October November 



Tulips may be planted in the open ground at any time during 

 the month. We shall say nothing as to the arrangement of colours, 

 nor as to the form of the beds, for both points admit of endless 

 diversity. The mixed border may be enlivened with groups of 

 many varieties, and if they are judiciously selected, there will be a 

 succession of flowers for several weeks in the spring. 



Wallflower. After the summer bedding plants are cleared, 

 Wallflowers may be usefully employed to fill beds with green foliage 

 all the winter. They will flower freely in spring, when their colour 

 and fragrance will be especially welcome, and they can be removed 

 in time to make way for a different display for the summer. 



Winter Aconite is not dismayed by frost or snow, but will put 

 forth its golden blossoms in the dreariest days of February, and after 

 the flowers have passed away the foliage will remain as an ornament. 

 To put in single roots is useless ; it is far better to plant a few large 

 patches than to fritter away the flower in a number of small and 

 inconspicuous groups. 



NOVEMBER 



Cyclamen. If seed was not sown in October the task must not be 

 neglected now ; and where there is a large demand for this flower, 

 sowings in both months will be better than risking all on a single 

 venture. 



Gladiolus. The soil which answers best for the autumn-flowering 

 section is a medium friable loam, with a cool rich subsoil. A light 

 loam can be made suitable by trenching, and putting a thick layer of 

 cow-manure at the bottom of each trench. And a heavy soil may 

 be reduced to the proper condition by the free admixture of light 

 loam and sand. Autumn is the proper time for doing this work, 

 and the ground should be left rough, so that it may benefit by winter 

 frosts. Wireworms are deadly enemies to the Gladiolus corms, and 

 an effort should be made to clear them out. Happily, they will 

 flock to traps such as Potatoes and Rape cake, and their destruction 

 is a mere question of daily attention. Planting must, of course, be 

 deferred until spring. 



Hyacinthus candicans is generally grown in the company of 

 other flowers which attain to something like its own imposing pro- 

 portions. In good soil the spikes grow three feet high. It may be 

 planted from this time until March. 



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