A YEAR'S GARDENING 



Vegetable and Fruit Garien. — Continue your work on the Aspar- 

 agus bed and give it a new surface soil of old compost mixed with 

 bone-meal. 



Flowef Garden. — Cut Holly and Evergreens for Christmas deco- 

 rations. 



DECEMBER 24 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Prepare stakes and sticks which will 

 be required later on for supporting plants. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Give an eye to the Broccoli, and 

 rather than risk losing it, if frost appears imminent, cut all that is 

 ready and hang it up in an outhouse or cellar for use when required. 



Flower Garden. — Sweep the lawn, roU the paths and tidy up thp 

 garden generally. 



DECEMBER 25 (Christmas Day) 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Take a hohday from actual work, but 

 see that the temperature in the greenhouse is properly maintained. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Take a hohday, being Christmas 

 Day. 



Flower Garden. — ^Take a hohday, being Christmas Day. 



DECEMBER 26 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Get some pieces of old cloth and cut 

 it into shreds for nailing up Fruit trees and climbers. The cloth 

 should be clean, and the shreds may vary in size from a half to one 

 inch in width and from three to six inches in length. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Look to the Fruit trees, and if 

 there stUl remains any pruning not yet done, do it now, provided the 

 weather be open and no cutting wind prevails. 



Flower Garden. — Devote the time at your disposal to-day to the 

 shrubbery, loosening the earth gently, forking in the fallen leaves 

 and clearing away all useless rubbish. 



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