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AURICULAS. 



Bring these also into their winter quarters, and 

 keep them dry. 



TRANSPLANTING FIBROUS-ROOTED 

 PLANTS. 



Among these you are to include the pipings of 

 Pinks which have been rooted this season, and the 

 Carnation layers which are intended to stand in beds. 

 Pinks and Carnations so treated will flower better 

 than those planted in spring. 



Separate Sweetwilliams and the cuttings of Wall- 

 flowers which have rooted during the season, and 

 put them into borders. This or the preceding 

 month will answer better for transplanting, and in- 

 creasing by division, almost all the fibrous-rooted 

 herbaceous plants. 



PROTECT DAHLIAS 



Which are still in bloom. As a precaution to 

 preserve the buds at the base of the stalk (on which 

 your hopes for the next year depend) from a severe 

 frost, cover them all round with some light substance, 

 two or three inches deep, and when they cease to 

 be ornamental, take them up, and either preserve 

 them in some airy place, secure from frost, or lay 

 them by the heels as directed in November. 



