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and move dahlias and tigridia tubers in the end of the 

 month ; pot lobelias from the open borders. 



Transplant all sorts of hardy evergreens and shrubs, no- 

 ticing in dry soils to give abundance of water. Put in cut- 

 tings of all sorts of evergreens. Attend to the removal 

 of decayed plants, leaves, and rubbish from the walks and 

 borders. 



NOVEMBER. 



Kitchen Garden. — Sow early frame peas, preferring the 

 Warwick variety, and mazagan beans, in the second week, 

 for an early crop. Protect endive, celery, artichoke, sea- 

 kale, with stable-litter or ferns ; mulch asparagus with 

 hotbed dung ; take up endive, late cauliflower, early broc- 

 coli, and lettuces, and lay them in an open shed, or in old 

 cucumber and melon-pits, which will protect them from 

 frost, and afford a supply during winter. Force rhubarb 

 and sea-kale in the open border, under boxes, or cases, sur- 

 rounded and covered with well-fermented stable-litter. 



Fruit Garden. — Plant all sorts of fruit trees in fine 

 weather, giving an abundant supply of water to settle the 

 earth about the roots. Commence and carry on the various 

 operations of pruning and nailing when the weather may 

 permit. Take off such late sorts of apples and pears as 

 may remain on the trees, and lay them carefully in the 

 fruit-room ; which place will require frequent examination, 

 and the removal of all decayed fruit. 



Forcing. — In hotbeds and pits keep up the requisite 

 degree of heat by frequent additions to the linings. Cu- 

 cumbers and pines, on hotbeds, will require more than or- 

 dinary attention, to prevent them damping off from too 

 much moisture. Where a circulation of hot water in pipes 



