



OCTOBER.] FLOWER-GARDEN OF PLANTING, &c. 317 



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It has been often said that these plants are difficult 

 of cultivation. This is unfounded, indeed they are the 

 reverse if put in a soil congenial to their nature. When 

 highly manured soils are given, which are poisonous to 

 the plants, sickness or death will inevitably ensue ; but 

 this cannot be attributed to the delicacy of their nature. 

 We can unhesitatingly say there is no Green-house 

 plant more hardy or easier of cultivation, and they are 

 equally so in the parlour, if not kept confined in a room 

 where there is a continuance of drying fire heat, their 

 constitution not agreeing with an arid atmosphere. 







OCTOBER. 



OF PLANTING VARIOUS BULBOUS FLOWER ROOTS. 



From the middle of October to the beginning of No- 

 vember is the best period for a general planting of 

 Dutch bulbs. 



Crocuses are the earliest in flower, and may be plant- 

 ed about six inches off the edgings, about four inches 

 apart and two deep, or in beds four feet wide ; the va- 

 rieties selected and planted across the bed in rows of 



