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fluous shoots should be rubbed off, and, in early situa- 

 tions, the new wood should be secured as a protection 

 against injury from high winds. Plant out straw- 

 berries. 



Farm. — Clean and earth up growing crops. Plant 

 out yams, earth-nuts, coffee, sugar-cane, arrowroot, 

 sweet potatoes, white maize, potatoes. Sow sorghum, 

 prairie-grass, cotton, <kc. 



OCTOBER. 



Kitchen Garden. — Keep the crops clean, and mulch 

 and water where necessary. Sow parsley, English 

 beans, French beans, mustard and cress, lettuce, 

 endive, okra, radish, round spinach, beet, vege- 

 table marrow, melon, carrot, cucumber, tomato, fcc. 

 A few cabbages may be put in, taking care to check 

 the aphis on its first appearance. Sow rosella seed. 



Orchard. — Thin out the fruit on China peach trees 

 and others where the crop is heavy ; prop up the 

 branches. Remove suckers from vines, as directed 

 last month, tying up the branches as they extend, 

 but so as not to crush or bruise the leaves'; remove 

 superabundant fruit. Plant out bananas and pine- 

 apples. Thin out the water shoots from inside of 

 fruit-bearing trees, to let in the sun and air to ripen 

 the fruit equally. Dress vines with sulphur on the 

 first appearance of oidium. 



Farm. — Keep the ground loose and clean among 

 growing crops. Plant sweet potatoes, yams, ginger, 

 sugar-cane, arrowroot, earth-nuts, &c. Plant out 

 tobacco. Sow sorghum. 



NOVEMBER. 



Kitchen Garden. — As the season advances, the 

 advantage of having trenched the garden land will 

 become more apparent. Shallow worked land, unma- 



