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aucubas, and liollies in pots, which may 

 bo raised for the purpose on the premises, 

 •will make good winter furniture. But the 

 best of all evergreens for winter furniture, 

 is one I had of Mr. Standish last spring, 

 Grieslinia litoralis, a thick leaved, shining, 

 dense growing bush, that will do wonders 

 in a fat loam, stand any amount of frost, 

 and jDut the whole family of ordinary 

 evergreens at an immeasurable distance by 

 its splendid colour and compact habit. It 

 •was first sent out by Mr. Yeitch, and 

 ought soon to be in every garden in the 

 three kingdoms. So, in the way of flowers, 

 there need not be so many changes as I 

 have indicated. If the bed remains 

 empty all the winter, it only needs to 

 have the mould raked over now and then 

 to keep it clean, and it is still an orna- 

 ment, and crechtablc to even the best es- 

 tablishment. But instead of one jardi- 

 niere, lay out your terrace for a set of four 

 or five, with flower-boxes and the best of 

 the siliceous edgings, and where is the limit 

 to the variety you may obtain in matching 

 the excellence of this stone with suitable 

 flowers ? Good stone never dies, never 

 "misses " after planting, never grows 

 dingy, but forms a permanent framework 

 to whatever picture you like to place with- 

 in it, and without the picture, is still — if 

 you have the right material and the right 

 patterns — an object on which the eye will 

 rest with pleasure ; not so soon noting 

 the deficiencies of the planting, yet enjoy- 

 ing good planting all the more because of 

 the brave white belt of masonry that sur- 

 rounds it. 



I am not forgetful of people who can 

 only afford shillings where they would 

 spend pounds. Good masonry is expen- 

 sive, though Eansome's, with all its me- 

 chanical and artistic excellencies, is as 

 cheap as any of the good cements. There 

 is au increasing demand for manufactured 



edgings, and speaking for myself, I prefer 

 them to box, grass, or whatever else in the 

 Hve way is used — except in peculiar cases 

 that need not now be' cited. Those who 

 want a substantial cheap edging cannot do 

 better than use the cable tile, some time 

 shice described and figured in the Flobal 

 World. It is made by Messrs. Loomes, 

 Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, and suice our 

 notice of it, the manufacture has been im- 

 proved and extended, and the makers are 

 prepared to supply it in any quantity at 

 fivepence per yard. Here is a figure of a 



tile made to turn corners, a figure of the 

 ordinary straight tile will be found at page 

 20 of this year's volume. I am now about 

 to put down 200 feet on the border I keep 

 for dahlias and chrysanthemums, and have 

 just received them from the pottery. 

 Though cheap at first cost, carriage, owing 

 to their weight, is an important item. 

 My lot cost 13?. 2fZ. fi-om Whittlesea to 

 my garden gate, so you may reckon the 

 cost about 7of?. per yard to London, which, 

 considering the neat appearance, durability, 

 and the ease with which an amateur gar- 

 dener may, if he chooses, put them down 

 liimself, is as reasonable as any edging, 

 live or dead, yet introduced to notice. 



NOTES POR OCTOBEE. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 

 This is a time for earnest work in every 

 department. Make a general clearance of 

 the ground wherever there are vacant 

 spaces, and ridge up all plots not to be 

 planted on during winter. Get a waste 

 corner clear for heaping up manures and 

 composts, where they can be turned over 

 during frosts, and, if convenient, empty 

 the muck pit, and cover the rotted stuff 

 •with a layer of soil to throw off rain ; the 

 ■whole to be turned two or three times 

 cfore using it in spring. Plant out the 

 August-sown cabbage ; leave the weakest 

 in the seed-bed for future planting. Plant 



out lettuce in a warm situation, take up 

 potatoes, carrots, beets, and parsnips, 

 earth up celery. Use the fork, spade, and 

 hoe as much as possible to keep all pots 

 clean, and destroy the large crops of weeds 

 that the autumn rains will bring up. Lay 

 cabbages and broccolis that are forward 

 with their heads to the north ; fork over 

 asparagus beds, and mulch the crowns 

 with rotten dung. Get cauliflower plants 

 under hand-glasses, and pot a few to keep 

 in frames. 



PEUIT GAEDEN. 



New plantation of goosebemes, cur- 



