December.

Kitchen Garden.—Sow seeds of cabbage, cauliflower, savoys, &c. in shady places; peas, French beans, turnips, and materials for salad may also be sown. Plant out celery in trenches and attend to watering, Take up early potatoes, storing those that are required for table in some cool shed where the light can be excluded by a covering of straw, those wanted for seed may be greened by exposure to the light. Keep growing crops clear of weeds.

Flower Garden.—Dahlias can still be planted out to flower late. Attend to weeding and watering. Lift bulbs as they mature, storing them in dry sand in some cool place with their names attached.

Farm.—Harvesting will be general in most districts, and as soon as rain crops are off the ground commence ploughing.