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tha middle of the month. Remove, loosen, 

 or re-tie the bandages of budded trees which 

 are beginning to be girdled by them. It is an 

 excellent practice to untie such bandages, and 

 immediately tie them on again, more loosely. 

 Dig holes arid prepare soil for transplanting 

 medium or large sized trees. 



OCTOBER. 



This is a good month for setting an or- 

 chard. Follow the directions for Autumn trans- 

 planting, and you may successfully plant out 

 any fruit-trees of orchard size, from the latter 

 part of this month, until they begin to leaf 

 out in the spring, provided, the ground is 

 not too wet, and the weather is not down to 

 the freezing point. 



NOVEMBER. 



Manure your trees. Top-dress strawberry 

 beds. Lay down and cover tender grape- 

 vines, &c,, &c. Small trees, layers, &c., 

 designed for setting next spring, may be heel- 

 ed-in deep, out of doors. Small stocks for 

 root-grafting in winter, should be heeled-in, in 

 a cellar, in a box of loam if you prefer, where 

 they will not' freeze. Scions may (if neces- 



