A Garden Calendar 



Pot tulips and hyacinths, and plunge in ashes. Com- 

 mence to pot up spireas and other forcing stuff. Plunge 

 pot strawberries in ashes or soil. Take shading off houses. 

 See that all valves, air-traps, &c., on heating apparatus 

 work well. Plant wallflowers. Buy in a stock of fuel 

 when prices rule low. 



October. 



Make gravel walks, or repair those already made. Cut 

 out new flower beds, and make other needful arrange- 

 ments. Get up old plants of bedding stuff to provide 

 cuttings in spring. Pot on carnations. Get chrysanthe- 

 mums and other tender plants housed. Plant tulips and 

 hyacinths and other bulbs for spring flowering. Cut 

 down asparagus and clean the beds. Syringe less fre- 

 quently. Plant out border carnations if sufficiently rooted. 

 Fill window boxes with laurels, hollies, bulbs, &c. Wash 

 bulbs, such as amaryllis and eucharis, which are infested 

 with bug. Plant fruit and other trees. Gather up leaves 

 and put in a heap to form leaf-soil. Plant out spring 

 cabbages. Trench and replant herbaceous borders. Dig 

 and trench heavy ground. Get up dahlias and store in 

 cool, dry place. Plant daffodils in grass, also crocuses. 

 Store carrots, beet, and celeriac in sand. Leave parsnips 

 in ground till required, digging up only sufficient to last 

 during frost. 



November. 



Pot up cuttings rooted in greenhouse. Put gas-lime 

 on land badly infested with insect pests, or with the 

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