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DAHLIA seeds are best retained in the heads as grown, 

 spread singly where they will not be liable to mould, 

 and kept in a dry but not too hot a situation ; being thus kept in the 

 chaff, the small seeds will not shrivel, but be kept plump. Tlie roots 

 must be dried well before being put away, or will be liable to rot. 



Shrubs, Eoses, &c. — Now plant as early as possible ; be careful to 

 secure them, so that winds do not loosen the roots. 



Herbaceous border plants may still be divided and replanted. 



Straw or reed hurdles ought now to be prepared for covering frames, 

 &c., in the depth of winter. 



Dutch Bulbs. — Plant immediately. (See articles upon in former 



volumes.) 



Pansies. — In order to preserve plants securely through winter, some 

 of each kind should be potted and be kept in a cool frame during 

 winter. If there be not such convenience, but are retained in beds, 

 then hoops and mats, thrown over in severe weather, must be used. 

 If stock for next year is required, that provision should now be 

 secured. 



m THE GRSENHOVSE, &c. 



All o-reenhouse plants should have a free supply of air admitted, 

 except when it is frosty. The plants should not be watered in the 

 evening, but in the early part of the day, so that the damps may be 

 dried up before the house is closed, as they are, during the night, pre- 

 judicial to the plants. The soil in the pots should frequently be stirred 

 at the surface, to prevent its forming a mossy or very compact state. 

 The plants must not be Avatered overhead. Luculia gratissima is the 

 finest ornament for the greenhouse and conservatory, now and through 

 the winter. 



The plants of the Cactus that have been kept in tlie open air during 

 the summer may be brought to bloom successively by taking such as 

 are desired to bloom immediately into the heat of a forcing pine-house. 

 Other plants, to bloom afterwards, should be kept in a greenhouse, 

 protected from the frost. Any shoots still growing, break oft' the end 

 to check it. 



Plants of the Calceolaria that have been grown in the open borders 

 during the summer months, and now taken up and potted, should be 

 kept in a cool frame, or cool part of the greenhouse, being careful not 

 to give too much water ; just sufficient to keep the soil moist will only 

 be necessary. Offsets will be found rooted ; take them off and pot 

 them. 



