70 FOREST WORK FOR THE MONTH. [Nov. 



Eepair roads and drives by the application of stones and gravel, 

 rolling the same with a heavy roller, which Avill bind and solidate 

 at once. Fill up during fine and dry weather vacant ground in the 

 nursery that has been well manured, cleaned, and a green crop 

 taken therefrom. Lewis Bayne. 



KiNMEL Park. 



IRELAND. 



PLANTING will now be in full swing. The season, as far as it 

 has gone, has been a most favourable one for the operation. 

 Deciduous trees of all kinds can now be moved with perfect success, 

 and planted out permanently. While advocating planting early in the 

 season, it has often been repeated in this column that the summer 

 growth should in every instance be well matured before any removal 

 of the plant takes place. This is imperative in the case of deciduous 

 trees. 



Thorn fences in this coimtry being often planted on the top of 

 sod mounds, should, if at all possible, be planted during this month. 

 When forming thorn fences, it is strongly recommended to cut back 

 the sets, whether old or young ones used, to about nine inches from 

 tlie surface of the soil. This system gives a compact, close fence 

 just where most required, and if properly attended to in future, 

 forms one of the best fences extant. 



Collect leaves as they fall, and cart them into a heap to form 

 compost. There is no work so i^rofitable as making manure, and 

 leaves make a fine mixture with road-scrapings and scourings from 

 open drains. 



The borders in pleasure-grounds should lie dug up roughly so as 

 to expose the earth to tlie action of frost. When mowing the short 

 grass, take off the collecting bose from the machine and allow the 

 cut grass to decay on the ground. 



Collect the different seeds as they ripen. Put haws, yew, holly, 

 berries, etc., into the rot heap, and sow such as are not liable to be 

 nipped by early spring frosts. 



During favourable weather plant out into line seedlings in the 

 nursery, but do not carry on this work in frosty or wet weather. 



D. Lyon Scott. 



TlPPER.\RY. 



