_Kitchen Garden._--Collect and smother-burn all vegetable refuse, and
apply it as a dressing to the ground. Sow a few peas and beans, in
case of accident to those sown in November, drawing up the soil
towards the stems of those which are above ground as a protection;
earth up celery; blanch endive with flower-pots; sow radishes in a
very sheltered place. Attend to trenching and digging in dry weather.
_Fruit Garden._--Plant all sorts of fruit trees in mild weather.
Proceed with pruning and nailing wall-trees. Examine the fruit-room
every week, removing promptly all decaying fruit.
_Forcing._--The same degree of attention to hotbeds and pits will be
necessary as in the last month. Continue the forcing of asparagus,
rhubarb and sea-kale, in pits and in the mushroom-house. Proceed with
the usual routine of culture commenced last month. Make the necessary
preparations to begin forcing early or succession crops by the last
week of this or the first of next month.
_Plant Houses, Frames, &c._--Carnations and picotees in pots must be
kept rather dry to prevent damping off. Heaths and Australian plants
must be very sparingly watered, and kept with only fire heat enough to
repel frost. Cut down plants of chrysanthemums, which should be placed
in a cool pit, near the glass, in order to afford hard sturdy cuttings
in February. Shy plants should be given gentle bottom heat to induce
growth, which should be gently hardened by exposure under cooler
conditions.
_Flower Garden, &c._--Plant shrubs in open weather. Prune shrubs.
Sweep and roll the lawns, and put in repair the gravel-walks, keeping
the surface frequently rolled. (J. Ws.; W. R. W.)
(B) _For the United States (chiefly for the latitude of New York)._