3DS DECEMBER.. SECT. XX. 



Csver the roots of newly planted things and lightly all 

 feed beds and feedlings of tender forts, 09, 69. 



DECEMBER. 



The garden is no longer a decorated fcene ; but it 

 contains many things of promifc, which demand atten- 

 tion, and winch the mchiflrious gardener will afford, 

 agreeable to the culture that each requires. 



There are frill fome works of labour) and where 

 there is plenty of dung and frames, hot-beds may be 

 made ufeof, and ffrlng anticipated. 



If this month be called dreary, yet Mill the face of 

 nature has charms, and invites us fometimes abroad, 

 even when covered with fnow. Froii is clearly bene- 

 ficial, it dries the path, it itrings our nerves, exhilarates, 

 our fpirits, purifies the air, and prepares the ground ior 

 future produce. 



All nature feels the renovating force 

 Of 'winter, only to the thoughtlefs eye 

 In ruin feen. The froft-concoded glebe 

 Draws in abundant vegetable foul, 

 And gathers vigour for the coming year. 



Thomson* 



MISCELLANEOUS WORK. 



Weed crops, &c. clean up litter, and ftil.l be neat, 54. • 

 Gravel walks, roll hard, if dry, again il wet and froft. 

 Grafs plats, cleanfe from worm calls, fweep and roll. 

 Mice traps, fet about peas, beans, cauliflowers, &c. 233. 

 Caterpillars in trees, f nails in walls, and Jlugs, fee after* 

 Tools, make, repair, grind, and keep bright, 276. 

 Seeds, look over the ilock to keep them clean and dry. 

 Fruit m& onions, examine, remove decaying, 229, $63, 



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