X CONTENTS. 



LETTER IX. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Carnations. Transplant Pink Pipings, if rooted. Di- 

 rections for making Box edgings. Collecting Seeds. 

 Plant out and pot Brompton Stocks. American Border. 

 Prepare Turf for use. Plants in flower. Russian Vi- 

 olets. Carnations; how prevented from bursting. An 

 old tree made ornamental. Use of Latin names in Bo- 

 tany ....... Page 153. 



LETTER X. 



OCTOBER. 



In-door amusements more fitted to the winter season 

 than gardening. Prepare Bulb bed ; how to plant it. 

 Narcissus planted under a wall. Treatment of Bulbs 

 which are to blow in pots. Reasons for such treatment. 

 Bulbous plants natives of dry climates. Sand put to 

 drain the roots. Planting Tulips and Anemonies. Take 

 up Green-house plants. Object of Cold Frames. Clear- 

 ing borders, and dividing herbaceous roots. Prune flow- 

 er shrubs, and put sticks to them. Care to be observed 

 in pruning shrubs to be transplanted. Plants in bloom 

 during the month .... Page 163. 



