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purpose before winter sets in; use Ivy, Ferns, 

 Selaginella, Echevarias, Saseifragas, ledums, and any 

 nice little green or yariegated shrub. You should be 

 ordering your Spring bulbs this month. Choose heavy, 

 firm, clean looking bulbs, and remember that single 

 Hyacinths are better bloomers than double ones. It 

 is not necessary to purchase new or high-priced ones 

 to make a good display. Old varieties are cheap and 

 bloom as well, and sometimes better than the new 

 ones. 



October. 



Balcony and window gardens will now be getting 

 dull. Frost is now sure to come, and plants outside you 

 wish preserved should be brought inside, and a general 

 clearing up made. Hardy shrubs may be brought 

 from their summer quarters to furnish the balcony and 

 area. Chrysanthemums are the mainstay of the season ; 

 a good selection of them looks magnificent on a 

 balcony ; they come into bloom this month and last for 

 some time after Christmas. A splendid decorative 

 plant for balconies is the variegated Scotch Kale. A 

 quantity of them should be grown where practicable, 

 during the summer, for winter use. To have them 

 dwarf they should be cut over in Augilst and the tops 

 rooted like cuttings in an open border. They form 

 very nice dwarf plants for filling boxes at the present 

 time, and can be arranged according to colour, when 

 they look splendid. All tints of colour from blackish 

 purple to nearly French white are to be found amongst 

 them. This is the best month for planting spring 



