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the longest-keeping sorts not before the end of the month, 

 if the weather be mild ; a part of them may be placed in 

 a close cellar. 



Forcing. — Assist hotbeds and pits with fresh linings to 

 keep up the declining heat of such as have not ripened 

 their crops. Late vineries and peach-houses will still re- 

 quire the application of fire-heat to ripen the wood ; for if 

 this be not accomplished, the next crop will be inferior both 

 in quantity and quality. Give abundance of air to the 

 pinery in good weather, gradually lowering the heat. 

 Prune and dress early vines and peaches ; clean and repair 

 the forcing-houses and their flues ; continue the preparation 

 and formation of mushroom-beds. 



Green-house. — Replace all sorts of green-house plants 

 at an early period, as many of them are often much injured 

 by cold rains and frosty mornings at this season. Fill the 

 pits with pots of stocks, mignonette, and hardy annuals, 

 for planting out in spring, along with many of the more 

 hardy sorts of green-house plants. The whole ought to be 

 thoroughly ventilated, except in frosty weather. Water 

 sparingly. Begin to force roses, hyacinths, and a few other 

 bulbs, for winter and early spring decoration. 



Flower Garden. — Sow a few sorts of hardy annuals in a 

 frame, or on a sheltered border, for spring use, as directed 

 for August. 



Plant the greater part of the common border bulbs 

 about the end of the month, with a few anemones for early 

 flowering. Transplant strong plants of biennials and per- 

 ennials to their final situations. 



Protect alpine plants, stage auriculas and carnations, 

 with glass frames ; half-hardy green-house plants, such as 

 fuchsias, &c, about the end of the month, with coverings 

 of broom or spruce-fir, preferring the latter. Take up, dry, 



