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therefore in cold situations it will be found advisable to grow the 

 plants upon a south border, or to remove them to other situations 

 at the end of September. They will not receive much check if they 

 are shaded afterwards, and receive a good drenching or two of water. 

 Now, the time for removing the plants to the flower-garden 

 must, of course, depend upon circumstances ; but the sooner they 

 are in the beds in which they are to bloom, after the end of Sep- 

 tember, the better. Before moving them, take care to give the beds 

 in which they are to bloom a good dunging ; and if fresh, so as to 

 ferment a little after the plants are planted, it will be more beneficial 

 to them. After planting, give a good soaking of water, and, if 

 necessary, shade the plants in the middle of the day. So far we 

 have said nothing about protection ; but, should the weather prove 

 severe, a little protection will be necessary. We should, therefore, 

 recommend a few neat iron or hazel hoops to be thrown over the 

 beds, over which mats or waterproof covering could be placed at 

 night. So managed, we have no doubt the plants would bloom 

 splendidly, and the beds be gay until the close of the year. 



WATER SCENERY. 



}HE Romans delighted in their fish-ponds not so much as 

 ornaments as preserves for epicurean delicacies. The 

 lampreys were their water-gods, which, as in the case of 

 Hortensius, they alternately petted and adored, and to 

 whom they now and then sacrificed a human victim, 

 not to appease the anger of the deities, but to satisfy their appetites, 

 and improve them for the table. Our English fish-ponds and 

 aquaria bring suggestions of a more domesticating character, in 

 unison with our national feeliDg and love of rural elegance. Water 

 is the life and soul of a garden, whether on the ground-plot of a 

 suburban cottage, or the embellished lawn of an extensive villa. It 

 can be rendered appropriate to any style of gardening, and is equally 

 adaptable to the classic refinement of Italian terraces and gay par- 

 terres, as to the shrubby umbrage of a rustic wilderness. 



We will venture to say that water is rarely used to such an 

 extent as it might be, and should be, in English gardens. Fre- 

 quently the abundant supplies of water on an estate are looked upon 

 as a calamity ; the owner frets himself to find outlets, the legislature 

 comes to the rescue with a drainage act ; and oftentimes when the 

 drainage has been effectually diverted away from the place, it is dis- 

 covered that it might have been put to better use than to swell the 

 woodland rivulets and add to the volume of a stream which con- 

 tributes to the wealth of lands miles away by means of many such 

 contributions. We call to mind a property we were engaged to lay 

 out not many years since, and where we were permitted to indulge 

 our taste freely in forming a beautiful scene. While scheming to 

 carry water away from the land, and carrying out great drainage 



October. 



