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with considerable pressure, so tliat the liquid may penetrate the glossy 

 'overing of the aphis. 



General Work. 



All ploughing should now be completed ; if not, it should be finished 

 before spraying and pruning operations are proceeded with. 



Any autumn manuring or liming should also be now carried out. 

 This, too, should be finished before spraying or pruning. Before spray- 

 ing with oils or with lime sulphur wash, all rough bark on apple and 

 pear trees should be scraped off. This will mean the certain destruction 

 of any codlin moth larvae hiding underneath. 



The Vegetable Garden. 



If not previously done, asparagus beds should be well cleaned out, 

 and a top dressing of manure given. To insure good drainage, the soil 

 from the paths, or between the beds, may be thrown up on the beds, so 

 as to deepen the surface drainage, and to consequently warm the beds. 

 This will mean earlier growths. A heavy dressing of manure should be 

 given, and the beds well and roughly dug over. 



Plant out seeds of tomatoes and the pumpkin family in the frames; 

 and sow in the open, seeds of peas, lettuce, spinach, broad beans, radish, 

 onions, carrot and leek. Asparagus crowns, rhubarb roots, tubers of 

 Jerusalem artichokes, shallots and onions may now be planted out. 

 Celery should still be earthed up, taking care not to have the beds too 

 wet. 



The Flower Garden. 



General cleaning up and digging will be the work for this month in 

 flower section and shubbery. Where the soil is heavy or sour, or where 

 sorrel is plentiful, the garden should be given a heavy dressing of fresh 

 lime, a fair dusting being applied all over the surface. Lime should 

 not be used in conjunction with leaves, garden debris, leaf-mould, stable 

 manure, or any other organic matter used for humus. These should be 

 first disposed of by digging well into the soil ; then shortly afterwards a 

 top dressing of lime may be given. Should no humic material be used, 

 the lime may be dug in with the autumn digging. 



In cleaning up gardens, all light litter and foliage should be either 

 dug in, or, better still, it should be placed in an out-of-the-way corner 

 to form a compost heap. Leaf-mould, well rotted, is especiallv useful in 

 any garden, particularly where such plants as Azaleas, Rhododendrons, 

 Liliums, &c., are grown, or for pot plant work it is exceedingly valuable. 

 In forming the compost heap, no medium whatever should be added to 

 help the rotting down of the leaves unless it be a little sand. Any 

 chemical added will render the mould unsuitable for its special objects. 



Any hardy annuals may be planted out, such as stocks, pansies, wall- 

 flowers, &c., and cuttings of roses and hardwood shrubs may also be 

 planted. In planting out cuttings it is very important that all the eyes 

 should be removed from the part of the cutting which is to be below the 

 ground. If this be not done, there will always be the subsequent danger 

 of the plant suckering. 



