464 Horticultural Memoranda. 



with the best success. There is now more time to attend to the operation 



carefully. 



Pear, Apple, Quince, and Cherry seeds may be planted this month. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias, which have been allowed to remain in the ground, should now be 

 dug as speedily as possible, and stored in a good dry cellar, or under the 

 stage in the greenhouse. 



Chrysanthemums will now be coming into bloom, and will need little atten- 

 tion to improve their beauty: thin out all the small and imperfect buds, and 

 water once a week with rather weak liquid guano : tie up the stems to small 

 neat stakes. 



Camellias will now begin to open their buds, and they should now be put 

 into good order ; stake up all the crooked or straggling plants, and wash all 

 the loaves carefully with a sponge to remove dust and insects ; take off the 

 small buds when the plants have too many, and syringe occasionally with 

 clean soft water. Seed saved this year may be sown now. 



Roses of tender kinds in the border not yet taken up, should be attended to 

 immediately : the latter part of the month they may be pruned ; and if young 

 plants are wanted, cuttings put in. Hardy roses in the border may be re- 

 moved now ; and the Bourbons and perpetuals slighly protected with a few 

 leaves or coarse manure. 



Pelargoniums intended for blooming finely should now be shifted into 

 larger pots. 



Tulips, hyacinths, and other hardy bulbs, should all be got into the ground 

 this month. 



Heaths should now be top-dressed ; the shoots neatly tied up, and topped 

 to make the plants dwarf and bushy. 



Chinese 'primroses may now be repotted, and rather freely watered. 



Azaleas s\wi\\A be sparingly watered at this season. 



Mignonette in small pots may now have a shilt into the next size. 



Ixia%. sparaxis, and other Cape bulbs should now be removed to the green- 

 house or parlor. 



Carnations and picoiees should be protected during the winter in 

 frames. 



Tree ;>ffio?u'es in pots should be shifted into a larger size, if not done be- 

 fore. 



Verbenas in pots should be sparingly watered, and kept in the warmest 

 part of the greenhouse. 



Victoria stocks should now be repotted. 



Herbaceous plants of all kinds may be safely transplanted this month. 



Cactuses, with the exception of Epiphyllum truncatum, should now be 

 sparingly watered, and kepi in a cool, dry part of the house. 



Greenhouse plants of many kinds may now be safely propagated from cut- 

 tings ; such as heaths, camellias, azaleas, and other hard wooded kinds. 

 They will root more readily now than earlier in the season, if placed in a 

 good warm situation. 



