178 TURNING UP BORDERS. [NOV. 



LETTER XL 



November. 



MY instructions for the present month will 

 occupy but a short space ; though, perhaps, you 

 will employ some time in fulfilling them. I 

 know but little to be done during this month, 

 except digging the borders, and laying them up 

 rough and hollow, for the winter. Before be- 

 ginning to do this, pull up all the annuals ; then 

 trim round such roots as have grown too large, 

 as your plants should never be allowed to get 

 too big for the size of your garden. 



Prune such shrubs as require it ; this you will 

 not do to azaleas and rhododendrons, nor to 

 any shrubs that have already formed their bloom 

 buds for the next year. Go round, and put 

 markers and sticks to such roots as require 



