CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS—-SEPTEMBER. 15 
what moist, care should be taken that they are not confined 
in sacks, as they are apt to ferment, which destroys their 
vitality. Spread them in an airy loft until dry, when the 
leaves should be sifted out, and the seeds kept until the time 
of sowing in March or April. 
Collect sycamore seeds, which are ripe about this time, and 
the other varieties of maple, which in an early season are 
matured in this month; these, when dry, may be kept in a 
heap within doors until the end of March; if sown earlier, 
they are apt to come up too soon, and perish with spring frost. 
Cherry-stones should be collected and sown immediately in 
dry ground; they do not vegetate in the first spring, but the 
most successful crops are generally those that are early com- 
mitted to the ground. 
OCTOBER. 
The draining and fencing of ground, and the making of 
pits for plantations, should be continued. Where the sur- 
face of the ground is bare, and readily admits frost, these 
operations should be completed first while the weather is 
still open, as those parts possessed of surface vegetation can 
be worked during frost. 
As already stated, it is of advantage in some cases to pit 
and expose the soil to the influences of the weather for some 
time before the plants are inserted. In other cases, where 
the soil is congenial, the planting may follow with perfect 
safety immediately after the pit making. Trench ground for 
spring planting. 
By the beginning, the middle, or the end of this month, 
according to’ the season, all sorts of forest plants are ripe and 
fit for planting. The present is the proper time for planting 
dry ground of every description, whatever the mode of plant- 
ing may be. Plantations in such places should therefore be 
proceeded with as speedily as possible, both by notch and pit 
planting. Such grounds, however, as are composed to a con- 
siderable extent of organic matter—for instance, mossy or 
