1883.] 



FOREST WORK FOR TEE MONTH. 



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ENGLAND. 



kHE usual cTiaracteristic of November is a season of gloomy, hazy 

 weather, often accompanied by rains, sleet, and wild stormy 

 winds ; yet the amount of rainfall is not as great as in some 

 other months. The average dew point is reduced about 16° below 

 the average of July, and the evaporation amounts to little more than 

 one inch. The average rainfall is about 2\ inche^;; and an inch of 

 rain means a gallon of water spread over a surface of nearly two 

 square feet, or 3,630 cubic feet, equal to about 100 tons upon an 

 acre. 



Very ^q\y plants come naturally into flower in November, yet a 

 considerable number of fruiting ornamental shrubs adorn it with their 

 fruits, and several hardy shrubs and herbaceous plants adorn it with 

 their flowers, sometimes until near the end of the month. 



Okchard. — Trench and prepare ground for planting. The sooner 

 the trees are transplanted after the leaves have fallen, the greater the 

 certainty of success. If the ground is dry, water copiously ; and a 

 mulching of long dung will be of great advantage. About ten days 

 after the leaves have fallen, the pruning of orchard fruit trees may be 

 begun, and large limbs may then be removed with greater impunity 

 than at any othei" season. 



Fences demand much of our attention during this month. Con- 

 tinue to act upon the instructions giveu last month. Cut, plash, and 

 lay old hedL^es ; and plant new hedges where the ground has been 

 properly prepared. He-lges planted at this season will be found 

 generally to answer better — particularly upon a dry site — than if 

 planted in the spring. Dig and clean both sides of all young hedges. 



