A YEAR'S GARDENING 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Give the Rhubarb bed a liberal 

 mulching, thus preserving the plants from frost, increasing their 

 productiveness and inducing an early crop. 



Flower Garden. — Cut down any remaining stems of herbaceous 

 perennials (such as Michaelmas Daisies, etc.) and gently loosen the 

 earth in the borders, taking care not to up-turn any bulbs. 



DECEMBER ii 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look to the foHage plants, such as 

 Palms, Aspidistras, Indiarubber Plant, etc., and cleanse the leaves 

 thoroughly with a wet sponge. A Uttle milk added to the water is 

 recommended. 



Vegetable and Fruit (garden. — Hoe the surface of the ground 

 around the standing crops and earth up the roots as a protection 

 against frost. 



Flower Garden. — Put light litter, or leaves weighted with soil, 

 round the roots of Rosesand perennials generally, as a protection 

 from frost. 



DECEMBER 12 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Keep a strict watch on the Cinerarias 

 for any attack of green-fly, to which they are peculiarly liable in all 

 stages of their growth. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Consider what trenching and dig- 

 ging still remain to be done and make every effort to complete sudi 

 work as soon as possible, before severe frost occurs. 



Flower Garden. — In the absence of any indication of frost occur- 

 ring, new turf for edgings, or to repair bare patches in the lawn, 

 may still be laid, but do not delay. 



DECEMBER 13 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look to the Roses in pots which you 

 are bringing forward for early flowering. See that they are not 

 crowded and are kept free from green-fly. 



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