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seed. The ground should be mellow and have been manured last 

 spring. It should be spaded up very deeply j as the size and 

 smoothness of the roots depend upon the preparation of the 

 soil. 



Water the Celery with soap suds, and if the season has been 

 favorable, by the end of this month some may be earthed up. 



Sow Eye, Barley and Eed Oats, Orchard Grass, Eed and White 

 Clover, and Alfalfa Clover. Strawberry plants should be trans- 

 planted ; they cannot be left in the same spot for three or four 

 years, as is done North. The Wilson's Albany and Longsworth's 

 Prolific are the favorite varieties for the market. 



The Wilson's Albany do not make many runners here, but they 

 form a stool something like the plants of violets, and these stools 

 have to be taken up and divided. 



NOVEMBER. 



Continue to sow Spinach, Corn Salad, Eadish, Lettuce, Mus- 

 tard, Eoquette, Parsley, Chervil, Carrots, Salsify, Parsnips, Cress 

 and Endive, also Turnips and Cabbage. Superior Flat Dutch 

 and Improved Drumhead, sown in this month, make fine Cabbage 

 in the spring. 



Artichoke should be dressed, if not already done last month. 



Sow Black Eye and other late varieties of Peas. Frost does 

 not hurt them as long as they are small, and during this time ot 

 the year, they will grow but very slowly. English Beans can be 

 planted ; frost does not hurt them, and if not planted soon they 

 will not bear much. 



Manure for hot beds should be looked after, and ought not to 

 be over one month old. It should be thrown together in a heap, 

 and when heated forked over again, so the long and short ma- 

 nure will be well mixed. The first vegetables generally sown in 

 the hot beds are Cucumbers 5 it is best to start them in two or 

 three inch pots, and when they have two rough leaves, transplant 

 them to their place j two good plants are sufficient under every 

 sash. 



DECEMBER. 



Not a great deal is planted during this month as the ground is 

 generally occupied by the growing crops. 



Plant Peas for a general crop; some potatoes may be risked, 

 but it is uncertain whether they will succeed or not. 



Sow Spinach, Eoquette, Eadish, Carrots, Lettuce, Endive and 

 Cabbage. 



Early vaiieties of Culiflower can be sown in a frame or shel- 

 tered situation, to be transplanted in February into the open 

 ground. Early Cabbages such as York, Oxheart and Winning- 

 standt, may be sown. 



To those who wish to force Tomatoes, I will say that this is the 

 month to sow them. The best kind for that purpose is the Extra 

 Early Dwarf Eed. It is really a good acquisition; it is very 

 dwarfish, very productive, and of good size and bears the fruit in 

 clusters. 



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