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way ; but simply break it up, and leave it in the bottom of the 

 trench. Remove stems of Asparagus, dress the beds with rotten 

 manure, and cover with a few inches of soil from between the alleys. 

 Capsicums and Tomatoes, still unripe, must be gathered and laid 

 out singly in a dry room or warm greenhouse to ripen. Take up and 

 store Carrots, Beet, and Potatoes ; the Parsnips are as well lefc in the 

 ground for the present, but on the approach of severe frost it is well 

 to lift a few for immediate use. Lettuce and Endive fit for use 

 must either be lifted and laid in by their heels, or be protected from 

 frost and damp with hand-glasses, ground vineries, or cloches. Tie 

 up successional batches, and choose a dry day for the operation. 

 Towards the end of the month is a capital time for making fresh 

 plantations of Rhubarb. Let the ground be well manured and 

 trenched, and a moist situation selected if possible. 



Fruit Garden. — Raspberries, and Currant and Gooseberry 

 bushes, may be planted towards the end of the month, and cuttings 

 of the last two-named fruits struck if desirable. Remove the eyes 

 that will be below the surface, and open out a trench six inches 

 deep, and lay the cuttings in at a distance of four inches apart, and 

 fill in, and tread the soil firm. Gather Apples and Pears as fast as 

 they are sufficiently advanced. Keep the early and late ripening 

 varieties as far apart as practicable, to prevent the exhalations 

 arising from the former interfering with the keeping qualities of the 

 latter. Trench and prepare fruit borders for planting as soon as 

 possible, so that there may be no loss of time in planting the trees.. 



Greenhouse. — House at once every description of plants re- 

 quiring shelter under glass during the winter. This is particularly 

 necessary in the case of Azaleas, Camellias, Epacris, and other hard- 

 wooded plants, or the heavy rains will drench the soil and do an 

 immense amount of injury, by saturating the soil at a time when the 

 plants are unable to absorb it. Sudden changes must be avoided, 

 aud all the air possible must be admitted in favourable weather. 

 The stock of Gauntlet Pelargonium, if well established, and now 

 jjlaced in a genial growing, temperature of 55°, and kept near the 

 glass, will maintain a supply of cut flowers throughout the winter.. 

 The plants must be strong and well-rooted, or it will be a waste of 

 time to force them. Shift the earliest batch of show Pelargoniums 

 into pots ODe size larger, and keep the whole of the stock near the- 

 glass, and free from insect pests and mildew. Eumigate with tobacco, 

 or tobacco-paper, or dust with tobacco powder,, on the first appear- 

 ance of green-fly or thrip, and dust with sulphur immediately mildew 

 begins to develope itself. Cinerarias and Herbaceous Calceolarias 

 will require the same treatment in this respect. Primulas for early 

 flowering will be materially benefited by being placed in a genial 

 growing temperature of 50 3 , later batches will make good progress 

 in a temperature five degrees lower : avoid a damp atmosphere. 

 Dry off Cannas and Fuchsias ready for wintering in a dry outhouse, 

 where they can be securely protected from frost. In case of a spell 

 of damp weather towards the end of the month, apply a little fire- 

 heat, early in the day, to. dry up the dampness, ; and change the air 

 within the house.. 



