NOVEMBER. 19 



STOVES. 



When a soft and sunny day occurs, ventilation 

 should also be given to the stoves, and the tempera- 

 ture of the air should be maintained between the 

 range of 55 and 65 ; all plants, at some season, 

 require a state of repose ; to urge them by artificial 

 excitement, to premature growth, at a period when 

 light is deficient, and when fresh air is necessarily 

 excluded, must weaken their powers, and derange 

 their habits to a degree that proves pernicious, even 

 to the most hardy. 



FLOWERING SHRUBS AND HERBACEOUS 

 PLANTS 



May now be planted in light and dry soils if 

 moist or cold, the planting should be deferred till 

 spring ; which, after all that has been said or writ- 

 ten on the subject, is the best season also for planting 

 Evergreens if planted in the winter months, they 

 are so rocked by our tempestuous westerly winds, 

 as to have but little chance of taking root. 



LEAF MANURE. 



As the leaves fall, let them be raked into heaps, 

 throughout the plantations ; they will form, when 

 rotted, a most valuable ingredient in all composts ; 

 without a preparation of a suitable description, it is 



