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and any defective berries removed; bags made of tissue paper, and drawn 

 up over the bunches, is an excellent plan to protect the fruit from dust, 

 insects, &c. Vines in the open ground should be pruned and trained as 

 soon as the leaves drop. 



Penrs and Apples should now be gathered as fast as they ripen ; choose 

 a dry day for tiie purpose, and handle them carefully. Choice late winter 

 pears will need considerable attention to ripen them perfectly without 

 shrivelling, packing them in wheat bran, and placing them in a warm 

 cellar is recommended, or they may be wrapped in papers separately, and 

 packed in close buckets, which should be kept in a cool place, and when 

 any are wanted for use, put such into a warm room, of the temperature 

 of from (!0 to 70 degrees, a week or t n days, and they will ripen well. 



Fruit and Ornamtnlal Trees may now be transplanted. By doing this 

 now. much time is saved in the spring, when there is so much other work 

 to be done ; they will also start earlier in the spring than trees planted at 

 that time, and will not be so liable to suffer when dry weather occurs ; to 

 prevent rocking by the wind they may be secured on Capt. Lovett's plan, 

 detailed in the present volume. 



Sttds of Fruit Trees should be sown this month. Tn all cases the 

 ground must be made very rich, and be well pulverized to be successful. 

 The stones of peaclies and plums had better be placed in a body, and 

 covered with a few inclies of earth, and in tlie spring crack them and 

 sow the kernels. 



Currants, Gooseberries and Raspberries continue to plant; it is abso- 

 lutely necessary to set them in rich ground if good fruit is the object. 

 Cut out all the shoots of raspberries which bore the present year. Thin 

 out the oldest wood of currants, and shorten the new shoots. Gooseber- 

 ries must be kept thin of wood, and the shoots be well cut in, to guard 

 against mildew. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias. — Wherever they have been cut down b}'' frost, which has been 

 the case in many places, they may be immediately taken up, and housed 

 for the winter. Nothing is gained by leaving the roots in the ground 

 long after the tops are destroyed. 



Greenhouse Plants, now that they are in their winter quarters, should 

 have plenty of air and be watered sparingly. Keep them clean and free 

 from insects, and excite them little as possible at this season. 



Chrysanthemums must now be brought into tlie parlor or greenhouse, 

 and kept well supplied with water, and once or twice a week with a solu- 

 tion of guano. This will make them grow strong and give them a deep 

 green foliage and fine flowers. 



Ixia^ and Sparaxis must now be potted in rich light soil. 



Hyacinths, and other bulbous flower roots required for the parlor during 

 winter, should now be potted or put into glasses. A sandy soil, mode- 

 rately rich, suits them best; water very little until the leaves have grown 

 an inch or two — then supply liberally. The latter part of the monfh, the 

 beds and borders should be prepared for planting such kinds as are wanted 

 to ornament the garden in the spring; when these are required they 

 should be selected in season, that good bulbs may be secured. A few 

 good ones are preferable to a bushel of the trash that is so frequently sold 

 at auction, and bought because they are sold cheap. 



