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the cold point if in the parlor. If the plants are low and uni- 

 form in hight, covering them with paper or sheeting will usually 

 save them from injury, even if the thermometer falls to twenty- 

 six or twenty-eight degrees. Another plan, where the heating 

 apparatus is not sufficient, is to dash water on the pipes or 

 flue in the greenhouse on cold nights, when the steam, rising 

 to the glass, freezes there, and stops up all crevices. All 

 mulching, strawing up, or other modes of protecting against 

 frost in use in the flower garden, must be finished this month. 



FRUIT GARDEN. Grape-vines, Raspberries, etc., in sections 

 where protection from severe frost is of advantage, should be 

 attended to this month, by laying them down as near the 

 ground as possible, and covering them with rough litter or 

 leaves, or with a few inches of soil, and Strawberries mulched. 



VEGETABLE GAP.DEV. The final covering of Celery in trenches 

 or roots in pits ; the Spinach crop in the ground, or any other 

 plant in need of protection, must have it done before the end 

 of this month. Manure and compost heaps should now be for- 

 warded as rapidly as possible, and turned and mixed so as to be 

 in proper condition for spring. Snow that accumulates on cold 

 frames or other glass structures should be removed, particularly 

 if the soil that the glass covers was not frozen before the snow 

 fell. If frozen, it may remain on the sashes longer ; for the 

 plants if frozen are, of course, dormant, and would not be 

 injured by being deprived of light for eight or ten days. 



