IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. 

 PLANTING and transplanting trees and shrubs, 

 forming and altering walks, laying down turf, and 

 all kinds of alterations and improvements, where such is desirable, will 

 now engross considerable attention. Proceed with all despatch to 

 plant shrubs, herbaceous plants, &c, to enable each to become esta- 

 blished or settled before another spring. Amongst other out-door 

 occupations this month, are partially or otherwise pruning a variety of 

 things, supporting and protecting them at the same time, as may be 

 deemed necessary. In the protection of tender things, the principles 

 demanding attention are few and simple, and within the reach of every 

 one, at least as far as such can be carried without the aid of houses and 

 artificial heat. A comparative degree of dryness is the first great 

 essential, Avhether in the atmosphere or the soil. In a frame or pit, this 

 amount of dryness cannot be guaranteed without motion in the air; 

 and this, of course, in the absence of fire-heat must be accomplished by 

 a very free ventilation at every fitting opportunity, remembering that a 

 small amount of frost is, in general, less prejudicial than an accumu- 

 lation of damp, which will rapidly tend to a kind of mortification in the 

 system of the plant. The same atmospheric conditions are to be 

 obtained out of doors, as far as attention can secure them ; thus, half- 

 hardy plants against trellises or detached, if covered with a mat and 

 stuffedclosely with hay inside, will be in danger of perishing of what 

 we may for the present term suffocation ; the same specimen will always 

 run through a long winter better with the mat alone, more especially if 

 the collar is well protected by some dry and porous material, and, 

 above all, the root well top-dressed with sawdust or ashes, or perhaps 

 the two blended. As to comparative dryness of the soil, that must be 

 accomplished principally by the most perfect drainage ; this is indeed 

 the great desideratum with plants of tender habits; indeed, without it, 

 other appliances are seldom satisfactory. Mounds of new sawdust, or 

 dry leaves, raised around the stem, Avith a considerable body over the 

 soil as far as the root ranges, will be found of immense benefit, as 

 retaining the ground-heat, which we believe ascends in a progressive 

 way up the stem, to alleviate the effects of very severe weather. 

 Standard and dwarf Roses of tender cliaracter will soon need pro- 

 tection. Finish directly the planting of all bulbs and Ranunculus, 

 &c., that are intended to be put in before winter ; a little sand round 

 each will assist in preserving them from wet. Also plant out in a 

 sheltered situation Brompton or Queen Stocks, so they may be pro- 

 tected in winter, and reserved for planting out in spring. Plants may 

 be bought very cheap if a stock has not been provided. Tubers of 



