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be productive of fatal results, for gardens in the present day are 

 as full of exotics as of indigenous productions, and various differences 

 of treatment are demanded for the preservation of the stock until 

 another year. 



Begin your perambulations, then, at once, and let nothing escape 

 you, in the kitchen garden, the flower garden, the shrubbery, 

 and the greenhouse. Look towards the future, and carefully mark 

 what is to be done. In the kitchen garden you must decide at once 

 what plots of ground you will leave fallow, to be thrown up in 

 ridges during the winter, that the soil may be pulverized and ready 

 for early crops, and what portions you will plant and sow at once. 

 Seed beds of cauliflowers, cabbages, to be cut young, and others to 

 remain till the spring and summer. Spinach may still be sown ; 

 also some onions. Some cultivators recommend parsnip sowing at 

 this season in preference to the spring ; and it would be well to try 

 the experiment, if you have not done so. Do not neglect to leave a 

 piece of ground for autumn-planted potatoes, as the advantages of 

 the plan are so well attested, provided proper precautions are taken 

 as to soil, mode of planting, etc. Old broccolis and winter greens 

 must bd earthed up as a means of promoting growth, and guarding 

 against frost. The branching of celery should proceed gradually, 

 about two inches at a time, care being taken to prevent the soil 

 falling into the heart of the plant, and at the same time not to crush 

 and twist the tender tissues, as is often done by the rough grasp of 

 the gardener. Finally, attend to cleanliness. Strawberry beds 

 should be finished oil' now, and not left in a wild, rank state till the 

 spring. Pea-sticks, and all decayed haulm, and all weeds, should 

 be removed, not only that neatness may give its charm to the 

 garden, but also to prevent the rapid production of damp and 

 mouldiness which are quickly generated among masses of decaying 

 vegetation. In the flower garden you should consider what depart- 

 ments you intend devoting to bulbs, and the beds must be prepared 

 for that purpose as soon as possible. A difficulty is felt in this case, 

 on account of the beds being often occupied till late in the season 

 by autumnal flowers, which we are of course unwilling to sacrifice 

 before the frost commits its ravages. Here there is no remedy but 

 to pot hyacinths and other bulbs, which ought to be growing ; and 

 then to have them out as soon as the beds are ready. Attention 

 should now be given to taking up plants which it is desirable to 

 preserve, a few at a time, so as not to leave gaps, or spoil the general 

 appearance of the garden. Young fuchsias, pelargoniums, and ver- 

 benas, if taken up carefully, and placed in a shaded frame after 

 being potted, will flag scarcely at all. They will form pretty window 

 plants till Christmas, and, what is more important, will constitute a 

 stock to propagate from in the spring. Tender greenhouse plants, 

 which have been out of doors during the summer, must be watched, 

 lest an unexpected frost should injure them. They need not be 

 taken in, but the amateur should have big eye upon them, and when 

 the night is brilliant and frosty, the most sensitive should be put 

 under shelter. The cuttings prepared for nest year should now be 

 looked over, and, if they are rooted, may be potted, either singly, or 



