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CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 
Asparagus beds should be dressed about the middle of the 
month. Cut down the stems, spread a good coating of old hot¬ 
bed manure over the bed, and, with a line, mark the sides of 
the bed, and then cut the mould down, throwing the earth from 
the alleys on to the beds, until the dung is covered about three 
inches. The bottom of the trench should then have a similar 
dressing of manure, to be dug in. 
Celery should be earthed up as it advances, and the last crops 
should be ridged out without loss of time. Leeks also require 
similar treatment. 
The principal crop of potatoes will now be fit for digging, and 
should be got before danger from frost occurs. 
The late turnips should be finally hoed, thinning them to the 
proper distance one from another. 
Towards the end of the month a few early peas should be 
sown for the first crop of next year. It is by no means certain 
that these will succeed, but, if they do, a week will be saved. 
They are best sown on sloping banks, made by throwing two 
ordinary ridges into one, giving them a southern or western 
aspect. At the same time, and in the same manner, a few broad 
beans maybe got in. Both will require some nursing, and a con¬ 
stant watch to prevent the ravages of mice. 
The beds of winter spinach will require weeding and a mode¬ 
rate thinning, leaving them about six inches apart. The autumn- 
sown onions must also be kept clear of weeds. 
Salad articles, such as radishes, mustard, and cress, may still 
be sown on warm borders, or under handlights or frames. The 
advancing endive should be tied up or covered over with a gar¬ 
den pan to blanch, and a succession may be got out on a warm, 
sheltered spot. Herbs of all sorts may be separated and trans¬ 
planted. 
Get up the main crops of carrots and parsnips, and see that 
the onions are properly dried, carefully removing any that ap¬ 
pear unsound; and, as the ground becomes vacant by the 
removal of summer crops, let it be well dunged and dug or 
trenched, as may be required, leaving it as rough as possible, 
that a greater surface may be exposed to the ameliorating action 
of frost and the air. 
