Oct.

94 THE GARDENER’S KALENDAR.

In order to this, let a bed of light rich earth, in a Ifvarm situation fronting the south, be dug, and propor-'tioned to one of the shallowest garden frames. Let theearth be broken very fine, and hid a little sloping towardsthe south.

When the surface is raked very even, let shallow drillsbe drawn from the back to the front of the frame, abouttwo or three inches asunder. In these drills let the feedbe sown pretty thick, and covered with earth about aquarter of an inch deep.

The glasses must be put on every night, and continuedalso in the day-time, when the weather is very cold or wet.

Dress Asparagus Beds.

The stalks of your asparagus must be cut down, andthe beds propeily dressed some time this month.

Remember to cut down the stalks or haulm within twoor three inches at least, of the surface of the beds, andimmediately to carry it off the ground.

When this is done, cut up all the weeds with a sharphoe, and draw them off into the alleys, which are tobe marked out with a line and spade, about eighteen ortwenty inches wide.

The beds being thus cleared, let the alleys be dug onespade deep, spreading the earth, or at least the greaterpart of it, neatly over the beds, observing, as you ad-vance in digging, to bury the weeds taken off the bedsin the bottom of the trench, and to cover them a pro-per depth with earth.

If you intend to manure your asparagus beds, this isalso the proper season to do it; but the dung, whichmust be applied before the alleys are dug, should be verygood and very rotten. None is more proper than thedung of old cucumber and melon beds. This must bespread over the surface, as the haulm and weeds arecleared away: let it be well broken, and laid of anequal thickness on every part of the beds. When thisis done, let the alleys be dug as above directed, and aproper quantity of the earth spread upon the dung.

You may plant a row of cabbages or coleworts ineach alley, five or six inches apart in the tow. Andthese will generally survive very severe frosts, when allthose planted in an open or level spot will be destroyed.

Clear the beds of Aromatic Plants.

Your beds of sage, savory, thyme, hiffbp, mint^baum,tarragon, tansey, sorrel, &c. must now be dressed in thefollowing manner :

Let all the stalks, or decayed slower stems, be cut closeto the heads of the plants, or the surface of the ground ;the beds well cleared from weeds and other litter, and thewhole carried off the ground, !

When this is done, let the earth be dug lightly be-tween such of the plants as will bear it, either with aspade or trowel. At the fame time let the alleys bedug, and a little of the earth spread upon the beds. Ifa little rotten dung had been scattered over the beds be-fore they had been dug, it would have been of greatadvantage to the plants.

The beds of mint and pepper-mint, will not admit ofdigging ; but let them be well cleared from weeds, alittle rotten dung spread over the surface, and some os-> m th e alleys thrown over the dung.

By this means the roots will, in some measure, beprotected from the frost ; and the rain, by washing downthe salts in the dung and earth, will greatly enrich thebeds, and strengthen the plants.

Dung and trench Ground.

The parts of the kitchen - garden now unoccupiedshould be dunged and trenched, that it may receive everypossible advantage from the fun and air. By this meansthe soil will be greatly enriched, and consequently pro-duce much larger crops in the spring, than it would if?suffered to have lain neglected till it was wanted.

The Nursery.

Sow Haws, Holly Berries, Sic.

This is the season for sowing haws, holly, hips, andyew-berries.

In order so which, let beds of three feet and a half,or four feet wide, be prepared: the berries of each sort se-parately sown on the surface, and covered near an inchdeep with earth.

I Many bury their haws and holly-berries a whole yearin the earth, before they sow them, for they seldom comeup before the spring twelvemonth after they are sown.The method is this:

I They mark out in some part of the nursery, where theI ground is firm and dry, a trench about two feet wide,

| dig it twelve inches deep, and make the bottom veryj even and level. In this trench they lay the berries of anequal thickness and cover them with earth six inches deep,

| at least.

! In this manner they are suffered to lie-a twelvemonth,when they are taken up and sown in beds as above directed.

Soiu Acorns.

| About the latter end of this month your acorns mustbe sown, for, if kept much longer out of the ground*they will begin.to sprout.

They should be sown in beds about four feet wide,and covered an inch deep with earth.

j. Sqw Plum-Siones.

This is a very proper season for sowing plum- stones,to raise a supply of stocks for the purpose of budding andgrafting.

In order to this, let beds about four feet broad be dug,the stones spread, not too thick, as equally as possible onthe sot face, and covered a full inch deep with earth.

If you scatter some dry short litter over the surface ofthe beds as soon as they are planted, it will prove of greatservice.

Some preserve these stones till about the middle ofFebruary, and then plant them in beds as above directed.The method they take to preserve the stones is this:

They procure a strong close box or tub, and cov^rthe bottom three inches deep with sand. When this isdone, they scatter on it a parcel of .the stones, coveringthem two inches deep with sand; upon this coveringthey scatter another parcel of the stones, covering themin the fame manner, and so proceed fill the tub or box

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