2o8 KALENDAR [PT. 



GARDENING IN OCTOBER 



THIS month's work consists chiefly in harvesting vegetable 

 roots, Apples and Pears, planting bulbs, and sheltering 

 tender plants. Parsnips and Carrots should be taken up 

 when their tops have turned, to be packed in sand in a 

 dry place. Care is needful to avoid hurting the roots 

 when being lifted. It is just as well to leave some of 

 the Parsnips in the ground, protecting with litter in frost. 



Lettuce may be planted out in some sheltered place, 

 in a bright, dry border. 



In dry weather the main crop, Potatoes, should be dug, 

 stored away in a cool, dry cellar, or pitted out of doors 

 with a lining of straw, the tubers having been left a few 

 hours lying on the ground to dry. 



Towards the end of the month begin to prune Goose- 

 berries and Currants, also prune Shrubs do not clip them. 



Trench all ground that has been cleared of crops. 



Plant Roses, Shrubs, and Fruit Trees, having given 

 your order last month.* 



The Wallflowers (Red and Yellow) sown in early 

 summer and pricked out in nursery beds, should now 

 be planted in beds and groups to ensure an early bloom. 

 Likewise, Primroses and Polyanthus, Alyssum, Candytuft, 

 Aubretia, Foxgloves, Canterbury Bells, Early Tulips, 

 Snowdrops, Hardy Cyclamens, Hepatica, and Winter 

 Aconite all this with a view to bright borders next 



spring. 



* See page 130. 



