(iRArERY. — If the treatment recommended in former calendars with reference to air and 

 tenii)or;iture lias been fully carried out, the yuun^' wooil will he well rijiened, the hest 

 safeiruard against rigorous winters. Still keep the house open night and day. Closing up 

 only during heavy rains. 



CiUKEMiorsE. — As the summer flowers wane, and jirevious to arranging the plants for 

 winter, the house should undergo all necessary repairs. Fumigating strongly witli suljihur 

 will completely rout all the spider and hug families. After the plants are taken in, ample 

 ventilation should be given. The house should not be closed until there is indication of 

 frost. The advantage and necessity for cool, low uiglit temperature will, in a few years, bo 

 more generally understood. The preserving of a uniform temperature has been the cause 

 of many disappointments in the artificial cultivation of j)lants. Water must be judiciously 

 applied. The supply must be gradually withdrawn as cold weather approaches, that plants 

 may be better enabled to stand cold without injury. Let the quantity at each ajiplication 

 be sufficient to thoroughly moisten all the soil, but lengthen the periods between the appli- 

 cations. 



Withhold water from achemenes as soon as the leaves fade. Encourage young calceola- 

 rias, and cinerarias by careful watering. Syringe them slightly in the morning. All 

 watering should be done in the early portion of the day. Cuttings of all half hardy green- 

 house plants will strike root very readily at this season. Keep them regularly moist but 

 not wet ; a small frame with sash is the most convenient mode of propagating. Keep close 

 and shaded during sunlight ; remove the shade evening and morning, and open the sash 

 at night. 



Chinese Primroses may be shifted into six inch pots to flower. All plants intended for 

 winter flowering should not be over-potted. The more roots the more flowers, or rather, the 

 plants will flower most profusely when the pots are well filled with roots. 



Many of the flower garden plants, carefully lifted and potted will afl"ord a show of flowers 

 during winter. Scarlet pelargoniums, salvias, spireas, wiegelas, Forsythia virsidissima are 

 suitable for this purpose ; place them in a shady and sheltered spot for a week or two, to 

 encourage rooting. 



Hyacinths and other bulbs should he potted early. A friable light turfy soil will suit 

 them well ; let the pots be particularly well drained. After jjotting, cover them with 8 

 or 10 inches of soil, or coal ashes. Here they will make roots, and when wanted to flower 

 a few can be taken into the greenhouse. A succession of bloom can thus be kept up for 

 many months. 



Planting Trees. — Tliose who intend to plant in the fall should immediately attend both to 

 the preparation of the ground and selecting the trees. With regard to the latter, a better esti- 

 mate can be made of the general habit and health of a plant before the fall of the leaves. It 

 may be necessary to caution beginners against the prevailing error of selecting the largest 

 trees. Medium sized trees come up with better roots, are easier handled, less liable to 

 casualties in transportation, and grow faster than those that have been drawn up tall, 

 weak, and unshapely in nursery rows. Old trees have strong roots, and these must neces- 

 sarily be cut in removing. The tops must then be iiruned down, to correspond with this 

 mutilation, in order to secure a healthy start. So that there is nothing gained in the way 

 of size. Even should they live, it is only an eking out a miserable existence for two or 

 three years ; meanwhile the smaller tree far exceeds it both in health and height. 



The question as to whether autumn or spring planting is most successful, has been often 

 discussed. The arguments favoring autumn planting are based upon the well-known fact 

 that the roots and branches may be separately excited to growth. This is well exemplified 

 in the rooting of slips or cuttings. To favor root formation the cuttings are placed in soil 

 kept warmer than the surrounding atmosphere. In the fall the soil is warmer than the 

 air; the formation of roots proceeds while the branches are dormant ; when spring arrives, 

 the balance of the tree being in a great measure restored, growth commences vigorously, 

 and the plant becomes established and able to bear up against summer aridity. 



But to insure these good results, planting should be proceeded with immediately after the 

 leai-es have fallen; if delayed beyond October success will be less certain. 



Holes should be made 6 or 8 feet in diameter and 14 to 18 inches deep. In clayey sub- 

 soils, breadth should be considered of more importance than dejjth. A portion of well pul- 

 verized soil should be in readiness when planting season arrives. It is poor economy to 

 pay a couple of dollars for a tree and then begrudge a shilling for planting it. 



