CiKq SVlordfe Reminder 



"Come with me, then, behind the scenes, where we are concerned only with the joys of plant increase and rejuvenation" 



The Reminder is to "suggest" what may be done during the next few weeks. Details of 

 bow to do each item are given in the current or the back issues of The Garden Magazine— it 

 is manifestly impossible to give all the details of all the work in any one issue of a magazine. 

 References to back numbers may be looked up in the index to each completed volume (sent 

 gratis on request), and the Service Department will also be glad to cite references to any spe- 

 cial topic if asked by mail. 



When referring to the time for out-door work of any sort New York City at sea level in a nor- 

 mal season is taken as standard; but at best dates can only be approximate. Roughly, the sea- 

 son advances northward fifteen miles a day. Thus Albany, which is one hundred and fifty 

 miles from New York, would be about ten days later, and Philadelphia, which is ninety miles 

 southwest about a week earlier. Also allow four days for each one degree of latitude, for 

 each five degrees of longitude, and for each four hundred feet of altitude. 



NOVEMBER — THE MONTH OF REPOSE 



%¥ THINGS have been done 

 promptly heretofore now is 

 the season when immediate 

 ^ attention is less essential, but 

 don't lose touch with things; 

 plants are still alive though dormant, 

 and there is another year approaching. 



In the Fruit Garden 



Spread a coarse mulch 

 with special care along 

 the gooseberry bushes that 

 were mounded for layer- 

 ing along about July. 

 The roots that have formed or are 

 forming there are naturally young and 

 tender and being near the surface are 

 especially liable to winter injury. 



Bury bunches of grape cuttings in 

 slightly moist sand in a sheltered spot well below the frost line, or in 

 a pit or cellar to callus during the winter. 

 Take a final look at the peach trees for borers. 

 Gather all "mummied" fruits from peach, cherry and plum trees; 

 cut out all black knot swellings; and clean up and burn anyjsuch 

 diseased specimens, also leaves, and other rubbish around them. 



• Protect young, newly planted fruit trees from thrashing by winter 

 gales by staking, light pruning, or the placing of guards of wire 

 netting, or building paper around the trunks to keep away rabbits 

 and mice. 



Winter spraying can begin. Lime-sulphur is the standard mix- 

 ture; but one application of an oil spray soon will get the insects 

 before they are established in winter condition. Before March give 

 the regulation winter lime-sulphur. Do not use oil sprays on Sugar 

 Maples and stop pruning by the middle of the month. 



In the Vegetable Garden 



As cold increases keep tucking in the covers on and 

 around the perennial beds, but if the weather is 

 phenomenally mild as it has been of late years in 

 several instances, don't begin to pull up the cover- 

 lids until the ground freezes. 



Parsley and spinach covered with a screen or 

 board sash and then some straw or other coarse litter will lengthen 

 those crops for several weeks. 



In the greenhouse succession sowings of beans and lettuce can be 

 made and radishes added. As fast as indoor crops reach the flower- 

 ing stage begin to give them doses of liquid manure. For the 

 frames see that plenty of hotbed mats are ready. 



Paint over any metal appliances that must be left outdoors over 

 winter (such as plant stakes, vine trellises, etc.), it will give a longer 

 lease of life. Put all tools away clean and repaired ready for use; 

 and drain the hose before coiling up in a dry place. 



Let These Things Be Your Guides 



1 . Mulch to prevent alternate freezing and 

 thawing, not to keep out the cold. When 

 the border and lawn can bear a horse and 

 wagon the time is right, 



2. Put tools away clean and with exposed 

 parts greased. 



3. Lay out your winter work leisurely: 

 Any time between now and the end of 

 February is suitable for a number of tasks 

 noted for this and the next three months. 

 Do a little something each week. 



4. Be forehanded with winter spraying 

 campaign: i. e. buy your apparatus and 

 supplies now to use November to March. 



Odds and Ends Among the Orna- 

 mentals 



Prevent rotting of the stems 

 of Clematis that require 

 winter protection by a 

 mulch of sifted coal ashes, 

 covered with as much lit- 

 ter as the season and location may 

 require. Read the article on page 134 

 for general rules on mulching for winter 

 protection. 



Give all walks and roads a good 

 rolling before the hard freezes arrive. 

 This will also give you a better surface 

 during the winter and better conditions 

 to work with when spring opens up. 



Don't manure a brand new lawn too 

 heavily; you might smother it to 

 death. It is too late in most places to 

 sow any more lawn seed, even though it might come through the 

 winter safely and germinate well in the spring, but, grading and 

 levelling can go on as long as the ground can be worked, and every- 

 thing that can be done now is just that much effort saved out of 

 next spring's programme. 



Tree moving can be done all winter long. The frozen ball method 

 is one of the simplest and safest, and its desirability increases with the 

 size of the tree moved by it. The things to do now as parts of the 

 process are : ( 1 ) Dig a trench around the trees to be moved far enough 

 from the trunk to take in most of the root system, then fill this with 

 coarse manure. The soil enclosed will freeze solid and can be lifted 

 as a unit later on. (2) Dig the new hole for the tree and put some 

 good soil in the bottom. In other words "make all ready." 



If any of the dead foliage and flower stalks of perennials remain, 

 they can be cut and allowed to lie where they fall as part of the 

 winter mulch — unless infested with disease or insects, in which 

 case gather and burn. 



In the Greenhouse. 



Azaleas are more valuable than they used to be and 

 will repay proper care. Unless kept fairly cool (50 

 degrees F.), they are likely to start flowering too soon. 

 Use tobacco sprays or stems as a disinfectant for the 

 destruction of green fly in the houses. Flowers of 

 sulphur made into a paste and painted on the pipes is the standard 

 remedy for mildew. Sow some Pansy seed in a pan or flat that you 

 may have thrifty plants for bedding out quite early in the spring. 

 Clean up the Palms and Ferns as soon as there is a really free day, 

 by wiping each leaf with a weak solution of whale oil soap. Cactus 

 want light, but little water. 



If any pots have refused to yield to the ammonical copper car- 

 bonate treatment, to remove moss, soak them in a tub of water con- 

 taining sulphuric acid, about one part to ten, overnight, and very 

 little scrubbing with a stiff brush will make them "as good as new." 



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