What Amateur Gardeners Can Do in November 



EVERYTHING that is accomplished 

 in the autumn months is so much 

 help towards the spring gardening. 

 The garden should receive a general 

 cleaning up. Fallen leaves may be 



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plated on the compost. Most other 

 kinds of rubbish are better gathered and 

 burned. Rubbish harbors insects and 

 vermin, and the roots and stalks cf 

 plants may carry the spores of fungi. 



Protect the bulb beds, border plants, 

 roses and shrubs. Read the suggestions 

 given in an excellent article on another 

 page. Read, also, the practical article 

 on the fall treatment of weeds. 



Bulbs for spring flowering should have 

 been planted before this but there is still 

 time. As good results do not follow 

 from late planted bulbs as from those 

 planted earlier. 



Roses may be planted early this month 

 in favored localities. Fall planted roses 

 will give a fair crop of bloom the follow- 

 ing season. 



If a top dressing has not been applied 

 to the lawn this fall, see that it is done 

 at once. Use clean manure or an earth 

 mulch, as recommended in previous is- 

 sues. 



This is an excellent time to make a 

 compost to furnish good potting soil for 

 ti-se next year. Gather some sods and 

 place them in a square pile, grass side 

 downwards. On each two layers of 

 sods, place a layer of manure, five or 

 six inches thick, and continue building 

 imtil you think that you have sufficient. 

 This will he ready for use next spring. 



THE WINDOW GARDE.\ 



W hen re-potting plants, do not forget 

 the drainage. If you want best results, 

 use new pots. Water immediately after 

 re-potting. 



The most important thing in the grow- 

 ing of house plants is watering. Many 

 persons give their plants a little water 

 every day. This is wrong. They should 

 receive water only when it is required. 

 This is indicated by a dryness in the sur- 

 face of the soil and by the pot giving 



a hollow sound when knocked with the 

 kuckles. When applying water give a 

 good soaking, then withhold until the 

 condition mentioned returns. 



Leave the pot hydrangeas outside until 

 touched by five or six degrees of frost. 

 This is necessary to secure the proper 

 ripening of the wood. 



Place fuchsias and pot roses in a fairly 

 moist cellar. They require a period of 

 rest. 



Pot some bulbs ; there is still time. 

 Fven though this work has already been 

 done, a few potted now will give a later 

 succession of bloom. 



House plants should receive an oc- 

 casional draught of fresh air but see that 

 same does not fall directly on the plants. 

 Increase the temperature in the house as 

 the weather grows colder. 



Some plants that do well in north or 

 north-east windows are ferns, begonias, 

 callas, Asparagus plumostis, Primula ob- 

 conica and Chinese primroses. Plants 

 that have more richly colored flowers re- 

 quire more sunshine. 



Grow rex begonias in leaf mould and 

 sand with good drainage. Water mod- 

 erately and keep somewhat back from 

 the light. Do not allow water to get on 

 the leaves. 



To enable all the plants in the window 

 to secure light to the best advantage, 

 arrange them with the smaller plants in 



in boxes deep enough so that the tops of 

 the celery will be, at most, only an 

 inch or two above the top edges. Pack 

 the celery closely with the roots in earth 

 or sand. If the tops show signs of wilt- 

 ing, do not sprinkle them with water but 

 apply it through a tube or otherwise to 

 the roots. 



Store the garden roots and potatoes. A 

 few parsnips may be left in the ground 

 all winter. 



Store onions in a cool, dry cellar on 

 slatted shelves where there is plenty of 

 ventilation. A temperature just above 

 freezing point suits them best. 



Remove from the garden all weeds, es- 

 pecially those bearing seed pods, and 

 burn them. Apply a dressing of manure 

 and spade or plow it in. If the ground 

 is not well drained, this is a good time 

 to make it so. 



FALL WORK WITH FRUIT 



Protect the strawberry patch. While 

 -the plants may come through safely, 

 they will be better for the protection in 

 case of danger. Mulch them with clean 

 straw. Manure is apt to contain weed 

 seeds but it will do if nothing else is 

 available. Do not apply the mulch until 

 the ground is well frozen. 



As currants and gooseberries are 

 hardy, they may be planted now. Prune 

 them any time after the leaves fall. 



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Iront and the larger ones at the sides 

 and rear. Turn them at least once a 

 week to prevent one-sidedness and to 

 give all sides a chance at the sunlight. 



THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Dig and store the late celery. If you 

 have only a few dozen heads, place them 



raspberry and blackberry plants will be 

 advantageous. The same may be said of 

 young fruit trees but do not do this to 

 the latter until you have wrapped the 

 trunks with paper and banked them 

 slightly at the bottom. This is to pre- 

 vent injury from mice. 



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