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Nov.] FLOWER-GARDEN PROTECTING BULBS. 339 



protection, in frames, pits, cellars, &c. The autumn 

 flowering Cape bulbs should be placed near the glass, 

 and free from the shade of other plants. Cleanliness 

 through the whole house and amongst the plants ought 

 at all times to be attended to. 





NOVEMBER. 



Wherever there are any Holland bulbs remaining 

 unplanted, have them put in as soon as possible, lest 

 frost should set in. It is not advisable to keep them 

 later out of the ground than the beginning of this 

 month. 



PROTECTION OF CHOICE BULBS. 



On the appearance of the severity of winter, the finer 

 sorts of these should have a simple protection, not be- 

 cause they will not do without such care, but to pre- 

 vent the alternate thawing and freezing of the embryo 

 of the bulb. To give them a covering three inches deep 

 of any of the following substances, will do perfectly 

 well, saw-dust not resinous, old tan bark, half decayed 



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