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not a firm substantial bottom, will be subject to be cut up 

 with every heavy rain, A break should be put in every 

 twenty, forty, or eighty feet to throw off the' water. A 

 strong plank will answer perfectly well, but in such situa- 

 tions we would prefer grass walks. 



PLANTING EVERGREENS. 



This month is the best period in autumn to plant these 

 shrubs ; and where there is a great extent to be planted, it 

 would be advisable to do a part of it now; but we give the 

 preference to April, which see for directions. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



When the plantings of bulbs, &c., are finished, every part 

 of the garden should have a thorough cleaning. All annu- 

 al flowers will have passed the season of their beauty ; there- 

 fore, remove the decayed flower stems or haulm, and trim 

 off" the borders. Dig all vacant ground, especially that in- 

 tended to be planted with shrubs in the ensuing spring, 

 which ought to be dug from one to two feet deep. 



NOVEMBER. 



DAHLIAS. 



It is not advisable to delay lifting the roots of the Dahlia 

 after the first of the month, as frequently severe frosts set 

 in about this period, and would totally destroy them. Choose 

 a dry day for the purpose, and with a spade carefully lift 

 every root, divesting it of any earth that may adhere there- 

 to, but not to shake it off, as thereby the neck of the tubers 

 would be bruised, and probably entirely destroy the vitality of 

 the plant for the coming season. -With us, the frost generally 

 destroys the foliage and stems of the plants from about the 



