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should be dug deeply and well-fertilized with old rotted manure. 

 The bulbs should be set out early in November; in the meantime 

 have them sorted and placed in boxes in a cool dry place. 



Propagate cuttings of all bedding plants as early in the 

 month as practicable so that they may be well established before 

 wet weather and dark days arrive. 



Tuberous rooted Begonias should now be at their best; 

 encourage them to prolong their flowering season by giving them 

 copious waterings and by giving the beds a light mulch of some 

 suitable material such as very old stable-manure or leaf-mold. 



Beds of Asters and other annuals which have ceased to bloom 

 should be cleared of all old plants; if it is intended to nil the 

 beds for Winter and Spring flowering, have the ground spaded 

 over and apply a good dressing of soot. If the beds were man- 

 ured in Spring, no manure will now be required. Plant the beds 

 with Wallflowers, Myosotis, Silene, Pansies, Aubretias, Viola 

 cornuta, etc., planting them as soon as convenient so that they 

 may get well-established before cold weather sets in. If planted 

 early, they should begin blooming early in December and give 

 abundance of flower all through the Winter and early Spring. 



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Poinsettias should be fully exposed to the sunshine from the 

 present time on in order to mature and firm the growth. 



Let the last batch of rooted plants be placed in their flower- 

 ing-pots, which need not be larger than six-inch and the smaller 

 plants will do better if given four-inch pots. 



Roman Hyacinths, Paper white and Double Narcissus. Pot 

 about five bulbs in a six-inch pot filled with a good rich compost, 

 and plunge the pots in ashes for a few weeks, covering the pots 

 with sand or ashes to the depth of six inches, leaving them thus 

 until the bulbs fill the pots with their young roots. A situation 

 facing North is most suitable for the plunging bed. When the 



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