GARDENER'S CALENDAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 354, 5 February 1869, Page 3

GARDENER'S CALENDAR.

FEBRUARY. Kitchen oakden.— lf any operations recommended forlast month remainunfinished, they must be nolonger delayed, Make the last sowing of turnips for the season early in the month. Sow early cabbage on a cool shaded spot; also curled greens and spinach. The growth of rhubarb will bo greatly strengthened by a top-dressing of short manure being placed over the roots, and a

little guano applied during moist Weather will well repay the out lay. Two or' three leaves ought to he left on each rhuhard plant, as too bear cutting tends to weaken the plants. Fruit gardes. —Trained trees will re. quire attention. See that the ties of grafts are all removed. Thin raspberry canes, to admit light and air to those intended for bearing next season. Flowkrcaedks. —Dahlias and hollyhocks will require strict atteutionastostaking and watering. A good mulching of manure placed over their roots will prevent evaporation, and produce rapid growth. Propagate by cutting the petunea, verbena, e-d----eeolaria, geranium, antirrhinum, fuchsia, agrcratuni, &c. Roses may still be budded, and cuttings of the China and Noisette class will root freely if put into a cool shaded spot. Keep the green fly in check by frequent syrenging. Set cuttings of scarlet and other geraniums. Renew old geraniums by shaking the soil completely away from their roots and re-potting them in small sized pots in rather poor lightsoil; set them under glass until they have started into growth again.