304 THE FLORIST. 



No more shifting will be required till January. Seedlings not 

 removed into their blooming pots had better be shifted at once, 

 if well rooted round the ones they are in. A 5 or 6-inch size 

 will be quite large enough for them to flower in. 



Wort on Cottage. John Dobson. 



N.B. If fire is required, let it be no more than is absolutely 

 necessary to exclude frost. 



Pinks. — Keep the plants clean, and open the surface of the beds ; 

 from the late heavy rains, it may require two or three movings 

 before it becomes friable. Well earth up the plants, and place 

 a few small sticks round the tall -growing sorts, to protect them 

 from being blown off by high winds. Pot a few of the healthy 

 late- rooted scarce kinds, give them the protection of a cold frame 

 or handglass, and allow them plenty of air as soon as established. 

 Peckham. J. T. Neville. 



Polyanthuses. — The long dry summer has done much towards 

 eradicating the pest of the Polyanthus, the slug. But, notwith- 

 standing, numbers will be found among these plants, and an in- 

 dustrious search at this period will avert much mischief in the 

 spring. Draw the soil well up to the shoulders of the plants, or 

 add a little more if required to make the beds level. Polyanthuses 

 under pot culture will bear more moisture than Auriculas, but in 

 other respects the treatment will be the same for this month. 



Peckham. J. T. Neville. 



Ranunculuses. — Seedlings which came up last month should be 

 placed in a cold frame, giving air at all favourable seasons, and 

 carefully protecting from excess of moisture. Watch against the 

 ravages of slugs : much damage to seedling crops is done by these 

 depredators while very young, only recently hatched ; and w T ith 

 the protection of frames, their industry does not cease so soon 

 as in the open air. An occasional look at the stock of tubers, 

 to see if they are free from damp and vermin, is the only atten- 

 tion required at this season. 



Wallingford. Carey Tyso. 



Tulips should be planted forthwith ; further delay will be danger- 

 ous. The fine dry weather in the middle of October will have 

 enabled growers to get the soil into the beds, and in fine trim for 

 planting. The dryer the soil, and the finer the day, the better 

 will it be for the bulbs, which should have all the loose skin re- 

 moved. About four inches of mould over the bulbs will be quite 

 sufficient. 



Wycombe. J. Hunt. 



