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should be made on ground deeply trenched 

 and manured ; gooseberries and raspberries 

 need a richer soil than currants ; and black 

 currants and raspberries will thrive in more 

 marshy ground than any other of the bush 

 fruits. In all removals, whether of trees, 

 bushes, or herbaceous plants, the roots should 

 be examined, and all diseased, or mouldy 

 portions, cut clean away. 



Flower Garden. — Chrysanthemums are 

 very forward this season ; the major part of 

 our own collection are now in fine bloom, 

 and in the highest health and vigour. A 

 correspondent writes to suggest, that the 

 societies should alter the dates of their shows 

 this season, but there is no need for this ; 

 the plants will not be past their beauty in 

 the first week of November, where they have 

 been properly stopped, and kept abundantly 

 watered, all the season. Chrysanthemums 

 in the borders should be looked over without 

 delay, to see that they are sufficiently staked, 

 for heavy rains and winds play terrible havoc 

 with them, when they are not well supported, 

 owing to the profusion and weight of their 

 blooms. Where they are required to take 

 the places of bedding-plants, they should be 

 got to their places at once, and be lifted 

 with good balls, and well watered in. Choice 

 and delicate sorts are best flowered in pots, 

 under glass, and, for this purpose, they ought 

 to have been potted two or three months ago, 

 and shifted as required, and trained out, so as 

 to give effect to their beauty when in bloom. 

 The Bulbs to be planted this month are 

 hyacinths, crocuses, scillas, crown imperials, 

 liliums, irises, narcissus, jonquils, daffodils, 

 and early tulips. Next month is soon enough 

 for late tulips, and anemones and ranun- 

 culuses, are best kept out of the ground till 

 February, except in places where autumn 

 planting has been proved to answer for them, 

 in which case it is preferable. Herbaceous 

 spring flowering plants may also be got into 

 the borders, to bloom at the same time as the 

 bulbs, such as wallflowers, primulas, polyan- 

 thuses, arabis, alyssum, aubrietia purpurea, 

 pansies, dielytras, iberis, &c. Get all plants 

 of questionable hardiness, and any that are 

 liable to sutler from wet or the attacks of 

 snails, under cover. Choice alpinea are more 



easy of preservation, if potted and put in 

 frames. Auriculas, choice pansies, carna- 

 tions, pentstemons, Brompton and interme- 

 diate stocks, myrtles, and even hollyhocks, 

 if the situation is a damp one, must go to 

 similar quarters for the winter, and have 

 plenty of air in mild weather. Remove de- 

 cayed leaves wherever they occur, to pre- 

 vent the formation of moulds about growing 

 plants. The ground for the best bed of 

 tulips should now be forked over two feet 

 deep, and lay four inches of cow-dung in the 

 bottom of each trench, as you proceed. 



Greenhouse. — Give plenty of air, day 

 and night, and remove the shading, so as to 

 let in all the sunshine that can be had. 

 Avoid making up fires ; but, when it be- 

 comes necessary to do so, make a brisk lire, 

 so as to dry the house and promote a cur- 

 rent of air ; otherwise, push nothing into 

 growth more than may be needful to ensure 

 vigorous health and plenty of stamina. 

 Chrysanthemums will now keep the house 

 gay for a while, and, as they go off, fuchsias 

 and geraniums, from summer cuttings, may 

 be got into bloom by giving the plants good 

 places and shelter from draughts. If mildew 

 appears, use flowers of sulphur; for green 

 fly, tobacco smoke. If aphides get posses- 

 sion of the tender crowns of cinerarias and 

 fairy roses, and smoke fails to dislodge them, 

 turn the plants upside down into weak 

 tobacco-water, and then lay them on their 

 sides, and syringe them well with soft tepid 

 water. 



Stove. — Beware of too much heat this 

 month, for any excess will injure pines, and 

 cause vines to push too fast for the amount 

 of light they get. Give air freely on fine 

 days, and keep a sharp look out for vermin 

 of all kinds, which, at this time of year, fre- 

 quently do much damage before they are 

 suspected. Use gentle fires in damp weather, 

 but let the temperature sink at night, to 

 prevent spindling growths. Where grapes 

 are desired to be kept hanging, a very dry 

 air must be maintained ; hence, plants in 

 pots that require frequent watering, should 

 not be kept in the same structure till the 

 grapes are off. Bottom heat for vines, 85 

 degs. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



PLANT AND SEED EXCHANGES. 

 We have often thought that a gardening periodical 

 might render special and peculiar services to its 

 readers, by acting as the medium of exchange 

 between parties wanting certain plants, cuttings, 

 seeds, &c, and those having such to spare. 

 Journals of all kinds, scientific, literary and 

 political, are mediums of intercommunication 

 of ideas. Through the newspaper or magazine 



A discusses with B as on a public platform, and 

 lie who has an item of information to convey to 

 the public at large, can do so in his own lan- 

 guage, and his own name, and paper, and print, 

 are at his service, free of cost for the purpose. 

 But, in horticultural matters, things are as im- 

 portant as ideas:— A may tell 15 how to treat a 

 plant, and if A wishes also to present B with a 

 plant on which to experiment, why should ne 



