DIARY OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR. 289 



atmospheric temperature. Caladiums completely dried 

 off taken from benches, and placed underneath them; 

 these must be kept dry until they are again to be started 

 in May. 41 53 



NOVEMBER. 



1st. Potted Roses for spring blooming and sales, first 

 pruning off one-third of the shoots. This operation of 

 pruning should always be done before the plant is potted, 

 as it takes less than half the time, and the plant being 

 divested of its superfluous shoots is much more quickly 

 and easily handled in potting. The plants after potting 

 are freely watered once, to consolidate the soil, and if the 

 sun is bright and warm they are shaded by latticed shut- 

 ters. The plants are placed in a cold greenhouse or cold 

 frame, care being taken to keep them as cool as possible, 

 and on no consideration to use fire heat unless to keep the 

 soil in the pots from freezing. Little fire need be used if 

 the pots are completely covered with dry leaves. If pos- 

 sible, Eoses should never be kept at a higher temperature 

 than forty degrees by fire heat, until the young or 

 " working roots " are formed. See Chapter on the Rose 

 for more comprehensive details. 41 53. 



2d. Continued potting Roses, and put in Antirrhi- 

 num, Pentstemon, and other cuttings of half hardy 

 plants from the open ground. 45 53. 



Uh. Cut down and placed under the benches tho 

 Dahlias that have been grown during summer in pots. 

 47_48. 



5th. The Roses, Bouvardias, Carnations, Stevias, etc., 

 are now blooming profusely. 33 40. 



Qth. The cold weather warns us that everything must 

 soon be secured, so to-day we take up, divide, and pot for 

 spring sales, herbaceous plants of all kinds. Late Chrys- 

 anthemums grown in deep frames, must now be covered 

 up with straw mats every night, giving air freely in the 



