OCTOBER, 



oid plantations, cut away close to the ground all the 

 old wood that has produced fruit, and leave in place 

 thereof the hest shoots of last summer's growih, 

 five or six on each root, shortening those shoots 

 about one fourth of their length — dig the ground 

 between the roots, and take up the roots that are 

 straggling betwixt the rows. 



BARBERRIES, FILBERTS AND MULBERRIES. 



Prepare this month by layers, thus — lay yo^ng 

 ^oots aboa^ six inches deep in the earth, the :o^s 

 out, next fall they will be rooted and fit to [ Liiit'. 

 The shoots must not be parted from the parents 

 till next fall. 



FIGS AND VINES. 



Propagate fig trees and vines by layers as directed 

 above. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



Propagate by lavers as directed above for bar- 

 berries, (J'C. or by cuttings (but spring is the best 

 time to plant cuttings) of young shoots, placing them 

 hhout one third their length in the earth — r ext fall 

 they will be rooted and fit to plant out. Layers and 

 Cutiings, laid or planted last Fall, may now be pJaii^ed 

 o-' iDiO nursery beds and watered. Prune shrubs 

 that have grown irregular, 



YEW, HOLLY, THORNBERRIES, 



Sow berries of all kinds this month, an inch or 

 two deep in the earth—they may not perha] f< come 

 up till this time two years — If you burriec! nny 

 last rail, take them up and fov^t them— --yov may 

 now bury those kinds of berries in a hole about 

 eighteen inches deep, d^i^i in very dry ground cover 

 them about six inches below the surface, and throw thf 

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