NOVEMBER. 



NOVEMBER. 



mas daisies, and rake and hoe the borders 

 neatly. 



Hollyhocks. Cut down and propagate 

 from the whole stools, and by eyes from 

 the flowering stems, as formerly directed, 

 but without forcing. 



Lawns. The principal lawns should be 

 swept when leaves are numerous, as well 

 as to remove worm-casts, &c. An 

 occasional rolling will keep the surface 

 in good order. 



Leaves, Collection of. Now is the best 

 time to collect leaves from lawns and drives, 

 and to stack them in some out-of-the-way 

 place for use. Oak and beech are the 

 most valuable to the gardener, affording 

 the most durable heat. Tread them firmly 

 in the stack, and afterwards thatch them to 

 keep them dry j the remainder may be 

 thrown together for rotting, when they 

 form a valuable auxiliary for potting and 

 composts. 



Pansies. These should now be potted 

 off as reserves for filling up vacancies, or 

 for new beds in the early spring ; the beds 

 should be examined to see that the worms 

 have not attacked them. 



Plants in Pots, &c. All flowering plants 

 standing in pots or frames should be fully 

 exposed to the sun on every favourable 

 occasion, so as to harden their tissues ; 

 and all growing plants, like the verbenas, 

 stopped back to secure a bushy habit by 

 and by. Most of the verbenas may be 

 kept in a cold pit, dusting a little slacked 

 lime over the soil in the pots or boxes, 

 applying the same treatment to the shrubby 

 calceolarias. Pot up and cut back the 

 dwarf lobelias and CEnothera prostrata, 

 sprinkling a little silver sand among the 

 roots. Lophospermums, maurandyas, and 

 the tropseolums, require a dry and airy 

 situation in the frame or greenhouse when 

 they are taken indoors. 



Plants, Propagation 0/[ Pelargoniums, 

 calceolarias, and similar plants, as noted 



in instructions given for garden work ip 

 previous months, are greatly benefited by 

 being placed in a gentle bottom heat until 

 the fresh roots break. Now is an excellent 

 time for propagating cuttings of calceolarias 

 and most herbaceous and shrubby plants, 

 if placed in a cold frame. Chinese, Bour- 

 bon, and hybrid perpetual roses will now 

 root freely under the same treatment. 



Polyanthuses. Plants in beds will be 

 benefited if the surface of the soil is stirred, 

 and a top dressing of equal parts maiden 

 loam, leaf mould, and well-decomposed 

 cow dung applied. 



Roses. Planting and transplanting are 

 now the chief employment ; if very dry 

 during the month, give a good watering to 

 each plant before the soil is fully filled in. 

 Stocks should also be collected and planted 

 for budding on next season. Prune the 

 old roots close to the stem, cutting alt 

 strong shoots close off. When planted r 

 some cut the head down to within four o> 

 six inches of the height at which they are 

 wanted, and, having levelled the soil, 

 leave them till spring. The best growers 

 prefer leaving the head full until the plant 

 is thoroughly rooted. The true dog rose 

 makes the best stock, and may be dis- 

 tinguished from sweetbrier by the large 

 white thorns which thickly cover the stem 

 of the latter towards the base ; and from 

 those of climbing habit, by the dark green 

 colour of their bark and weakness in their 

 stem. 



Tulips. Bulbs not yet planted should 

 be got in without delay, taking care, how- 

 ever, that the soil is not wet ; the beds 

 should be hooped over, and matting pre- 

 pared against rainy weather. 



November. Fruit Garden and 

 Orchard, Work in. 



Apricots, Peaches, Nectarines, and Vines. 

 The pruning of these may be left tilt 

 February or March, when apricots should 



