy) uncover, if frosts gone. Planting of flowering shrubs, complete. 
Polyanthuses, sow; earth-up with rich compost. Potted Shrubs, 
prune, shift, and dress the soil. Pruning, the later it is done the more it 
checks the blooming. Ranunculuses, finish planting, b. and e. Roses, 
manure with cow-dung. Sowing of tree and shrub seeds, complete 
generally. Support, with stakes, &c., newly-planted shrubs. Tulips, 
shelter as they are now appearing. Turf may be laid, and see that 
plants are in heat for cuttings , such as Lobelias , Verbenas, See. 
Clhnbers , such as honeysuckles and jasmines, should be pruned and 
trained in the early days of the month. Reduce to moderate-sized patches 
such plants as phloxes, asters, veronicas, See., otherwise they will occupy 
too much space, injure their neighbours, and harbour vermin. Her¬ 
baceous plants should be planted out from nursery-beds into the borders 
without delay. Half-hardy shrubs, &c., may have their shelters partially 
removed, closing them up again at night, according to the mildness or 
inclemency of the season. Id. Beaton. 
ORCHARD. 
Apples (wall and espalier), finish pruning, b. ; plant; sow for stocks. 
Apricots, finish pruning and protect carefully, b. ; plant. Berber¬ 
ries, plant. Blossoms of early wall fruit, shelter in frosty and windy 
weather, and retard. Cherries, finish pruning and training; plant; 
graft, e. Chestnuts, plant and sow. Currants, finish pruning, b.; 
plant. Cuttings, plant, of gooseberries, currants, figs, filberts, mul¬ 
berries, vines, &c. Dress and fork over the earth of "the borders, &c. 
Filberts, plant, hang male catkins, &c. Gooseberries, finish prun¬ 
ing, b.; plant. Grafting, commence, if mild, e. Scions, collect 
ready for use. Layers, make of figs, vines, filberts, mulberries, and 
muscle plums, the last for stocks. Manures, apply where required. 
Medlars, plant. Moss, on trees, destroy with brine or urine. (See Janu¬ 
ary.) Mulberries, plant. Nectarines, finish pruning, b. Orchard 
Trees, finish dressing. Peaches, finish pruning, b. Pears, sow for 
stocks, &c. (wall and espalier); finish pruning; graft, e. Planting, 
generally complete, e. Plums (wall and espalier), finish pruning; plant; 
graft, e. Pruning, finish generally. Quinces, plant. Raspberries, 
finish pruning, b.; plant; dig between and remove suckers. Services, 
plant. Standards, finish pruning. Strawberries, clear and spring 
dress, and plant in moist weather, e. Suckers, for stocks, plant. 
Trench ground for planting. Vinks may still be pruned, b.; cuttings 
plant. Walnuts, plant and sow. 
In collecting scions for grafting, remember that the principle is to cut 
them before the sap begins to circulate. They should be kept in a cellar, 
or a cool damp place out of doors, until the sap in the stocks, for which 
they are destined, is in motion. R. Eurington. 
FORCING STOVE. 
Air, admit freely when weather permits. Bottom-heat, attend to 
(See January). Cherries, in blossom, shade when sun is bright ; a thick 
net answers well; disbud as required ; day temperature 60° maximum ; 
night 45°; keep a moist air. Earth of borders, Sec., stir occasionally. 
Figs, when in leaf, require a day temperature about 60 °. Heat, must 
advance with light. Kidney Beans, provide successions ; use richer 
and stronger soil as the day lengthens (See January). Labels, renew, 
where required. Leaves, keep cleaned; decayed and weeds clear away 
constantly. Liquid-manure, apply to the roots of fruit-trees in forcing, 
if dry. Peaches, and other fruits in blossom, should not be syringed ; 
disbud ; thin when too thick, and as large as peas ; day temperature 60 ; 
night 55°. Pines, remove from bark-bed to pots; and generally re¬ 
gulate. Secure Atmospheric Moisture. Strawberries, in pots, 
introduce for succession; a slight bottom-heat is useful; see that those 
in reserve are not injured by frost. Small Salading, sow in boxes. 
Thermometer, for most stove-plants, may be at 70 °, during mid-day, 
if bright. Tobacco, give fumigations weekly, or oftener, if insects 
appear. Vines, treat as in January ; do not syringe w'hilst in blossom ; 
thin berries; day temperature 70°; night fi0°. Water, give more freely 
than last month; keep in open pans, over pipes or flues, constantly. 
Watch sedulously for the green fly and red spider; against the latter, 
sulphur and moisture are the best preventives, as well as cure. 
R. Errington. 
KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
Artichokes, defend from frost. Asparagus, plant in hotbed, and 
attend to that forcing, Balm, plant. Beans, plant; earth-up, and 
transplant from frames, e. Beets, sow a little for early use ; plant for 
seed, and dig up for storing any left in the bed. Borecole, sow, e. 
Brocoli, sow, e. Burnet, sow or plant, e. Cabbages, plant; sow; 
and plant for seed. Carrots, sow in a hotbed, b., to draw young; plant 
for seed, c. Cauliflowers, attend to, airing, earth-stirring, removing 
all decayed leaves and slugs; plant out winter standing should the weather 
be open and mild, and attend to spring-sown crops (see last month); 
sow, m. ; prick out. Celery, attend to earthing-up, protection, &c.; 
leave for seed, and sow in hotbed, e. Chervil, sow. Clary, sow, c. 
Composts, prepare and turn over. Coriander, sow. Corn Salad, 
sow. Cucumbers, attend to those forcing; prick and plant out; and 
sow in hotbeds. Dill, sow, m. Dung, prepare for hotbeds. Eartu- 
ing-up, perform when necessary. Endive, still protect from wet and 
severe weather. Fennel, sow or plant. Garlic, plant. Horse¬ 
radish, plant. Jerusalem Artichokes, plant. Kidney Beans, 
sow in hotbed, &c. Keep a good supply of earths in the dry for im¬ 
mediate use. Leeks, plant for seed; sow, e. Lettuces, plant out 
from frames, &c., of the winter standing, towards the end of the 
month, and sow in the open border. If short of plants sow in frames on 
a gentle hotbed at the beginning of the month. Liquorice, plant and 
dig up. Melons, plant out for early crops ; sow and pot off; attend to 
this sort of work on a kind calm afternoon just before shutting-up time, 
till next month; clean winter crop; (Potato), plant. Parsnips, take 
Mint, force, in hotbed; plant. Mushroom-beds, attend to; make 
day temperature (30° to 65°. Mustard and Cress, sow, e. Onions, 
sow main crop, in., if soil light and situation warm, otherwise defer this 
up ; plant or leave for seed, and sow towards the middle of the month in 
particular, in light soils. Parsley, sow. Peas, sowings may be made both 
of early and second on the same day, where the soil works well, as the 
one will be found good succession to the other at picking time; also to 
suit some unfavourable situations it is well to sow in frames in small pots, 
or in sods of turf, which is by some thought best, to plant out when a 
good season offers; also attend to sticking, eartliing-up, and protecting 
other forward crops. Pennyroyal, plant, e. Potatoes, plant in hot¬ 
bed of any favourite early kinds ; this may be done from the first to the 
end of the month ; also plant out during this month all the main crops if 
the soil will admit of it, and plant whole sets in preference to cut ones. 
Radishes, attend to (see January), and sow in succession either in 
border or hotbed. Rape (for salading), sow; (Edible-rooted), sow. 
Rhubarb, sow in large pans, or open warm border, and attend to that 
forcing, either in-doors, or cover up with pots or tubs and fermenting 
materials for future transplanting. Sage and Savory, plant, e. Sal¬ 
sa fy, sow, e., in small quantity, for early use. Savoys, sow, m. and e. 
Scorzonera, sow, e., in small quantity, for early use. Sea-kale, 
attend to that forcing; cover up in succession. Shalots, plant. 
Skirrets, sow, e. Spinach, weed; sow, m. Sorrels, sow and plant, 
e. Tansy, Thyme, and Tarragon, plant, e. Turnips, plant for 
seed ; sow, e. Vacant Ground, dig; weed, &c. 
In sowing Radishes this month, if a sheltered south border is selected, 
and the surface is covered with ferns, reeds, or straw, the crop will be 
almost as early as that from seed sown in frames. Garlic and Shalots, 
being very liable to decay if excessive wet weather occurs, should be fixed 
on well-drained ground, on the top of ridges, and be manured with 
charred vegetable refuse. Smooth the surface of the ridge, scatter over it 
some charred refuse and a little lime, and then merely stick in the end of 
the bulb. In light soils, plant in November or October, or even at this 
time. Spinach in drills may be advantageously sown now, and at all 
times between every two rows of Peas. The ground is thus economized, 
and the shade from the peas continues the spinach longer in a state fit 
for table use. 
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