1883.] FOBEST WOliK FOB TEE MONTH. U3 



underwood, and push forward the felling of timber for sale, or for use 

 on the estate. Large quantities of timber placed upon the market 

 after this month, if much scattered amongst fields and hedgerows, 

 cannot conveniently be removed before the advent of spring would 

 demand the suspension of hauling operations, especially through 

 fields under crops of any kind. 



liOADS should be attended to and repaired where necessary. 

 Break all stones before laying them on the roads, and avoid the 

 reprehensible practice, sometimes adopted in the repair of country 

 roads, of tipping down the rough stones and breaking them after 

 being spread over the surface to be repaired. This method is most 

 unsatisfactory in its results, for ease in traffic, and in durability. 



Drains and Watercoukses. — Continue the drainage of agricultural 

 lands, and examine all existing drains, keeping their outlets open, 

 and removing obstructions. 



Examine all open wood-drains, ditches, and watercourses, clearing 

 out accumulations of leaves, or other obstructions that might cause 

 them to overflow. 



Pleasure Grounds and Nursery. — Accumulations of damp leaves 

 on the grounds around a mansion add to the discomforts of the 

 season, whilst the evaporation from them is inimical to the health of 

 the inhabitants. Therefore do not allow such accumulations to 

 remain, but clear them as quickly as possible to the proper depots 

 ibr rotting them into manure. 



Collect cones of the Larch, Scotch lur, &c., and also berries of the 

 Hawthorn, Mountain Ash, Holly, and keys of the Ash. Mix these 

 berries and keys with sandy soil, and pit them where they can be 

 occasionally turned over every two or three months. Look over seeds 

 already stored. Plant cuttings of deciduous trees, and plant out 

 layers of Planes, Limes, &c. Turn over roughly, or ridge up vacant 

 nursery ground, that it may become enriched and pulverized by the 

 action of the weather. 



Hunstrete, Pemford, Bristol. A. Pateeson. 



SCOTLAND. 



The weather of October — and of November up to the time I 

 write — has been very favourable for planting operations, and 

 has afforded opportunities of pressing on the work of trans- 

 planting advantageously. Although the work may be continued 

 with care, in fairly open weather all the season through, this month 

 is not generally — especially the latter half of it — so desirable for the 

 carrying on of these operations, and where they can be conveniently 

 accomplished later on, they might be deferred for a time, unless where 



