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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR NOVEMBER. 



wards the gardener must cut ! 

 sloping away fiom the Box, lest he 

 should damage the plantation of 

 Box, and loosen the routs. 



Carnations and Picotees. — The 

 health and vigour of these plants 

 depend mainly upon their being 

 kept dry and coOl through the 

 winter; not that they must abso- 

 lutely want water and not have it, 

 but that it should not be given 

 them a day sooner than they want 

 it. Pick off any yellow leaves, and 

 keep the frame clear of weeds and 

 dead leaves, or decaying matter of 

 any kind. 



Chrysanthemums in bloom out of 

 doors should have their dead and 

 decaying blooms cut off at once, 

 and the best ones be left to come 

 forward still. In sheltered places 

 on walls, and frequently in the 

 open gardens, this family of flowers 

 forms a bright spot in the dreary 

 autumn. 



Crocuses, and many other of the 

 smaller bulbs, if not already planted 

 last month, as we directed, should 

 be planted this, and according to 

 the advice given already. 



Evergreen and Deciduous Shrubs. 

 — All the layers and suckers should 

 be taken up and cut off, to be 

 planted in nursery-beds or else- 

 where, according to your wants. 

 Lay down any branches that are 

 low enough, and can be spared : 

 they only require to have a longish 

 sht, cut not quite half way through, 

 and the under part of the branch ; 

 bend this down into the ground, 

 and peg it there an inch or two 

 under the surface. These will be 

 young plants fit to take off the next 

 autumn. All evergreen and deci- 

 duous shrubs will tints form new 

 plants ; many, however, throw up 

 suckers— that is to say, branches 

 from their roots — and if these are 

 dug down to, and part of the root 



taken up with them, they make 

 plants at once. Many seeds of 

 deciduous plants may be now 

 gathered, and cuttings of all kinds 

 may be taken, though many think 

 the spring quite as good. If there 

 be any straggling branches of the 

 shrubs that can be improved by 

 shortening, do not be afraid of the 

 knife, though care should be taken 

 to spare those branches which show 

 bloom-buds until after the flowering 

 time. 



Hardy Climbers may at once be 

 pruned and trained. No general 

 rule for pruning can be given, as 

 the habit of each particular plant 

 must determine the actual opera- 

 tion; but generally prune rather 

 hard, especially in the case of all 

 plants that blossom on the young 

 or current season's growth. Hardy 

 cUmbers are too often neglected 

 in this respect, and become masses 

 of confusion. If the plant produces 

 its blossoms from the one-year-old 

 wood, be careful to retain a supply 

 of the best i-ipened young shoots 

 all over the plant. In training 

 use small shreds and few nails ; 

 but the shreds must not tightly 

 girt the shoots. The shreds are 

 made of narrow strips of cloth, 

 cut into lengths proper for the 

 different sizes of the branches. 

 The pruning of the less hardy 

 sorts must be deferred until the 

 spring. 



Herbaceous plants generally may 

 be parted, if not parted last month, 

 and either placed in the borders or 

 in nursery-beds. 



Hyacinths in Beds. — There is 

 nothing moi-e striking and beauti- 

 ful than a well-arranged Hyacinth 

 bed. The colours are various : 

 light and dark blue, light and dark 

 red, white and yellow. Let the 

 arrangement be so that you do not 

 have two of a colotir, nor even two 



