82 THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. [Ja/K 



generally speaking, a name only, and more often filled with 

 useless lumber, than implements of horticulture. Nothing 

 shows the want of regularity and system, and consequently 

 bad management, more than to see a spade lying in one place, 

 a rake in another, and a wheelbarrow in a third. We would 

 recommend that every operative be compelled, on quitting liis 

 work, to carry such of his tools, as he may have been using 

 into the tool-house, where they should be properly cleaned, 

 and either placed upright or hung upon nails, according to 

 their respective kinds; and this house should be regularly 

 locked by the foreman, and opened by him in the morning. A 

 system of regularity of this sort will prevent altercation, and 

 in a short time will cease to be unpleasant to the men ; they 

 will perform it as mechanically, as they do most of their other 

 duties. At this season, the store-house should be examined ; 

 all bulbs, onions, and roots carefully looked over, and those 

 in a state of decay removed to prevent contamination. 

 Every attention should be paid to such things as are liable 

 to be injured by frost, in order that they may be protected 

 in time, for if deferred too long, an irreparable loss may 

 be the consequence. Where there is much wheeling to do, 

 this is the proper season to perform it, as during fi-ost, the men 

 will do more at this work, than they can accomplish, when the 

 walks and ground are soft. Leaves should be collected in the 

 woods for the purpose of undergoing fermentation, either for 

 accelerating crops or fruits ; or if not wanted for such pur- 

 poses, they should be gathered in heaps to rot into vegetable 

 mould, which will always be useful in the kitchen-garden, and 

 in the other gardens it is actually indispensable. 



