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OCTOBER. 
The work of this month is mainly tying up vines and thinning 
out the laterals and stripping plum stocks of their leaves to pre- 
pare the stocks for budding ; and cutting up Cape weeds in the 
lower orchard. ‘he last is a very necessary operation, as the 
weed has got a good hold in the ground and takes away a lot of 
plant food from the fruit trees. 
Hoeing and digging around the flower borders give us plenty 
of employment. Ploughing in the orchard and disbudding peach 
trees are now being carried on. 
The planting of melons and vegetable marrows gives the 
students plenty to do. 
The following are the names of some of the principal varieties 
grown :— f 
Rock Melon.—Emerald Gem. 
Cucumbers.—Noa’s Forcing. 
Water Melon.—Kolb Gem, Cuban Queen, The Boss, Mr. 
Phenicy. 
Vegetable Marrows.—Long Green, Long White, Long Cream, 
Custard, Penny Bid, also Turk’s Cap, Gregory Sugar Pumpkin, 
Dilpassant, Mammoth Chili, Ironbark Pumpkin. 
Collecting oranges and shaddocks from under the trees is one 
of the necessaries of the orchard. 
A very interesting lecture was given by Mr. R. L. J. Ellery 
on “ Bee Culture.” The Horticultural Board, students, and a good 
number of the general public attended. 
NOVEMBER. 
This month is most interesting and instructive to the students. 
Setting lobelias around the pavilion occupies some of us. 
Thinning out the laterals of the vine has to be carefully 
attended to. A new cultivator has just been introduced into our 
college called the “planet junior,” and it is found most useful ; 
it is easily worked, and may be used as a seed drill, wheel hoe, 
and rake. 
Tying up raspberries in the lower orchard has to be seen to. 
Some of the students are planting out tomatoes in the nursery 
and mulching them with manure. 
The list of varieties grown is given under the heading of work 
in the month of August. nae 
Mulching is nothing more than covering the ground about the 
‘stems of plants with coarse straw or litter, which, by preventing 
