THE GARDENERS' CALENDAR. JANUARY.-Prepare for all sowing and planting. If this had been done in December, it would have been better; the ground is now generally too moist for putting seed in. If you choose to sow peas, though it is not a good practise, sow them early enough.

FEBRUARY.-Prepare your ground for onions; soot, or common kennel-muck (or sludge, as it is called in some places,) is the best manure for them. Sow carrot and spinach seed. If you have any cauliflower plants under frames, draw the glasses down whenever the weather is open and mild.

MARCH.-Sow asparagus, celery, cauliflowers, brussels sprouts, beets, brocoli, spinage, onions, dutch turnips, peas, beans, savoys, parsnips, and turnip radishes. Plant sea-kale, kidney-beans, and cauliflowers from frames. Graft fruit trees, &c.

APRIL.-Prick and plant out all the cabbage kind. All carrots, parsnips, beets, &c., may now be sown. Prepare your ground for planting out cucumber plants. Plant slips and cuttings of kitchen herbs.

MAY.-Sow capsicums, cauliflowers, carrots, lettuces, spinage, cucumbers, peas, red beet for pickling, and kidney and french beans. Transplant cabbages, winter greens, lettuces, cauliflowers, and celery.

JUNE.-Sow beans, peas, cucumbers for pickling, radishes, spinach, cabbages, endive, carrots, brocoli and borecole; kidney-beans once a fortnight; lettuce and small salad once in ten days.

JULY.-Sow turnips, french beans, lettuces, and black spanish radishes. Plant out brocoli, cauliflowers, savoys, leeks, and winter cabbages, and earth up celery. Gather medicinal flowers and sweet herbs, &c.

AUGUST.-A variety of esculent vegetables must be sown at this time for the autumn and winter crops. Plant young seedlings; hoe and earth round cauliflowers, Propagate aromatic plants, &c., by parting the roots.

SEPTEMBER. Sow vegetable seeds for a spring crop, and plant cauliflowers, brocoli, savoys, german greens, leeks, lettuce, celery, and perennial and aromatic pot herbs. Hoe winter spinach and turnips, earth up celery, weed cauliflowers and young onions; prick out cabbage plants.

OCTOBER.-Plant cabbages, endive, brocoli, &c. Sow small salad, radishes, and lettuce; a few mazagan beans and hotspur peas to stand the winter. Tie up endive and earth up celery and cardoons.

NOVEMBER.-Force sea cake, rhubarb, and asparagus. Prune and plant fruit trees. Transplant seeding stocks, and suckers taken from the roots of pear, codlin, plum, and quince trees, to prepare them for budding or grafting different fruits upon. Shelter choice flowers.

DECEMBER.-Tie up endive, cardoons, and white beet. Take up edible and full-grown vegetables with esculent leaves, and plant the latter in sand, in au open shed for use

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, INSTITUTIONS, &c.

HULL GENERAL INFIRMARY, Prospect-street; Mr C. J. Evans, House Surgeon; Mrs Stow Ostler, Matron.

KINGSTON GAS WORKS, Broadley-street; Mr W. Jackman, Manager.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, George-street; Mr Young, Librarian. YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAN AND LITERARY INSTITUTE, George-street; Z. C. Pearson, Esq., President; Mr S. Haller, Treasurer; Messrs F. Pope, J. Sibree, jun., and G. Raven, Secretaries.

HULL CHURCH INSTITUTE, Osborne-street; Dr Bell, President; Mr D. Middlemiss, Secretary.

EXCHANGE AND NEWS ROOMS, Bowlalley - lane; Mr Bywater, Keeper.

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES, Trippett; Mr Wm. Norton, Superintendent.

CHARTER-HOUSE, Charter-House-lane; Rev J. H. Bromby, M.A., Master and Chaplain.

BOROUGH LUNATIC ASYLUM, Anlaby-road; F. W. Casson, Esq., Superintendent.

FEMALE PENITENTIARY, Anlaby-road; Mrs E. Woolley, Matron.

NEW CORN EXCHANGE, High-street.

QUEEN'S THEATRE, Paragon-street; Messrs Wolfenden and Melbourne, Lessees and Managers.

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY STATION, Paragon - street; A. Christison, Esq., General Manager.

RAILWAY HOTEL, adjoining the Station, Paragon-street; Mr J. Holiday, Proprietor.

BOROUGH GAOL, Kingston-street; Capt. W. Neill, Governor. BOTANIC GARDENS, Botanic-lane, Anlaby-road; Mr W. Niven, Curator.

ROYAL INSTITUTION AND SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY, Albion-street; Mr R. T. Cussons, Librarian.

HULL GENERAL CEMETERY, Spring - bank, Mr Shields, Manager.

SAILORS' HOME, Salthouse-lane; Mr Sharp, Manager. CONSERVATIVE NEWS ROOM, Lowgate; Mr Davis, Keeper. WATERWORKS, Stoneferry; Mr Dale, Resident Engineer. PUBLIC BATHS, Humber-bank; Mr Greenfield, Manager. WORKHOUSE, Anlaby-road; J. Fountain, Esq., Governor. SCULCOATES UNION, Beverley-road; J. A. Sykes, Esq., Chairman.

THE GARDENERS' CALENDAR. JANUARY.-Prepare for all sowing and planting. If this had been done in December, it would have been better; the ground is now generally too moist for putting seed in. If you choose to sow peas, though it is not a good practise, sow them early enough.

FEBRUARY.-Prepare your ground for onions; soot, or common kennel-muck (or sludge, as it is called in some places,) is the best manure for them. Sow carrot and spinach seed. If you have any cauliflower plants under frames, draw the glasses down whenever the weather is open and mild.

&c.

MARCH.-Sow asparagus, celery, cauliflowers, brussels sprouts, beets, brocoli, spinage, onions, dutch turnips, peas, beans, savoys, parsnips, and turnip radishes. Plant sea-kale, kidney-beans, and cauliflowers from frames. Graft fruit trees, APRIL.-Prick and plant out all the cabbage kind. All carrots, parsnips, beets, &c., may now be sown. Prepare your ground for planting out cucumber plants. Plant slips and cuttings of kitchen herbs.

MAY.-Sow capsicums, cauliflowers, carrots, lettuces, spinage, cucumbers, peas, red beet for pickling, and kidney and french beans. Transplant cabbages, winter greens, lettuces, cauliflowers, and celery.

JUNE.-Sow beans, peas, cucumbers for pickling, radishes, spinach, cabbages, endive, carrots, brocoli and borecole; kidney-beans once a fortnight; lettuce and small salad once in ten days.

JULY.-Sow turnips, french beans, lettuces, and black spanish radishes. Plant ont brocoli, cauliflowers, savoys, leeks, and winter cabbages, and earth up celery. Gather medicinal flowers and sweet herbs, &c.

AUGUST.-A variety of esculent vegetables must be sown at this time for the autumn and winter crops. Plant young seedlings; hoe and earth round cauliflowers, Propagate aromatic plants, &c., by parting the roots.

SEPTEMBER.-Sow vegetable seeds for a spring crop, and plant cauliflowers, brocoli, savoys, german greens, leeks, lettuce, celery, and perennial and aromatic pot herbs. Hoe winter spinach and turnips, earth up celery, weed cauliflowers and young onions; prick out cabbage plants.

OCTOBER.-Plant cabbages, endive, brocoli, &c. Sow small salad, radishes, and lettuce; a few mazagan beans and hotspur peas to stand the winter. Tie up endive and earth up celery and cardoons.

NOVEMBER.-Force sea cake, rhubarb, and asparagus. Prune and plant fruit trees. Transplant seeding stocks, and suckers taken from the roots of pear, codlin, plum, and quince trees, to prepare them for budding or grafting different fruits upon. Shelter choice flowers.

DECEMBER.-Tie up endive, cardoons, and white beet. Take up edible and full-grown vegetables with esculent leaves, and olant the latter in sand, in an open shed for use

PUBLIC BUILDINGS, INSTITUTIONS, &c.

HULL GENERAL INFIRMARY, Prospect-street; Mr C. J. Evans, House Surgeon; Mrs Stow Ostler, Matron.

KINGSTON GAS WORKS, Broadley-street; Mr W. Jackman, Manager.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE, George-street; Mr Young, Librarian. YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHRISTIAŇ AND LITERARY INSTITUTE, George-street; Z. C. Pearson, Esq., President; Mr S. Haller, Treasurer; Messrs F. Pope, J. Sibree, jun., and G. Raven, Secretaries.

HULL CHURCH INSTITUTE, Osborne-street; Dr Bell, President; Mr D. Middlemiss, Secretary.

EXCHANGE AND NEWS ROOMS, Bowlalley - lane; Mr Bywater, Keeper.

BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES, Trippett; Mr Wm. Norton, Superintendent.

CHARTER-HOUSE, Charter-House-lane; Rev J. H. Bromby, M.A., Master and Chaplain.

BOROUGH LUNATIC ASYLUM, Anlaby-road; F. W. Casson, Esq., Superintendent.

FEMALE PENITENTIARY, Anlaby-road; Mrs E. Woolley, Matron.

NEW CORN EXCHANGE, High-street.

QUEEN'S THEATRE, Paragon-street; Messrs Wolfenden and Melbourne, Lessees and Managers.

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY STATION, Paragon - street; A. Christison, Esq., General Manager.

RAILWAY HOTEL, adjoining the Station, Paragon-street; Mr J. Holiday, Proprietor.

BOROUGH GAOL, Kingston-street; Capt. W. Neill, Governor. BOTANIC GARDENS, Botanic-lane, Anlaby-road; Mr W. Niven, Curator.

ROYAL INSTITUTION AND SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY, Albion-street; Mr R. T. Cussons, Librarian.

HULL GENERAL CEMETERY, Spring-bank, Mr Shields, Manager.

SAILORS' HOME, Salthouse-lane; Mr Sharp, Manager. CONSERVATIVE NEWS ROOM, Lowgate; Mr Davis, Keeper. WATERWORKS, Stoneferry; Mr Dale, Resident Engineer. PUBLIC BATHS, Humber-bank; Mr Greenfield, Manager. WORKHOUSE, Anlaby-road; J. Fountain, Esq., Governor. SCULCOATES UNION, Beverley-road; J. A. Sykes, Esq., Chairman.