HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 299 



CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS. 



OCTOBER. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 



Continue to plant deciduous trees at every opportunity. Whether spring 

 or fall planting has the greatest advantages is swallowed up in the fact that 

 "we shall find enough work for the spring." Hardy annuals of many de- 

 scriptions will not flower next season unless sown now ; especially Larkspurs, 

 Ipomopsis, &c, and all bloom the stronger from being sown now. They can 

 readily be transplanted early in spring to where they are to remain. 



BulbsHhat are easily affected by frost, as Gladioluses, Tuberoses, and Ti- 

 gridias, should be taken up early and dried slowly in a secure place. Hya- 

 cinths, Anemones, and similar plants for spring flowering, should be planted 

 out as soon as they can be obtained. The latter may be put out an inch or 

 so below the surface, and be protected during the winter with a slight cover- 

 i ng of leaves ; well decayed cowdung is an excellent manure for them. See 

 that the Dahlias are true to their names before the frost destroys their flow- 

 ers; after which take them up, dry them slightly for a few days, then stow 

 them away loosely in any cool place just secure from frost. If they rot in 

 winter it will be either through getting too warm and damp, or too dry and 

 frosted. Wherever alterations and improvements are to be effected, get as 

 much as^possible carried out before winter. Look on the fall as if it were 

 the real beginning of spring work. Laying of turf may be well proceeded 

 with ; box edgings, though, are best deferred, as their beauty is very fre- 

 quently sadly defaced by frost. 



Green House. 

 The tenderest plants being housed last month, the remaining will require 

 immediate attention. After housing, the object should be to rest them, the 

 temperature not being suffered to fall below 38° ; they will be the better for 

 all the air that can be afforded them. No more water need be given for a 

 month than will barely keep them from flagging, Pelargoniums, Cinerarias, 

 and similar things which will keep growing, should be kept as near the air 

 or glass as possible — the latter, if full of roots, and desired for'largp, hand- 

 some specimens, will require potting about the end of the month into coarse 

 turfy loam, with about a third of half rotted stable manure. Roses in pots, 

 for early flowering, may be repotted as they are brought in, if they require 

 it; coarse soil is essential to their perfection — a close, compact soil will not 

 grow them well ; they should have the lightest part of the house. Many thin 

 the buds of their Camellias as they bring them in doors ; I prefer waiting for 

 a time, as the slight change they necessarily experience by the move often 

 eauses some to fall. As mignionette grows, pinch out the top of the shoots 



