240 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



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

 month, and placed in frames for winter protection. 



Chrysanthemums 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: support- 

 ers 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. — Frequently the surface and crowns of the roots of Dahlias 

 planted high will be quite exposed, from rain washing uff 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 uot 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 mouth, it will probably be necessary to 

 take up the old roots. Seeds of Dahlias should be collected at the end of the 

 month, selecting the heads of flowers that have bloomed about the end of 

 August, or early in September. The earliest ripened heads are often from 

 single flowers. 



Dutch Roots, as Tulips, Ranunculuses, Anemones, Hyacinths, fico., may 

 be planted at the end of the mouth. 



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

 cured, 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 green- 

 house, and continue handsome for a few weeks. 



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

 bous-rooted Irises, Lilies, Is' arcissuses, 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 

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



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

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

 ciosa, cardiualis, &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. 



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

 borders, if taken up and potted, may be introduced into heat from the be- 

 ginning of December, and will bloom early in spring. 



Rose Trees. — Plants established in pots, now taken into heal, will bloom 

 at the end of December, or early in January. 



Worms in Pots. — Plants that have been out of doors during summer, 

 will 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 ap- 

 pear. Or give the soil a good watering, with water in which previously un- 

 slacked lime has been put. The caustic quality of the lime will cause the 

 worms to creep to the surface; vrhenjthey can be picked off. 



