CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER. 



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O/her Bulbs. — We have always 

 considered tliat, on account of 

 their beauty and season, bulbs in 

 general deserve greater encourage- 

 ment in English gardens than they 

 ever receive. A border may be 

 made up of bulbs that vie vs^ith 

 the finest productions of the gar- 

 den. The price may deter some 

 persons from beginning ; but all 

 the Lilies, the Scillas, many Ixias, 

 are beautiful in their season. 

 Gladiolus, Hyacinths, and others, 

 some of which we shall mention 

 more particularly next month, are 

 deserving of attention. 



Pansies. — Any that are struck 

 and not yet planted out should be 

 disposed of directly, either in store 

 beds or at the proper distances for 

 blooming, or in small iwis singly, 

 to be ready for turning out in the 

 spring or changing to larger pots. 

 Potted plants designed for bloom- 

 ing early and under cover should 

 be shifted to larger pots as they 

 fill the small ones with roots, if 

 room is scarce, or placed at once 

 in their blooming pots if you have 

 space to house them. 



Peonies. — All the plants whose 

 leaves have died down may be 

 taken up and separated if wanted 

 for propagation, but the tubers 

 must be so separated as to leave 

 a good germ to each ; but the 

 plant is not handsome until it has 

 spread again a little, so that, 

 unless number is wanted, they 

 should not be parted too small. 

 The Tree Peony should not be 

 touched, for the larger the speci- 

 men the better and more beautiful. 



Perennials of the hardy class, 

 which are lialde to suifer from the 

 dampness of the climate if left 

 exposed, should be now taken up, 

 and potted to be preserved in dry 

 airy frames. Of this class are all 

 the Lobelias, which must have no 



water until spring, and some of 

 the Pentsteiiions which are ever- 

 green with fleshy leaves liable to 

 decay. As many should be pre- 

 served as may be wanted in the 

 following season. 



Phloxes. — Those out of bloom 

 may be parteil; any late ones that 

 have not begun to die down may 

 remain till tliey do ; but for effect 

 they are better in good-sized 

 patches or clumps, and especially 

 the tall ones. As the foliage 

 turns colour on the blooming 

 stems, cut the stems down close 

 without interfering with the small 

 shoots at the bottom. 



Pink beds may still be made 

 with advantage, but it is even 

 better to do it in September ; the 

 plants get a firmer hold in the 

 ground, and resist the frosts and 

 changes better. Pinks in store 

 pots must be kept pretty dry, and 

 must stand on dry bottoms in the 

 frames and pits. 



Polyanthuses and Primroses. — 

 Siir the earth between these, so 

 as not to hart their roots; look 

 well for any stray slugs or snails 

 in their neighbourhood, for no 

 plants offer greater temptation 

 than this fleshy-leaved tribe of 

 plants. 



Snowdrops. — The double and 

 single may be planted in any situ- 

 ations where they can be seen 

 well, for they are but small objects, 

 and would be lost in some places. 

 They ought to be two inches deep, 

 and in patches of a dozen. 



Su^eet Williams, Wallflowers, Can- 

 terbury Bells, and all the biennials 

 and perennials that are required 

 to bloom in certain places, should 

 be removed now, unless the places 

 are at present occupied by things 

 not yet done with : the sooner all 

 such plants are in tlieir flowering 

 places the better. 



