392 CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS, [chap. xii. 
In the kitchen-garden the beds should be 
cleared of all haulm, &c., and dug over and 
dressed; and the trees which were not before 
planted should be put into the ground. 
December . 
This month is a perfect blank both for 
the flower and the fruit garden ; except for 
collecting soils, making composts, preparing 
labels for names or numbers, sticks or stakes 
for tying up plants, nails and list for fastening 
> them; and in mild weather, for pruning the 
larger and more hardy deciduous trees and 
shrubs, &c. 
