4S0 Horticultural Memoranda. 



drop their buds. All the pots should be carefully washed and the earth 

 neatly levelled ; the foliage should be also freely syringed to free it from 

 all dust, &c. Attend to the saving of seed. 



Dahlias are now in full bloom, but care should be taken that they are dug 

 or protected by hilling up the earth before very severe frosts. 



Salvias, of the different sorts for a spring stock, may now be propagated 

 from cuttings. 



Hyacinths and Tulips may be planted now. 



Ixias and Sparaxis and similar winter bulbs should be planted now. 



Oxalises of the different winter flowering sorts should be planted now. 



Neapolitan Fio/e/s, not yet planted out in beds for winter bloom, should 

 be attended to as soon as possible. 



Carnations and Picotees of choice sorts should be poited preparatory to 

 wintering in frames. 



Pelargoniums may now have another small shift in a soil not loo rich. 

 Young plants raised from cuttings, and growing rapidly, may also be shifted 

 into four inch pots. 



Gladioluses, Tiger Flowers, 4"C., should be taken up before severe frosts. 



Roses, planted out in the open ground, should now be taken up and potted 

 if they are wanted for spring blooming in March, Hybrid perpetuals and 

 most of the Bourbons are quite hardy, with a slight protection from frost. 

 Cuttings of any rare kinds may be put in now. Layers of rare hardy sorts 

 should be taken up and placed in a frame. 



Sedum Sielioldii, taken up now and potted, form very showy objects, until 

 the month of December. 



Pansies of choice kinds, raised from cuttings or layers, should be planted 

 so that they can be slightly protected with a frame. 



Verbenas should be layered into pots, if a good stock is wanted for win- 

 ter ; or cuttings may be now put in. 



Fuchsias, now done flowering, may have the green wood cut down and 

 the pots placed away under the stage, where they will keep in good order 

 till the spring. 



Aazlcas should now be sparingly watered. 



Winter flowering annuals, such as mignonette, sweet alyssum, nemophila, 

 schizanthus, &c., should now be carefully watered, and such as require it 

 potted off singly into small pots. 



Cyclamens should be repotted if not already done. 



Herbaceous paonies may now be transplanted with safety. 



Hydrangeas should be wintered in frames. 



Heliotropes, wanted for early flowering, should be shifted into larger pots, 

 and be placed in the warmest part of the house. 



Chrysanthemums should be carefully secured before the first hard frost. 



Anemone japonica, now coming into bloom, should be liberally watered. 



Ten Week Stocks for winter blooming, should now be taken up and potted. 



Perennial herbaceous plants of all kinds may now be safely transplanted. 



Greenhouse Plants of all kinds should now be washed, top-dressed, 

 pruned, and put into good order for the winter. 



