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as will admit ; plant all kinds of bulb ; 

 prune flowering shrubs ; plant hardy deci- 

 duous flowers and shrubs and evergreens 

 to hide walls; firs and pines should now be 

 transplanted, as also forest trees in gene- 

 ral; propagate them by layers; transplant 

 such layers as may be ready ; propagate 

 roses, &c. by suckers, and others by cut- 

 tings ; set your seedlings in a warm 

 place ; trim your evergreens ; plant box ; 

 and cut hedges and edgings 



In the Nursery. Propagate by layers, 

 and transplant such as may be ready ; 

 proceed also with cuttings ; sow haw and 

 holly berries; sow acorns; set out seed- 

 ling stocks for grafting ; sow plum and 

 cherry stones ; transplant laurels ; sow 

 beech, and various seeds of hardy trees. 



In the Green-house. See that your 

 shutters fit well, and have all your bench- 

 es, &c. well cleansed and repaired ; move 

 in your plants in due time, if not done be- 

 fore; water occasionally, but in small 

 quantity. 



In the Hot-house. See that your tan- 

 pits are in proper state, and set your pots 

 in carefully. 



NOVEMBER. 



Kitchen Garden. Sow beans, peas, ra- 

 dishes, small salading, &c. ; look to your 

 celery and endive, so that they may 

 blanch well; attend also to your car- 

 doons ; cut down your artichokes ; give 

 air to your cauliflower plants; clean your 

 spinach ; manure and trench ; you may 

 sow a little carrot seed, but it will prove 

 a precarious crop ; weed your spring 

 onions carefully. 



In the Fruit-garden. Prune and nail 

 vines, apricots, &c. ; plant wall-trees, 

 apples, pears, cherries, &c. ; clear your 

 fig-trees of the remaining fruit, and if 

 severe frosts come on, cover them with 

 mats; plant filberts, and in general all 

 deciduous fruit trees and shrubs. 



In the Flower-garden. Clean your bor- 

 ders, plant perennials, tulips, ranuncu- 

 luses, anemones, crocuses, narcissuses, 

 and other bulbs ; prune flowering shrubs ; 

 transplant hardy shrubs; plant forest 

 trees; roll grass walks and lawns, and 

 keep your gravel clean ; prepare good 

 compost for your flowers. 



In the Nursery. Finish all transplant- 

 ing ; prepare for new plantations ; manure 

 well ; and shelter seedlings from wet and 

 from frost. 



In the Green-house. Some few plants 

 will want watering, and it will be proper 

 to keep the night air entirely out. 



In tJie Hot-house. Make a moderate fire 

 atn.ght; on sunny days you must open a 

 sash or two, and should occasionally be- 

 stow a little water where wanted. 



DECEMBER. 



Kitchen-Garden. Examine your cauli- 

 flower plants ; you may sow beans, peas, 

 &c. if the weather is open ; keep your 

 mushroom beds dry; make a forcing bed 

 for early asparagus ; trench and open the 

 vacant soil, giving a good allowance of 

 manure where wanted. 



In the Fruit-Garden. See that your 

 wall-trees are firm, and cover places 

 that seem likely to canker, cutting away 

 all useless wood, but preserving suffi- 

 cient bearing wood; prune fruit trees 

 in general, and plant out if the weather 

 admits. 



In the Flo-wer-garden. Preserve all ten- 

 der plants and seedlings very carefully ; 

 transplant and plant as wanted. 



In the Nursery. Look to your new plan- 

 tations; trench, dig, and manure libe- 

 rally ; propagate by layers and suckers of 

 hardy trees and shrubs. 



In the Green-house. Keep your plants 

 clean, and water occasionally. 



In the Hot-house. Water as wanted ; 

 keep up a due temperature : you may 

 commence for early cucumbers, kidney- 

 beans, roses, pinks, &c. 



GARDEN snail. See Helix. 



GARIDELLA, in botany, so called in 

 honour of Pierre Garidel, M. D. a genus 

 of the Decandria Trigynia class and or- 

 der. Natural order of Multisiliqux. Ra- 

 nunculacese, Jussieu. Essential charac- 

 ter : calyx five-leaved, like petals ; nec- 

 tary five, two-lipped, bifid; capsules three, 

 connected, containing many seeds. There 

 is but one species, viz G. nigellastrum, 

 fennel-leaved garidella. 



GARLAND, in naval affairs, a sorts of 

 net extended by a wooden hoop, of suffi- 

 cient size to admit a bowl or platter, and 

 is used by sailors as a locker or cupboard, 

 to contain their provisions, being hung up 

 to the beams within the birth, where they 

 commonly mess between the decks. 



GARLIC, in botany, see ALLIUM. This 

 root has been subjected to chemical ana- 

 lysis; when distilled, it yields first a liquid 

 slightly coloured, and having an acrid 

 taste ; then a thick brown oil, and abund- 

 ance of inflammable air and carbonic acid. 

 The liquid in the receiver emits the smell 

 of ammonia when mixed with lime. It i* 

 said to consist of 



