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plants in heat, to cause them to strike, for if this be done, most of the plants 

 will fail; a cool ground or greenhouse is suitable. 



Carnation layers, if not taken off and potted, should be done early in the 

 month, and placed in frames for winter protection. 



Chrisanthemums in pots should be taken into the greenhouse or cool frame, 

 and all possible air admitted at every opportunity ; for if the plants be drawn, 

 the blossoms will be weakly, and the colours not near so fine as they otherwise 

 would have been. When Chrysanthemums are trained against open walls, it is 

 of service to protect them by means of a boarded ledge about ten inches broad 

 being placed over the tops of the flowers at night : supporteis being driven into 

 the wall, with a turned-up end to prevent the board sliding off. This will be 

 found a perfect screen from frost. The boarded protection may be removed 

 during the day, so that no unsightly appearance will be caused by it. 



Dahlias. — Attention to numbering and naming the kinds, &c. should be done 

 early. Frequently the surface and crowns of the roots of Dahlias planted high 

 will be quite exposed, from rain washing iff the soil, or by other means. If the 

 frost (which often comes keenly and suddenly towards the end of the month) 

 should operate upon the roots, such would be so damaged as probably to rot 

 them during winter, or if not so severely affected probably every eye will be so 

 injured that not one will push a shoot next season. To prevent this damage, let 

 two or three inches deep of soil, or rotten tanners' bark, be spread over the roots 

 close up to the stem of the plant, and extending one foot or more round it ; this 

 will obviate the liability of suffering by frost, and the plants may be permitted 

 to remain blooming till cut off by it. At the end of the month it will probably 

 be necessary to take up the old roots. Seeds of Dahlias should be collected, 

 selecting the heads of flowers that have bloomed about the end of August, or 

 early in September. 



Dutch Roots, as Tulips, Ranunculuses, Anemones, Hyacinths, &c, may be 

 planted at the end of the month. 



Guernsey Lilies. — If roots have not been planted, they should be procured, 

 and potted into small pots with good rich soil, as early as possible. Most of 

 the seedsmen possess roots for sale, at from six to ten shillings per dozen. They 

 bloom in a few days from potting, if placed in a room or greenhouse, and con- 

 tinue handsome for a few weeks. 



Herbaceous Border Plants may now be divided and replanted. Bulbous- 

 rooted Irises, Lilies, Narcissuses, Crocuses, Snowdrops, &c, that have not been 

 replanted for the last two years, should be taken up, divided, and immediately 

 planted again. 



Hyacinths, and other Dutch bulbs required to bloom in pots as early as 

 Christmas, should be planted early in the month ; the pots being plunged to 

 the rim in a warm south border or frame, till the bulbs push roots, and then in- 

 troduced into a hotbed frame, &c, to push them into bloom. 



Lobelias, &c. — The various kinds of Lobelias grown in open borders in sum- 

 mer, and requiring protection in winter (such as L. fulgens, splendens, speciosa, 

 cardinalis, &c), should now be taken up and potted. This attention will be 

 more necessary in cold parts of the country. The above plants will endure our 

 winters, and, in that case, spring is the best time for dividing the offsets from 

 the parent plant. Also any tender kinds of border plants should be potted and 

 placed for protection. 



Pinks. — One or two-year-old stocky plants of Pinks grown in the open bor- 

 ders, if taken up and potted, may be introduced into heat from the beginning 

 of Decimber, and will bloom early in spring. Plants for open beds, if not 

 already put out, should be done as early as possible. 



Rose Trees. — Plants established in puts, now taken into heat, will bloom at 

 the end of December or early in January. So with Rhododendrons and other 

 shrubby plants usually forced. 



Wobms in Pots. — Plants that have been out of doors during summer wil 

 often have worms entered into them. When there is appearance of this, the 

 ball should be turned out entire, and by shaking it, the worms will appear. Or 

 give the soil a good watering, with water in which previously unslaked lime 

 has been put. The caustic quality of the lime will cause the worms to creep to 

 the surface, when they can be picked off. 



