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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR NOVEMBER, 



THE ROSE GARDEN. 



Planting of Rosaries comes on 

 now ; and let us recommend those 

 who pretend to have a Rose gar- 

 den to preserve some form and 

 general plan — to make something 

 like a design, and not content 

 themselves with merely putting a 

 Rose here and a Rose there. If 

 they can do nothing better let 

 them form a hank of Roses each 

 side their single walk, by putting 

 in dwarfs in front, two-feet Roses 

 behind, and three-feet or four-feet 

 Roses behind them. This is an 

 elegant way of forming a Rose 

 garden, without any pretension 

 to novelty, and with every regard 

 to eifect. The front, or dwarf 

 Roses, must be picked for their 

 slow growth, because many of the 

 freely-growing Roses would ramble 

 about in all directions, and climb 

 about anything. The Dwarf Crim- 

 son, and others of that habit, are 

 proper for the front row within a 

 foot of the edge. The Standards 

 can be had of any height, but re- 

 gard must also be had to the 

 habit of the Rose, which would be 

 equally out of place if of a ram- 

 bling kind. Those who supply 

 Avill always give the proper kinds 

 if you tell them what they are for. 

 The chmbing Roses must be well 

 fastened, and a good deal of the 

 loose and superfluous branches cut 

 away, if not already done. Look 

 well alter the last month's direc- 

 tions, and attend to all that has 

 not yet been done. Indeed, if the 

 last month's affairs were well 

 brought up, there Avould be little 

 to do ; but a good deal of plant- 

 ing is necessarily left for Novem- 

 ber, from the difficulty of getting 

 all the plants that are required in 

 October. Some are hardly ripe 

 enough to move in October, others 

 are in great demand ; but the 



sooner they are procured and 

 planted the better, when once the 

 leaf falls, or the tree is inclined to 

 rest. 



Tender Moses. — Where the ten- 

 der sorts, such as the Chinas, 

 Tea-scented, Bourbons, &c., have 

 not been pi'otected, it should be 

 attended to before severe cold sets 

 in. The roots should be mulched, 

 and the branches shielded by 

 some such open material as dried 

 fern or peas haulm. Rough wicker 

 baskets are sometimes used for 

 this purpose, and they answer well 

 as a covering for the branches : 

 they are set over the plant during 

 the period when protection is ne- 

 cessary. One great advantage 

 attending them is, that they are 

 easily removed and replaced. 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



The further we get into the 

 winter, the more cautious we 

 ought to be of watering, and the 

 more air we should give when the 

 weather will permit it. Preserve 

 everything from damp and dirt. 

 Keep the shelves clear of dead 

 leaves, and every now and then 

 brush out all the corners, to get 

 rid of the vermin and their eggs. 



Calceolarias. — The young plants 

 require to be growing all the winter, 

 and must therefore be kept regu- 

 larly watered, and placed beyond 

 the influences of frost. It is not 

 desirable to repot at this season. 



Camellias will begin even at this 

 period to open a few straggling 

 flowers, or rather, straggling plants 

 among the collection -will occasion- 

 ally bloom. When the branch on 

 which the flower happens to be 

 can be spared, let it be cut off with 

 the bloom on it if wanted, or, if 

 preferred in the house, let it come 

 off directly the bloom has decayed. 

 Many plants which could have been 



