Except in the remote south, the outdoor operations of the gardener are almost suspended. Nearly all that he can do is to provide manure, prepare rods and poles for peas and beans, labels for his plants, and if the weather admit, trench those compartments of his grounds which require such treatment. Such labour and the preparation of hotbeds for forcing, may profitably employ his time. Cabbage, Eggplants, Tomatoes, Peppers, etc., are now sown in hot-beds for early planting. If the weather be very cold delay awhile nothing can be gained by setting them during strong frost. Farther south labour has now commenced in earnest. In the Carolinas and southward, it is perhaps one of the most active months in horticultural operations. Beans and Peas are planted; Cabbage and Cauliflower sown, and plants from previous sowings transplanted. Lettuce plants from the autumn seed beds are set out. Spinach is sown, also Radishes, Carrots, Parsnips, Beets; Asparagus beds are dressed. In short, all the early operations of the garden are now performed.