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new beds of horse-radish, the crowns to be j placeforplantsthatrequlretobe well roasted 

 planted fifteen inches deep, and six inches I before being housed. Beddin<r plants should 

 apart, in very rich and well trenched soil, be got into small pots as fast as they make 

 Continue to sow saladings, and gather j good roots in the borders, or can be spared 

 seeds as fast as they ripen. Potatoes to be ' from the decorative grounds, if worth keep- 

 taken up as the tops wither ; carrots and ing. Petunias, verbenas, and tropseolums 

 beet-root may remain till the frost cuts off , come so readily from spring cuttings, and 

 the foliage, and no longer, but jjarsnips j make as good plants as from autumn cut- 

 may be left in the ground, trenched out as ' tings, that it is waste of glass to keep any 

 wanted fur use, unless the ground is re- j large stock of cuttings through the winter, 

 quired, in which case, store them in sand. I Keep the houses gay with balsams, cocks- 

 Flower Gauden. — Remove decayed ; combs, fuchsias, liliums, gladioli, coleus, 

 flower-stems, and keep the borders clear i amaranthus bicolor, heliotropes, and plants 

 of weeds, so as to prolong the season as ; with fine foliage. Wherever worm-casts 

 much as possible. Plant out pinks and car- ; are seen in pots, turn out the balls, and 

 nations, and rooted cuttings of herbaceous '■ the worms can then be picked out with a 

 plants. The beds of seedlings must be stick. Sometimes a dose of manure-water 

 looked over and thinned, and the thinnings -will cause the worms to struggle up to the 

 planted in fresh plots of newly-dug, and | surface. Plants in conservatory borders, 

 firmly trodden ground. This month com- I which are now past their best, to be taken 

 meuces the season for planting bulbs. The ; up, and, if worth keeping, pot them, and 

 first lot of hyacinths and tulips should at place on bottom-heat for eight or ten days, 

 once be got into pots and plunged in coal- I as they will winter better if the pots are 

 ashes, or coarse sand, so as to quite bury ' full of roots. Winter-flowering begonias 

 them, and keep them only moderately , to have a good shift in a compost of turfy 

 moist, and as much as possible free from : loam and leaf-mould. Pot off a lot of 



the action of tjie atmosphere, so as to in- 

 duce a root action before the foliage is pro- 

 duced. Hyacinths may also be planted in 

 beds and borders, but tulips should not be 

 put into the open ground till next month. 



bulbs at once for early bloom, and plunge 

 them in coal ashes, and give very little 

 water. Keep all houses open as much as 

 will be safe ; house tender subjects that 

 ai-e likely to suffer from wind and rain. 



A very effective way of using hyacinths is i Pot a few bulbs for early bloom. Orni- 

 to put them in patches of seven, one in the > thogalum, Ixia, and Sparaxis force well. 



middle and six round it, every separate 

 patch to be of a different colour. Cuttings 

 of bedding-plants may still be taken freely, 

 but there should be no delay, or they may 

 not be well rooted before cold weather sets 

 in. This and next month are the best 

 times for striking calceolarias. Take off 

 the young shoots from near the bottom of 

 the stool, and put them pretty close together 

 in five-inch pots, well-drained, and filled 

 up to near the rim with a mixture of peat, 

 loam, and sand, equal parts, and half an 

 inch of piire sand on the surface. China 



and Narcissus bulbocodium will be useful 

 if kept in ordinarj^ greenhouse temperature 

 for early bloom. 



Stove. — Plants in free growth must be 

 moderately well ventilated, so as to induce 

 a stocky habit, and prevent the formation 

 of soft, sappy wood, which will probably 

 not ripen well. Eemove shading as much 

 as will be safe, and place subjects that are 

 going to rest in the coolest part of the 

 house. See that all the winter-flowering 

 plants are sufficieuily potted, and any that 

 are pot-bound and must not be checked 



roses may also be struck now in pots in j by a shift, mulch with shet^p's dung, or 



the greenhouse, and they do safest under 

 hand-glasses. A second bloom, to last till 

 Christmasj may be obtained from fuchsias, 

 by cutting in the young wood, and giving 

 the plants a little heat to start them afresh. 



assist by means of liquid manure. Plants 

 with ornamental foliage will be useful now 

 that flowers are scarce. In giving water, 

 take care to avoid a chUl, and in every 

 case see that the drainage is perfect, as 



Geraniums struck early in the summer, will | there is time now to repair any small mis- 



no w be coming into bloom, to keep the 

 greenhouse gay all the winter. 



Greenhouse. — It is most important to 

 have the growth of all hard-wooded plants 

 well ripened while there is plenty of sun- 

 heat. If any subjects requiring to be re- 

 potted have been neglected, there must be 

 no time lost to give them a shift to enable 

 them to make new roots before winter sets 

 in. A border under a south wall is a good 



chief before winter. As the month ad- 

 vances, let the heat of the house decline, 

 and generally use as little fire-heat as pos- 

 sible, especially where the stock consists 

 chiefly of plants that will be at rest all 

 winter. Great care, however, must be 

 taken that soft-leaved plants do not get 

 affected with mildew. A few tropasoluras 

 struck now will be useful in the stove for 

 winter blooms, and many ordinary garden 

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