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hepaticas, &e., will now bud and flower, if the weather is genial; 
and the crocus and snowdrop will put forth their blooms to meet 
the sun on his returning march. 
About the end of this month, you may begin to sow the hardy 
annuals. I prefer April, but it may not be convenient always to 
wait so long ; therefore sow now the seeds of hawkweed, lavatera, 
Venus’s looking-glass, Venus’s navel wort, candytuft, larkspurs, 
lupines, convolvulus, flos Adonis, dwarf lychnis, nigelia, annual 
sunflowers, &c. 
This month, you may plant and transplant, fearlessly, all hardy, 
fibrous-rooted flowering perennials and biennials, such as saxifrage, 
gentianella, hepaticas, violets, primroses of all sorts, polyanthuses, 
double daisies, thrift, &c.; rose campions, rockets, campanulas, 
sweet-williams, hollyhocks, scarlet lychnis, carnations, pinks, 
monk’s-hood, perennial asters and sunflowers, &c. 
Plant cuttings of roses, honeysuckles, and jasmines. 
If the weather is mild, you may transplant many kinds of 
evergreen shrubs, such as phillyreas, alaternuses, laurels, laurus- 
tinus, pyracantlias, cistuses, &c. Let there be a ball of earth 
round their roots, when you take them out of the ground. 
If box edging is required, plant it now ; water it, and the plants 
will soon root. 
Dig the borders, carefully and lightly, with your garden fork ; 
make the garden look neat, and free from weeds ; clear away 
dead leaves ; sweep the lawn and walks : and let spring advance 
in its proper order. 
MARCH. 
Now plant away. Evergreens cannot be moved at a better 
period. Deciduous flowering shrubs may also be still planted, 
such as Althaea frutex, syrir/gas, roses, honeysuckles, mezereons, 
