A CALENDAR 



OCTOBER 17 



Creenhouse and Frames. — Be careful in watering, both in green- 

 house and frames. Plants which have just done flowering generally 

 need rest and should be kept fairly dry at the roots. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Plant out any Lettuces that may 

 still remain in the seed-bed and make a fresh sowing in a frame. 



Flower Garden. — Take a general survey of the borders with a 

 view to deciding what they require in the way of digging, trench- 

 ing and manuring. 



OCTOBER 18 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Look to the pot Lilies. Those which 

 have flowered should be removed from the greenhouse, placed in 

 a cold frame and watered very sparingly. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Look to the Fruit trees recently 

 planted, and now that the ground has had time to settle provide 

 the trees with suitable stakes and tie them carefully and firmly. 



Flower Garden. — Make a beginning in the digging and manuring 

 of such borders as require it, lifting the plants and putting them 

 aside temporarily before starting to dig. 



OCTOBER 19 



Greenhouse and Frames. — See to the Roses in pots and select 

 some of the strongest for forcing into early bloom. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Continue the work of staking and 

 tying the newly-planted Fruit trees. 



Flower Garden. — Continue the work of digging and manuring 

 the borders, and re-place the plants temporarily lifted. 



OCTOBER 20 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Prune those Roses which you selected 

 yesterday and plunge the pots into a hot-bed of a temperature of 

 about 45°. / 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Lift the remainder of the Carrots, 

 taking care to raise them whole, and store them in sand. 



Flower Garden. — Where the summer bedding plants are finally 

 cleared begin to put in the spring plants, such as Wallflowers, For- 

 get-me-nots, Polyanthuses, etc. 



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