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in December ; but the longer you can keep them in the ground 

 the better. During this month, showers continually fall. Be 

 careful to attend to, and water your fruit trees. Porcupines 

 and other animals are very destructive in gardens at night time, 

 owing to all the grain in the fields being now gathered in. 

 Thermometer from eighty-four to ninety degrees. 



APRIL- 



The hot weather has now decidedly set in. The vegetables 

 in the garden, half an hour after sunrise, look in a drooping 

 state, and regular irrigation is necessary. 



EUROPE VEGETABLES now procurable, but by no means in 

 perfection, are cabbages, artichokes, asparagus, celery, beet- 

 root, carrots, tomatoes, salads. 



NATIVE VEGETABLES are cucumbers, dill-pussund, kuddoo, 

 mathie, soe, pollok, kumruk, brinjal, gajur, &c. 



FRUITS. Grapes, peaches, strawberries, rose-apples, apples, 

 oranges, pines, plantains, melons (mangoes just making their 

 appearance towards the latter end of the month) ; besides many 

 sorts of Native fruits. 



Ols. Very little can be done in the garden now, as it is 

 useless putting out plants. Constant irrigation is necessary for 

 all vegetables, and the more they are sheltered from the hot 

 winds the better. Ground may be ploughed and got ready for 

 the ensuing rains. Now lay out your garden walks, as the 

 Mallies have not much to do. Asparagus beds will be in full 

 perfection if attended to and looked after. The small kinds of 

 tomatoes continue, and salad, if well sheltered by the shade of 

 plantains, or other trees, may be preserved. 



Rain occasionally falls this month. The Thermometer in the 

 shade ninety-two degrees and upwards. No doing without 

 tatties from the middle of the month. 



