. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. CHAPTER Xiy. MONTHLY CALENDAK. -Aspect of the Month. 417. The Gate of the Year, '-'the En- trance-hall of the Seasons/' as it has been called, whose portico, supported by glit- tering pillars 01 ice, leads through long vistas of leafless snow-laden branches and frosted-work of silvery tracery. Of what may seem the sparkling trees And shrubs of fairy land, to the verixal glories of spring, the flow- er}' landscape of summer, and the russet and golden tints of autumn. Januar
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. CHAPTER Xiy. MONTHLY CALENDAK. -Aspect of the Month. 417. The Gate of the Year, '-'the En- trance-hall of the Seasons/' as it has been called, whose portico, supported by glit- tering pillars 01 ice, leads through long vistas of leafless snow-laden branches and frosted-work of silvery tracery. Of what may seem the sparkling trees And shrubs of fairy land, to the verixal glories of spring, the flow- er}' landscape of summer, and the russet and golden tints of autumn. January, divested ot its poetical character, is the lirst month of our year, and the second of winter. The average temperature is 39'' during the day and 32° during the night, and the mean temperature, dm-ing an average of many years, does not fall below the freezing-point ; severe frosts, and frosts of long continuance, occiuring in January, are there- fore exceptional occurrences in our Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877; Shaw, Henry ; from the library of and initials?. London : S. O. Beeton
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