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pruning should always be done before the plant is potted, 

 as it takes less than half the time, and the plant being di- 

 vested of its superfluous shoots is much more quickly and 

 easily handled in potting. The plants after potting are 

 freely watered once, to consolidate the soil, and if the sun 

 is bright and warm they are shaded by latticed shutters. 

 The plants are placed in a cold green-house or cold frame, 

 care being taken to keep them as cool as possible, and on 

 no consideration to use fire heat unless to keep the soil in 

 the pots from freezing. If possible, Roses should never be 

 kept at a higher temperature than 40 by fire heat, until 

 the young or " working roots " are formed. See Chapter 

 on the Rose for more comprehensive details. 41 53. 



2d. Continued potting Roses, and put in Antirrhinum, 

 Pentstemon, and other cuttings of half hardy plants from 

 the open ground. 45 53. 



4th. Cut down and placed under the benches the 

 Dahlias that have been grown during summer in pots. 

 47 48. 



5th. The Bouvardias, Carnations, Stevias, etc., are now 

 blooming profusely. 33 40. 



6th. The cold weather warns us that everything must 

 soon be secured, so to-day we take up, divide, and pot 

 for spring sales, herbaceous plants of all kinds. 31 40. 



7th. Last night's frost finally destroyed the Dahlias, 

 so we lifted them up and secured them to-day, by drying 

 on the empty benches of the green-house. Those to be 

 started for cuttings in March are now placed at once in 

 soil and kept there without water until they start ; in this 

 way every root can be saved. 30 42. 



8th. Planted in the open ground the Strawberry run- 

 ners that were layered in pots, and covered them close 

 up to the neck of the plants with rough manure. Put in 

 Carnation, Begonia, Petunia, Verbena, and other cuttings, 

 for the first time, from plants that have been growing in 

 the green-house. 41 52. 



