440 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Fruit trees of all kinds, may be planted successfully this niontli. 



Raspberry vines should be laid down towards the latter part of the 

 month, if the w^eather is severe. 



Scions for grafcing in the spring may be cut this month, and laid 

 away in the cellar in earth. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



.Dahlia roots should be all taken up, if it has not been done; choose 

 a dj-y warm day for this purpose, and remove them out of the way of 

 frost. 



Tulips, and all kinds of hardy bulbs, should be planted by the mid- 

 dle of the month, if possible. 



Hyacinths should be planted as soon as possible. They may be put 

 in pots and plunged in a frame. 



Pceonies may yet be separated and ti'ansplanted with safety. 



Gladioluses, and tiger Jlowers should be dug up, and secured from the 

 frost. 



Stocks in pots should be protected in a frame; if removed to the green- 

 house or parlor, repot them. 



Carnations, auriculas and various other plants, should be kept through 

 the season in frames. 



Cactuses, cereuses, S,'c. should be placed in a dry and warm situation 

 in the green-house, and receive but little water. 



Sparaxises, ixias, <§'C. should be repotted this month. 



Verbenas should be protected in a frame, green-house, or pai'lor. 



Roses for flowering the first of January should now be well pruned. 



Azaleas should receive but little water at this season. 



Camellias should receive a good supply of water, as their flower-buds 

 swell. 



Chrysanthemums should be removed to the green-house or parlor, out 

 of the reach of frost. Water them liberally until they have done flow- 

 ering. 



Annual seeds of such sorts as dwarf larkspur, chryseis, &c. Stc. may 

 be now sown. 



Perennial plants in the border should be slightly protected upon the 

 approach of severe cold weather. 



Oxalises may yet be potted. 



Geraniums should be repotted, where the object is to have large plants. 



Green-house plants should be attended to: top dress all that require 

 it. Tie up those that need it, to neat green sticks, and pick ofl^ all de- 

 caying leaves. Keep the house cool and dry. 



VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 



Celery should be got in this month. 



Lettuce may be now set out in frames for sjjring use. 



Rhubarb and asparagus beds for early use, should receive a good cov- 

 ering of coarse manure. 



Spiriach should be protected. 



Cucumbers planted in small beds last month, for obtaining a good 

 crop .at Christmas, should be now ridged out in hills in frames, where 

 they are to remain. 



