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CAr,ENDAI?« OF OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER. 



much better in November than 

 any month in the year. 



Balsams. — Gathering the seed 

 is ahnost the only thing left to do 

 with these plants, because they 

 have passed their beauty; and if 

 the seed be not wanted they may 

 be turned out of the jDots, beds, or 

 borders as soon as their bloom 

 fails. 



Borders. — Clear off all decaying 

 plants. Cut down the stems of 

 flowering plants that have done 

 blooming. Weed the bordei's, and 

 leave everything clean and tidy, 

 that they may require little else 

 until the herbaceous plants and 

 bulbs all appear in spring. 



Carnations and Plcolees ought 

 to be all potted off, and in their 

 Vi'inter frames ; they must not have 

 much water, but in dry weather 

 let the glasses be taken off, and 

 the plants have all the air. Of 

 course, any that are not potted off 

 should be attended to directly; 

 and if you have more tlian you 

 can pot off, plant them in beds a 

 foot apart every way, and choose 

 a high and dry part of the garden, 

 as they are easily destroyed by 

 damp. 



Chrysanthemums. — The potted 

 plants should be now taken into 

 the house, or placed in pits, if 

 they are not already secured. If 

 the blooms show, or rather the 

 buds, and the plants are in the 

 least cramped for pot room, you 

 may shift them to pots one size 

 larger, because they will not grow 

 much higher, and the new life 

 which will be imparted to them 

 will be thrown into the size of the 

 blooms ; but if the buds do not 

 show, continue them in the same 

 pots : they should have all the air 

 that can be given on mild days. 

 The plants in the open bonier 

 may require support, especially if 



they have not been shortened; one 

 stake and a band of bass matting 

 will be sufficient: place the stake 

 at the back. 



Climhinfj Plants. — Honeysuckles, 

 Roses, Clematis, Pyrits Japonica, 

 and other plants used to cover 

 arbours, fronts of houses, walls, 

 &c., should be now regulated, all 

 the waste and straggling growth 

 cut back, the loose branches 

 intended to be saved nailed in 

 their proper places. Tlie fasten- 

 ings of the main branches should 

 be looked to, and if weak removed 

 for stronger ones, for the winter 

 weather tries the strength very 

 much. 



Crocuses. — This month you may 

 commence planting out these 

 early-flowering bulbs. The old- 

 fashioned way was to plant them 

 all along the edges singly, but 

 they are more effective in patches 

 of half a dozen, and much further 

 apart. A patch of yellow, then one 

 of blue, then one of white, are 

 more effective, too, than mixing 

 them, besides the stock being kept 

 more valuable. There are new 

 blue ones and new white ones, as 

 well as a grey and some shaded 

 varieties, all raised from seed in 

 England, and if let out in this 

 country will be at a good price 

 for the growers to make stock 

 from, and not in any quantities. 

 Plant them two inches deep, and 

 six inches from the edge, other- 

 wise their green leaves will grow 

 over, and destroy any edging you 

 may have, whether it be Box or 

 anything more or less valuable. 



Crown Imperials. — These are 

 soft and scaly bulbs, which ought 

 to be planted as soon after they 

 are taken up as possible, so that 

 imported bulbs should be planted 

 immediately : these should be 

 planted three feet from the edge, 



