336 CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. [CHAP. XII. 



In the kitchen-garden, the beds should be 

 cleared of all haulm, &e., and dug over and 

 dressed ; and the trees which were not before 

 plan'ed should be put into the ground. 



December. — This month is a perfect blank, 

 both for the flower and the fruit garden ; except 

 for collecting soils, making composts, preparing 

 labels for names or numbers, sticks or stakes 

 for tying up plants, nails and list for fastening- 

 them; and, in mild weather, for pruning the 

 larger and more hardy deciduous trees and 

 shrubs, &c. 



