Chapter NINETEEN 



Muter protection 



WHEN the frost has cut down the 

 flowers, and robbed the shrubs 

 of their leaves it is time for the 

 fall cleaning of the garden. 

 This should be completed before 

 the leaves begin to fall, as if left until then they will 

 greatly complicate matters. 



Pull up and consign to the compost heap all an- 

 nuals, weeds, stalks of perennials, Lilies, and orna- 

 mental plants, and the litter used for mulch during 

 summer. This last might be left on were it not for 

 the fact that it is likely to harbour insects which would 

 do mischief. It is therefore better to remove it and 

 work the bed over, leaving all clean and neat. 



This is the time to look out for cutworms, 

 chrysalids, and the like, and destroy them. Much 

 may be done in this direction. Look carefully along 

 the edging between the curbing and the grass where 

 the cutworm lurks. Look for the chrysalids of borers 

 in the ground around the Clematis, Cosmos, Holly- 



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