A CALENDAR 



Flower Garden. — Devote the time at your disposal during the 

 last two days of this month to clearing, weeding and general tidying 

 up of the garden preparatory for the winter. 



OCTOBER 31 



Greenhouse and Frames. — See that your receptacles for rain- 

 water are of sufficient capacity and suitably supplied. Soft water 

 is far better for plants than the cold filtered water drawn from the 

 Water Companies' mains. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Gather up all decaying rubbish 

 and dead leaves, clearing up generally as far as possible. 



Flower Garden. — Continue yesterday's work of clearing, weeding 

 and general tidying up. 



NOVEMBER i 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Take advantage of the fine bright 

 weather which, after an early morning frost, so often prevails during 

 the first few days of this month, and see that greenhouse and frames 

 are well open to air and sunshine but closed before sunset. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Look to the store of material you 

 have on hand for protecting against frost and make suitable and 

 plentiful provision of what you are likely to require. 



Flower Garden. — ^Now is a suitable time for thinning out an over- 

 grown shrubbery and for pruning shrubs generally. Make a begin- 

 ning to-day._ 



NOVEMBER 2 



Greenhouse and Frames. — See that the plants in greenhouse and 

 conservatory are arraijged according to their needs, and bring those 

 which are in bloom, or about to flower, into light and warmth, 

 relegating the others to shadier and cooler positions. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Make a rough plkn of the garden 

 and its crops of the past year with a view to giving a proper rotation 

 of crops and of improving future arrangement in the light of past 

 experience. 



Flower Garden. — Continue your work on the shrubbery and re- 

 move such bushes as are not doing well. This is the season for 

 making alterations and improvements. 



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