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Lasoors of 1848 have been brought to a close. 25 
f Nature’s operations have been done well, and the results © 
displayed through each successive season of the year in woodland shades 
and wide-spread plains, on majestic hills and through lovely dales, com- 
bining with the loveliest spot of all, Tar Frowrr Garpen, have 
continuously proclaimed how readily and cheerfully the wiil ofthe 
Creator has been obeyed. Ours has been the felicity to behold with 
wonder, and adoringly we have been led to exclaim, ‘“‘ How manifold 
are Thy works, O Lord, in wisdom hast Thou made them all !” 
What a rich delight is realized, both to body and mind, in collecting 
vegetation’s floral beauties together, and in an imitative Paradise attend 
to cultivate and dress it! It affords a three-fold pleasure, and which 
of us have not been delighted whilst engaged in cultivating our 
flowers? and does it not’ afford pleasure in reflecting upon the suc- 
cessful results of the year, and in now possessing and increasingly 
providing a store for future display? Then there is the delight of 
anticipation. And how cheering it is to behold the promise of future 
beauty, even now, in the peeping forth of the Snowdrop, the Crocus, 
and the Daffodil ; with the budding forth of the Honeysuckle, and to 
inhale the fragrance of the Mezereum bloom. 
To the Florist, however, all seasons have a charm, and the garden 
is of perpetual interest: each successive day of an ever progressive year 
brings forth its claims to attention ; and, first, 
IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
In severe weather be careful to protect all tender things, and on all 
favourable occasions remove such coverings as can conveniently be 
done, in order to dispel the damp air. See that all newly planted 
shrubs remain secure. so that they are not loosened by the wind, and a 
little mulch over the roots is very beneficial. During hard frosts all 
beds on lawns requiring raising with soil should be done, to avoid 
injuring the grass by wheeling. If any heads of tender Standard and 
Climbing Roses are still unprotected, they ought at once to be secured. 
As we have often recommended, this is best done by tying a covering 
of furze over them ; it is better than straw, because it admits sufficient 
air to benefit the plant. Continue to collect, during the frosty weather, 
all kinds of soils and manures that are wanted, turfs to rot into turfy 
loam, sand, clean loam, peat, horse and sheep droppings, and le ves to 
rot, if not done already. 
Frorisr’s FLrowrrs.—Auriculas always get through the winter 
best when kept rather dry, and carefully freed from decayed leaves, 
