A CALENDAR 



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

 standing crops clean and well hoed. Look out for (and destroy) 

 slugs and snails, especially among the Lettuces and Cauliflowers. 

 Soot and wood-ashes are a good protection. 



Flower Garden. — Choose a mild, muggy day, if possible, for 

 spreading the worm-kiUer on the lawn, watering it in if necessary. 



DECEMBER i 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Look to the labelling of all plants you 

 are storing for the winter and give new labels where necessary. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Make preparations for the manuring 

 of the ground and wheel the manure to the various spots where it 

 will be wanted. 



Flower Garden. — ^Look over the bulbs which have bfeen hfted 

 and stored for the winter, removing those which are unsound, lest 

 they infect the others. {See 27th and 28th Dec.) 



DECEMBER 2 



Greenhouse and Frames. — See that the plants stored ia the frames 

 are in good order and arrange those in lie greenhouse to the best 

 advantage, bringing into hght and warmth those which are coming 

 into flower. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Continue the work of manuring, 

 forking the manure over the ground and digging it in. 



Flower Garden. — ^Attend to the lawn. Weed it carefully, rake 

 off any moss that may be present, and sweep it thoroughly. 



DECEMBER 3 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Pot any Lihes which you may still 

 have on hand — it is not too late. Place the pots in a cold frame and 

 protect them with ashes. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Continue, and if possible complete, 

 the work of manuring the plots of groimd which require it. ' 



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