400 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Strawberry beds planted in August will need hoeing and weeding, and 

 upon the approach oftVost a light protection. 



Fruit trees of all kinds, particular!}' apples and pears, may be trans- 

 planted this month. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Camellias should be removed to the house this month, as there will be 

 danger of frost; the plants should be well cleaned before they are put 

 in. 



Chrysanthemums in pots should also be removed to some sheltered 

 place, out of tha danger of frost; for although the plants are perfectly 

 hardy, the flowers are spoiled if once touched by a severe frost. 



Gladioluses should be taken up the latter part of the month. 



Amaryllises should also be taken up. 



Tiger floioers should be removed from the ground before frost. 



Carnations in pots should be placed in frames this month, but should 

 be allowed all the air possible. 



Pceonias may still be separated and replanted. 



White lilies, and other kinds of lilies, may be set out this month. 



Tulips, Hyacinths, ^-c. — The planting of these and other bulbs may 

 be commenced the latter part of the mouth, if there is a great number to 

 plant. 



Oxalis Bowiei, cernua, rosea, S,^c., may still be repotted. 



Sparaxises, ixias, and similar bulbs, may be potted this month. 



Cactus cuttings may yet be put iu. 



Trevirana coccinea. The plants will soon have done blooming; when 

 they have, set them away under the stage, where they will not be de- 

 stroyed by too much moisture. 



Stocks in pots should be removed to a frame. 



Annuals for blooming early in the spring, may be sown this month. 



Dahlias will need attention; if there is danger of severe frost, draw 

 up a little earth over the crown of each root; and if the weather is like- 

 ly to continue cold, take them up the first warm dry day, and place them 

 away in the cellar or other safe place. 



Mignonette in pots should be carefully w^atered. 



Green-house plants of all kinds should now be got in; and those which 

 need repotting, should be attended to. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Asparagus beds, upon the approach of frost, should have a covering 

 of coarse strawy manure or leaves. Beds planted this fall should be 

 covered thicker than those already established. 



Rhubarb roots, set out in August or September, should be lightly pro- 

 tected upon the approach of frost. Plants for forcing may be now 

 planted in pots. 



Celery plants should be yet earthed up. 



Lettuces may be planted in frames for a spring supply. 



Mushroom beds may now be spanned, and new beds prepared. 



