Monthly Observations for January.
LAY bare the Roots of your Fruit trees, and if the weather open, l••y well-digested Muck to them: transplant young Trees, prune the rest, and nail up your Wall fruit; cut your Vines close, cleanse your Trees of Moss, by singing it off with handfuls of bolting Wheat or Rye Straw held flaming to the boughs, first gathering your Cions for Grafts: turn over your be∣fore-mucked Ground in your Kitchin-Garden, also your heaps of mixed Earth and Cow-dung for Flower-Garden: Set Beans and Pease in open Weather to have early; sow Lettuce, Radish, Chervil, Spinage, and o∣ther Salading-plants in Hot beds.
Preserve your best Gilliflowers and Auricula's from too much Wet or Snow, by laying down the pots they are planted in; or if in beds, by supported co∣verings, at a distance a foot or more: and what Ra∣nunculus or Anemonies are appearing: but give them as often as you can in suitable Weather, airings, by ta∣king off their coverings, but when Sun sets, on with them again. Keep your Conservatory close where the Greens and nice plants are housed: If it freeze very hard, put some clear lighted Charcoal in the middle of the Room, a little let into the ground: and if the Sun shine clear on the Windows or Doors thereof, open them to let in his Noon-beams, but be sure to shut them close again as soon as he declines the door.