116 FLOWER GARDENING. 



Such green-houso plants as may have been repotted and 

 pruned in the course of the last month, should be looked 

 over, and if they have taken root, they should be exposed 

 gradually to the sun, and watered moderately in dry weather. 

 If any of the green-house plants were plunged in the flower 

 beds, they should be taken up and pruned early in October, 

 and then put into suitable-sized pots. Half-hardy perennials, 

 such as Carnations, Daisies, Primulas, Lilies, Hydrangeas, etc., 

 should be taken up, divided carefully at the roots, and then 

 put into moderate-sized pots, and attended to as before direct 

 ed for green-house plants. Many hardy kinds of flower seed 

 may be sown this month. This is a good season to propagate 

 all kinds of hardy perennial plants, by parting the roots ; and 

 those that were raised from seed in the spring, may be trans 

 planted into regular flower-beds, in cloudy or wet weather. 

 Such Chrysanthemums as are intended to be protected while 

 in blossom, should now be taken up and planted in moderate- 

 sized pots. Before the winter sets in severely, let such Chrys 

 anthemums as may have been cultivated in pots be planted in 

 the garden, or as soon as they have done blossoming. 



Mignonette, and other tender seedling plants under protec 

 tion, will require attention at all seasons. They should not 

 be over-watered, or the plants will perish with mildew. 



Camellias should be frequently syringed while in bud, or 

 watered over the foliage with a rose attached to the watering- 

 pot, as should all other shrubby plants. 



WATERING GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 



Temperance in the use of water is of the utmost importance 

 in the winter season, for several reasons which may be given. In 

 the first place, water will attract frost, and, therefore, should 

 be used very sparingly in frosty weather ; another consideration 

 is, that in the absence of heat and air, plants cannot absorb 

 much moisture, and, consequently, must become injured from 

 excessive watering ; and it may be observed further, that it is 



