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ject last month, I might observe that in planting those which are somewhat 

 tender, or the perfect hardiness of which we have any doubt, situations pro- 

 tected from the sun in winter, should be preferred as well as a light dry 

 soil. Where frost kills its thousands, the sun slays its ten thousands. The 

 discrepancies we often find in statements of the hardiness of certain ever- 

 greens, arises from their different situations. I have frequently seen the 

 English Laurel (Cerasus lauroceiizsus) killed in the neighbourhood of Phil- 

 adelphia ; while in the same vicinity a fine specimen on the north side of the 

 residence of Pierce Butler, Esq., and completely in the shade, has long 

 stood without injury. In the severe winter of 1851-2, most of the English 

 Ivy (Ked.era Helix) in Philadelphia, was destroyed on east, west and south- 

 ern aspects; while on the northern it was uninjured. Towards the end of 

 the month favorable opportunities may arise for transplanting deciduous 

 trees, which should not be lost. If the soil can be caught in a moist condi- 

 tion, the sooner trees can be transplanted after the fall of the leaf the 

 better. If they cannot be planted till late in the fall, they will be liable to 

 be ''drawn out" by the frosts of winter, which will thwart any advantage 

 that would otherwise accrue from autumn planting. Tender deciduous trees 

 do not suffer so much from the sun in our winters as evergreens^ This is, 

 perhaps, owing to the superior manner in which our summers ripen the wood 

 of these trees. In Mr. Butler's place, before alluded too, there is the finest 

 specimens of the Acacia julibrissin I have ever seen, growing close to 

 the house on the sunny side ; and yet it is seldom kept over the winter in 

 many places around. 



Lose no opportunity of observing what does well in your locality for bed- 

 ding out, and prepare a stock of it for another year. In this locality, which 

 suffered much from drought this season, Plumbago Larperitsc, Pentas 

 carnea, the Madagascar periwinkles, and the various kinks of Sagetes, and 

 Petunias, seemed in their best elements. Amongst Verbenas, I consider 

 Hovey's America the best white for bedding ; Heroine, blue ; Orb of Day, 

 crimson. Lucia rosea of former years, gave us a fine pink "scarlet" geran- 

 ium for bedding ; we now have a white kind; it makes a beautiful bedding 

 out plant. "Flower of the Day," with its variegated foliage, also does well, 

 Asclepias curassavica, does very well ; as also do all the Dantanas. 



Greenhouse.— Repairing, and thorough cleansing must not be delayed. 

 Painters say this is the most advantageous month to paint wood work. 

 Whenever the night temperature falls to 40, any tender plants in pots should 

 be housed, without waiting for "the first week in October." Things nearly 

 hardy, a3 Azalea, Rhododendron, Oranges, &c.^ do best out "to the last." 

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