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EEMINDERS EOE NOVEMBER. 



Auriculas. — Damp is now their great 

 enemy, and yet water must be given if 

 they want it at the root. Keep the glass 

 over them, and give air liberally. 



Azaleas. — Keep cool, or they may 

 start too soon ; a few may be started very 

 gently for the first bloom. 



Camellias to be arranged for their 

 order of blooming, and those to come in 

 first to be put in a warm house, and to 

 have weak manure water. 



Carnations. — Same as auriculas. 



Cinerarias have now their seasonal 

 ordeal to pass through, and must have 

 every proper attention, or mildew will eat 

 them up. Sulphur them if there is the 

 least sign of the plague, and give plenty 

 of air. Get specimen plants into shape, 

 and put the early ones into their blooming 

 pots, stop ten days after shifting. 



JDahlias. — Take up at once, or as soon 

 as the frost has spoilt their beauty. A few 

 dahlias which we took up on clean stems 

 bv disbudding rather late in the season 

 are now nice standards in pots, and will 

 make a show under glass for some time to 

 come. This maybe a useful hint to those 

 who have heavy demands upon them to 

 keep conservatories gay. 



Fuchsias stored under stages had 

 better not be pruned, except just thepoints 

 of the longest shoots, as it causes them to 

 break before they are wanted. Late 

 struck plants will be in nice bloom now 

 for the conservatory, and cuttings may 

 now he put in for early plants. 



Geraniums ought to be out of their 

 beds, and established in pots by this time. 

 If any remain out, get them up before they 

 melt "into a jelly, and give them a warm 



berth for a week or two, to enable them 

 to get hold of the new stuff in which they 

 are potted. Poor sandy stuff for all bed- 

 ders that are merely to be kept, as the 

 less growth the better. 



Kitchen Garden to be kept very clear of 

 dead weeds and rubbish, and the muck-pit 

 to be emptied at the first opportunity, and 

 the stuff turned to the frost. Earth arti- 

 chokes, store potatoes, store endive, pars- 

 ley, and lettuces in old frames ; get hand- 

 glasses on cauliflowers, sow peas and beans, 

 if you mean to risk it ; keep the unoc- 

 cupied ground in a state of agitation. 



Pelargoniums have been pretty free 

 from disasters hitherto ; but the season of 

 mildew is upon us. Use fire-heat by day 

 only|during frost and damp, train and stop, 

 water sparingly, do not wet the foliage. 



Tulips to be planted at once. Lord 

 Mayor's Day is the commencement of the 

 session among thefaneiers; if plautedearlier 

 they break ground too soon in the frost ; if 

 later, they flower weakly. But bedding 

 tulips may be planted any time from the 

 1st of October to the middle of November. 

 See Flobal World, June, 1860, p. 117. 



Vines have done very badly this sea- 

 son where their roots are outside, and 

 means for securing warmth and dryness at 

 the roots are now generally recognized as 

 the first essantials in grape culture. What- 

 ever can be done, therefore, to improve 

 the circumstances of vines planted outside 

 should have attention now. Putting clung 

 on the border does more harm than good. 

 Good dry litter and wooden shutters would 

 be far better to throw off the wet and keep 

 in the warmth, for more heat comes from 

 below than above at this time of year. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Thk Gaeden Oracle toe 1861 is now ready, 

 price Is. It contains a carefully-prepared calen- 

 dar of garden work for the months — a list of 365 

 hardy herbaceous plants to bloom every day in 

 the year — lists of the winning flowers, showing 

 at one view the progress of floriculture during 

 1860 — an essay on the ainateuv's greenhouse, 

 comprising a complete code of management and 

 practical operations — an account of a new hardy 

 native Spergula, adapted to form lawns, without 

 mowing, on sandy and gravelly soils — and vari- 

 ous notes on pigeons and poultry, and useful 

 hints for the household. As it has been unani- 

 mously pronounced the best garden and do- 

 mestic almanac extant, we have determined 

 it shall maintain its character, and improve 

 from year to year. The issue for 1859 contains 

 a list of greenhouse plants for every day in the 



year, and that for 1860 a similar list of Ericas. 

 Copies of each may still be had. 

 Peat Pots and Lumps. — A. Johnson, — "Peat 

 pots" are made of peat dried but not baked. The 

 plants grown in them are planted without turn- 

 ing out, that is, in the .pots, firmly plunged. 

 The pots crumble away, and the plants root 

 into the soil that surrounds them. Respecting 

 the other invention, all we know is as follows, 

 which we take from the Mechanics' Magazine : 

 —"2818. G. C. Watson. Novel and 'artistic 

 bricks or 'lumps' for the reception, growth, 

 and propagation of ferns, mosses, and other 

 plants. Dated December 12, 1859. This con- 

 sists in the construction or use of 'bricks' or 

 'lumps' having recesses or pockets formed 

 therein for containing soil and so forth, for 

 the reception, growth, and propagation of ferns, 



