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rants, and raspberry bushes may be made 

 towards the end of the month. Get the ' 

 ground ready for fruit-trees that are to be i 

 planted next monih, let it be well drained 

 and deeply trenched, but, iinless the soil 

 is poor and exhausted, use no manure 

 whatever — pure loam is preferable to an i 

 enriched soil, for all trees intended to bear j 

 early and Uve long. You need not wait | 

 till next month if your ground is ready ; 

 trees may now be moved, even if they 

 have not shed their leaves, and will make 

 fresh roots immediately. 



PLOWEE GAEDEN. 



Let chrysanthemums be securely staked; 

 train out plants in pots, and make tlien\ 

 neat and tidy for blooming, give plenty of 

 water. Where required to take the place 

 of bedding plants, get them into their 

 places without delay, and lift carefully 

 with good balls. Plant hyacinths, tulips, 

 crocuses, scillas, crown imperials, liliums, 

 gladioli, narcissi, jonquils, daffodils, and 

 snow-drops. Part and plant out peren- 

 nials in the borders, get auriculas and car- 

 nations under glass for the winter, but 

 give plenty of air. This is a good time 

 to plant American shrubs of all kinds. 

 Remove decaying leaves ; keep walks and 

 lawns tidy. 



GKEEXHOTJSE AND STOYE. 

 House at once whatever is to be win- 

 tered under glass. Remove the shading, 

 give plenty of air, and whenever green-fly 

 orthrips appear,resort toefTectual methods 

 at once, and much future annoyance will 

 be saved. Plants that are to bloom during 

 the winter should have the best place as 

 to warmth, and if fires become necessary, 

 let them be got up brisk, so as to dry the 



house, and allow at the same time of a 

 current of air. Reduce the heat among 

 pines, so as to keep them growing slowly. 

 Be careful not to push pines into too rapid 

 a growth. Keep the air very dry where 

 grapes are hanging. Bottom heat for 

 pines, 85". 



Cinerarias should be kept growing 

 freely, and be regidarly stopped to pro- 

 duce good specimens. At this time of 

 year, they are very subject to mildew and 

 green-fly. Use the proper remedies as 

 soon as there are the least signs of such 

 plagues, and keep the plants well-aired to 

 induce robustness. Iveeping the outsides 

 of the pots clean will do much towards 

 ensuring their health. 



Dahlias should be correctly tallied 

 preparatory to taking up. Make up your 

 list for next year, while the flowers are in 

 bloom, and tlirow out every one that has 

 not realized your expectations. When 

 there are so many good ones, it is a folly 

 to tolerate any that are of questionable 

 merit. Keep them well tied to promote 

 bloom to the last. 



Pelargoniums, for spring exhibition, 

 will now want another shift. Get them 

 into their blooming pots at once, use good 

 turfy loam and old manure, plenty of 

 drainage, and, for a fortnight after shift- 

 ing, give very little water. 



Bedding Plant smaj still be propagated, 

 but the stock ought to be complete by this 

 time. Calceolarias put in now will make 

 good plants for bedding next summer. If 

 geraniums are wanted, put in the ripest 

 shoots you can get, five or six round the 

 sides of five-inch pots, and place thein on 

 a top shelf. They will root in time, though 

 slowly. Of course, they must be kept 

 moderately dry. 



TO COREESPONDENTS. 



Pit for Beddixg Plaitts. — Constant Header 

 wishes to build a pit or house for the preser- 

 vation tiurin,? winter of bedding plants, etc. He 

 has a vinery heated by hot water, and could put 

 additional pipes through the new structure, to 

 be heated by the same boiler, but, as the ex- 

 clusion of frost is all that is desired, he wishes 

 to know if it will be sufficient to make the flue 

 of the present chimney run round the new 

 structure, and if so, of what construction, bricks 

 or pipes ? There is this diificidty in heating a 

 pit for bedding plants by a flue from your hot- 

 water apparatus, that during Xovember, De- 

 cember, and January, when you want at least to 

 dry up damps in your pit, you will not require 

 heat in your vinery, unless j'ou force very early, 

 but, Bhould you do so, you may use the flue, 

 observing so to fix dampers as to be able to 

 turn the heat through the flue, or up the 



I chimney at pleasure, otherwise it would be best 

 to connect a moderate amount of pipe to your 

 boUer, and, by means of valves, turn the heat in 

 which direction you please. Where expense is 

 not an object, we should recommend pamments 

 in preference to drain pipes for flues. The 

 waste of heat up chimneys is caused principally 

 through want of skill in the fixers, and their 

 not providing easy access to the flues of the 

 boiler, for the purpose of keeping clear of soot. 



MULBERBY PEODUCIXG MaLE BlOSSOMS. — Cour- 



land. — I have a large mulberry-tree, planted 

 some thirty-five years ago. Every year about 

 four-fifths of its branches are covered with male 

 blossoms only, while the remaining fifth arc full 

 of the female blossom. What can I do to make 

 the unproductive branches productive ? The 

 subsoil, which lies within eighteen incli.-s of tho 

 siu-face, is sand, and then giuvel. Is there any 



