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able to florists, which is generally called vege- 

 table mould. 



In the kitchen-garden, the remaining fruit 

 should be gathered. Towards the end of the 

 month some fruit trees may be planted, if their 

 leaves have dropped ; and the autumnal pruning 

 may begin, unless the trees should be still in a 

 growing state. 



November. — In the beginning of this month, 

 the appearance of the flower-garden is ex- 

 tremely desolate. The dahlias have generally 

 been seriously injured by the frost, but not 

 quite so much as to warrant their removal ; and 

 a few lingering flowers of other kinds recall 

 melancholy ideas of what has been, but is past. 

 A mild November is, indeed, the old a°;e of the 

 floral year; and a sharp frost, that kills all the 

 remaining flowers, is felt positively as a relief. 

 The stems of the dahlias should be cut down as 

 soon as the frost has changed their flowers, and 

 the tubers taken up soon aftei'wards. The 

 names should be written on thin pieces of wood, 

 and attached to the roots by string, or the 

 Chester metallic wire ; and they should be laid 

 on dry boards in a cellar, and covered with 

 sand ; or in some dry place, not too warm, in a 

 greenhouse. When the names are written on 

 paper they are frequently destroyed bv vermin ; 

 snails, in particular, are very fond of devouring 

 paper. The temperature at which the tubers 

 should be kept should be between 35° and 45°. 

 The autumn-flowering bulbs should be taken up 

 in the same manner, and kept in dry sand or 

 moss. All the plants that require protection 

 should be carefully covered or matted up. 



