A GREENHOUSE CALENDAR
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OCTOBER
Fruit.—When tomatoes are over, the old stems, etc., should be burnt, but unless the plants have been diseased the soil may be set somewhere under cover, and will prove useful for seed boxes in the early part of the year. Vines,
Diagram 76.—October: 1. Standard heliotrope, all side growths pinched out, and (Fig. 2) staked. 3. Viola cutting with few roots attached, pulled from centre of plant. 4. Store tree leaves in a hole, well drained, if no other con-venience exists.
peaches and figs should now have a fairly good watering to last them over the winter. The leaves will now be falling oft'. This process should not be unduly hurried. If the houses are kept fairly open it will occur in due course,