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CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER. 
got out of hand early, manuring and digging between them as 
soon as pruned; do not crop too heavy between the rows, nor 
too near the bushes. Dress, manure, and fork over the straw¬ 
berry beds and rows, taking care hot to injure the crowns of the 
plants. 
Attend to the fruit-room, excluding absolute frost, but main¬ 
taining a free circulation of dry air whenever possible, and 
removing all decaying fruit. 
Forcing Garden. Before commencing to force the early vines, it is 
particularly necessary to make sure of the borders being efficiently 
drained, whether inside or outside the house ; and if outside, the 
borders ought to be sheltered by lights or other means from 
drenching rains and hard frosts. A thatch sloping sufficiently 
from the front wall plate to throw off the wet will be found to 
answer very well, and no great trouble will be necessary to keep 
the border sufficiently moist to enable the vines to ripen their 
fruit from a fortnight to three weeks earlier than they would if 
the border were left exposed. Commence to force very slowly, 
using both heat and moisture with great caution, but unless 
grapes are wanted very early, no heat should be applied until the 
turn of Christmas. The plants in the peach-houses may be 
pruned and tied in, and the borders dressed, but keep them cool 
and dry, so as not to start them prematurely. The same with 
strawberries in frames, where they should be kept near the glass, 
standing on shelves or inverted pots. Apply water to pine¬ 
apples with great caution, and do not keep them so close as to 
draw the plants up weak, temperature from 75 to 80° in the day¬ 
time. Stop and train in the house — cucumbers as the plants 
advance, using water very cautiously, and maintaining a mild, 
moist, growing heat about them. Keep the linings properly 
renewed about those in pits or frames. 
About the beginning of the month a supply of sea kale and 
asparagus should be placed in a mild heat, such as that of a 
mushroom-house, or of a pit devoted to the purpose, and gradually 
excited, so as to be fit for use about Christmas. The heat should 
be very mild, and water must be used with great caution, for 
fear of rotting the roots, or the tender shoots as they advance. 
Rhubarb should also be used in the same way. 
D. M. 
