Horticultural Operations for November. 527 



November is the season for finishing up all the fall work : fruit trees of 

 all kinds should now be planted, and if the ground is ready, proceed at 

 once with the work ; if not, get it in order as soon as possible, as early 

 planting can be done more rapidly than late, and the ground is likely to be 

 in better condition. Trench ground intended to be planted next spring. 

 Look after the canker worms : if the grub begins to run, tar or otherwise 

 protect the trees. Pruning may be done this month, where there are large 

 numbers of trees. It will save time in the spring. 



Grape Vines in the earliest houses, pruned last month, should now have 

 attention. Keep the temperature moderate at first, as, at this season, forc- 

 ing should not be rapid. Cover the borders immediately with four to six 

 inches of good manure ; and on top of this, six inches of leaves or other 

 covering, to keep out all frost and wet : 50° to 55° is sufficient for the night 

 temperature till after December. Vines in the greenhouse, now dropping 

 their leaves, will need no other care than to pick off the leaves as they turn 

 yellow, in order to preserve a neat appearance. Vines in cold houses should 

 be pruned now, and protected for the winter. Vines in the open air may 

 be pruned. 



Peach Trees, in pots, should be sparingly watered so as to ripen off the 

 wood. 



Raspberrt Vines should be protected upon the approach of severe 

 ■weather. 



Strawberry Beds should also have a slight covering of leaves, manure 

 or tan before the weather gets too cold. 



Fig Trees in pots should be pruned now, and allowed rest before forcing. 



Strawberries, for forcing, should now have the protection of an old 

 frame. 



Fruit should be looked after : pears of choice kinds, where there is no 

 good fruit room, should be placed in shallow boxes, and set away in a cool 

 dry room or cellar. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



The light, though not very severe frost of the last of September, came 

 rather suddenly, before many cultivators were fully prepared for it. A few 

 very tender plants were in some places slightly touched, but no material 

 injury done. Heliotropes, Salvias, and other bedding plants, though some- 

 what browned by successive cool nights, continued to bloom up to the last 

 of October. This favorable weather afforded time to arrange and put in 

 order the plants, which were hurried into the houses, and to get up and pot 

 many things which oftentimes are overlooked. 



The houses should now be arranged for the winter. Keep the tempera- 

 tures as low as possible, without any danger of frost, as early fires have a 

 tendency to prolong vegetation rather than ripen it off. 



Chrysanthemums should now be freely watered, using liquid guano or 

 manure : fumigate if the green fly appears. 



Pelargoniums will now be growing, and may have a shift into the next 

 size ; water sparingly, and keep on a light shelf near the glass. 



