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uKperise, which is but a trifle is nearly the only one. The above opera- r» 

 o tions would have been better performed a month ago, as all would now 



J be established, but it is not yet too late to prevent success. 



There are few of our city yards in which there is not sufficient 

 convenience for this, and what source of attraction would it be to the 

 family of every house to have such a fair spot attached, besides the 

 advantage to health, by coaxing the inmates to take more out-of-door 

 exercise, instead of being imprisoned in close, rooms, breathing 

 a parched and heated atmosphere. Let none of your fair readers 

 hereafter complain of not being able to obtain that emblem of her 

 own loveliness, a bouquet of sweet flowers in the winter, so long as 

 the opportunities of obtaining it are so easy and cheap. 



The above fewMiints are at your service, if of any use, and at some 

 future opportunity you shall have something more comprehensive in 

 flower g row ins:. 



CALEXDAll OF OPERATIONS, 



FOR NOVEMBER. 



Written by Practical Gardeners, for the Philadelphia Florist. 



HARDY FRUIT. 



Planting Fruit Trees. — Where planting is intended to be done 

 this fall, it had better be proceeded with without delay ; if not done 

 this month, it will, as a cr^neral thing, be as well to leave it until 

 spring. In preparing holes for the trees, they ought to be made large 

 enough to allow the roots being laid evenly out, without bending or 

 twisting them in any way; cut all ragged or bruised ends of roots with 

 a sharp knife; avoid deep planting, many trees are ruined from this 

 cause; rather err on the safe side, and keep the neck of the tree a little 

 elevated; see that every crevice between the roots is filled with soil, 

 and made moderately firm. Finish by heaping a small mound of earth 

 over the roots, which keeps the part steady and throws off heavy rains. 

 In very exposed situations a stake may be necessary to prevent the 

 wind blowing them about and disturbing their roots. 



Pruning. — This is an operation generally considered of easy per- 

 formance. As understood by some, it consists in sawing off all the 

 branches to a certain height; others again satisfy themselves by cut- 

 ting out a few branches here and there, without troubling about the 

 "how" and "wherefore," feeling confident 1 hat a fruit tree must be 

 pruned and trimmed in some form or other to keep it alive. A third 

 party practices the "shortening in" system, which "being interpreted" 

 means cutting a small piece from the point of every shoot. Those, 

 however, who have studied the subject attentively, go more cautious- 

 ly to work, knowing that they are about infringing upon the laws of 

 nature and breaking in upon the beautiful system of harmony and sym- 

 pathy between branches and roots, and every branch that is cut must 

 be either for or against the well-being of the tree. Pruning is a man- 

 ipulation requiring skill and experience, and if in some cases "trees 

 are lost for want of pruning," there are not wanting others that are 

 "killed with kindness" in this respect. 



h If a judicious system of disbudding and summer pruning were prac- _ 

 '^tised, there would be little occasion for winter pruning; or, were it^j 



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