THE GARDENER'S KALENDAR 



Have a general cleaning up about the yard and save 

 all leaves instead of burning them. Incorporate these 

 with lime and Takings into a compost heap. The com- 

 post will be found both convenient and useful for broad- 

 casting before spading the vegetable garden in the 

 spring. 



Plants of lettuce, cauliflower, cabbage, etc., that 

 are to winter over for early spring settings should be 

 put into the coldframe. 



By giving the lettuce bed protection in the way of a 

 covering with an old sheet or straw held above the 

 plants, nice heads of lettuce may be had in the open 

 until Christmas. 



Beets, carrots, turnips, celery, and late potatoes 

 should be stored in a cool dry cellar for winter use. 



As the beds are cleared of existing crops they should 

 be thoroughly composted and dug over. Then sow, 

 broadcast or in drills, corn salad, kale and spinach, 

 and enjoy them for early spring use. 



The strawberry bed should have attention now. 

 The plants should be thinned out and the beds heavily 

 mulched. 



Transplant the red raspberry, and mulch heavily 

 when the ground freezes hard. 



Lilies and other flowers grown from hardy bulbs, 

 which are to be left in the ground all winter, should 



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