590 THE PLEASURE, OB [NOV. 



cautious not to use for this purpose new or fresh tan from the vats, as 

 the astringent juice thereof would work down to the roots, and do 

 them much more injury than the entire omission of covering, or of 

 affording them any manner of protection. 



Ranunculuses and anemones being much more tender than tulips 

 or hyacinths, will require in severe frostj a good effectual covering of 

 glasses, mats, and boards ; or in default of glasses, mats and boards 

 only, or any other suitable protection. This covering is to be sup- 

 ported by the frames surrounding the beds wherein the roots are 

 planted, and it must be taken off every mild day, while there is no 

 danger of the beds accumulating frost, in order to ventilate and suffi- 

 ciently air the plants that are up, so that they may neither be drawn 

 too much, the foliage turn yellow, nor the roots become mouldy. 

 But particular care must be taken to place the covering on again, as 

 soon as the day becomes cold and before the beds begin to freeze. 

 The ranunculuses are somewhat more tender than the anemones, and 

 will require a proportional protection. 



PLANTING VARIOUS KINDS OP BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS FLOWER- 

 ROOTS. 



You may still continue to plant the various kinds of bulbous and 

 tuberous flower-roots, as directed on page 566, but the earlier in the 

 month that you can get this accomplished the better. 



TRANSPLANTING PERENNIAL AND BIENNIAL FLOWER-ROOTS. 



Where omitted in the preceding months, you should as early in 

 this as possible divide (where necessary) and transplant the various 

 kinds of hardy perennial and biennial fibrous-rooted plants, agreeably 

 to the directions given on pages 523 and 567. 



AURICULAS, POLYANTHUSES, CARNATIONS, PRIMROSES, ETC. 



The pots containing your choice auriculas, polyanthuses, carnations 

 and double primroses should, immediately previous to the setting in 

 of hard frost, be plunged to their rims close together in a garden 

 frame, and there defended from heavy rains and severe frost by put- 

 ting on the glasses and a suitable covering of mats, &c., occasionally, 

 according to the necessity of the case. But observe, that as all these 

 kinds are of a hardy nature, they must be fully exposed to the weather 

 every day that is tolerably mild and dry, and even at night until the 

 frost becomes rather rigorous. However, it will be proper to line 

 the outside of the frame, as directed on page 589, for ranunculuses 

 and anemones, the better to keep out the most severe frosts of the 

 winter ; for when properly protected, and not drawn or forced too 

 much, they always flower better than when cut up by severe weather. 



Where there is not the convenience of glasses, mats and boards 

 may be laid over the frame ; or, if no frame, the pots may be plunged 

 close together in a raised bed of dry soil or tan in a warm situation, 

 and low arches made of old cask hoops, or the like, erected over 



