November . 
101 
You will never in winter, of course, water the 
plants in the pit. If any should want water you 
must take them out to have it and afterwards re- 
place them ; because if the stuff in the pits gets 
wet, what would happen to you if frosty weather 
came and you could let in no air ? I fear your 
plants would soon assume a deplorable look ! 
The pit should always be prepared in good time. 
It is a great thing indeecf to have the plants unhurt 
by frost to start with, and if the pit is not ready 
they may be nipped unexpectedly before you can 
get them in. The more room they have, and the 
more air, till frost really comes, the better — and 
you should always pull off dead leaves and take 
them quite away, and never be so slovenly as to 
leave them about the pit. 
November . 
Little as there is of pleasant work just now, we 
still may make work pleasant by looking on to 
next year. 
A pretty garden people would have in spring if 
they never worked at anything that did not at 
once look gay ! 
