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occasionally, *i't will make tkem bushy, handsome specimens, and prolong 

 their flowering period. The same may be said of any other ornamental an- 

 nual cultivated this way. A few plants of Petunias and Verbenas potted 

 now, and also kept pinched in at every joint, make objects of the prettiest 

 class by the spring. Plants of every kind kept in view for winter flowering 

 will require continual care in repotting, watering and staking. It is often 

 desirable to have a few Azaleas and Rhododendrons in flower early ; any 

 plants selected for this purpose should have even more care bestowed on them 

 in getting their wood well ripened by free exposure to sun and air than even 

 the others. Chinese Primroses for early flowering will also require repot- 

 ing ; it is very fond of coarse leaf mould with the soil in which it is growing. 

 Auriculas, the prettiest of spring's blooming plants, are frequently lost in 

 the winter; yet they are very hardy, they require to be kept from damp and 

 bright sunlight. Chrysanthemums will soon be the chief ornament of our 

 houses. If encouraged at this time by occasional doses of liquid manure 

 their flowers will be finer. If seed is desired from them, let them flower in 

 a cool, light situation, where they can get abundance of air without getting 

 frosted. Cuttings of all kinds will continue to receive attention, and those 

 rooted be successively removed to single pots. Before the weather becomes 

 severe a stock of turfy loam, leaf mould, rotten stable dung and sand should 

 be housed so as to have it at command whenever potting is required. Dif- 

 ferent* combinations of the above materials will afford composts for nearly all 

 kinds of plants. 



Vegetable Garden. 



Celery as it grows will require earthing up, and Endive successively 

 blanched; but the main business of the month will' be preparations for hous- 

 ing the root crops for the winter. Beets are generally the first thing at- 

 tended to, they being the most easily injured by frost ; Carrots, Salsafy and 

 Parsneps following. The latter are never really good until they have been 

 well frozen ; and many leave them entirely in the ground, taking them up as 

 wanted for use. I prefer taking them all up and packing them in sand or 

 half dried loam, in a shed or cellar, which can be kept just above freezing 

 point ; yet the cooler the better. If suffered to be in heaps they heat and 

 s«on rot. In the same situation Endive and Cape Brocoli may be preserved 

 to the end of the year — they are taken up with a small quantity of earth ad- 

 hering to them, and placed side-by-side together. Tomatoes, if dug up also ? 

 and suspended, roots upward, in such a situation, will keep good along time • 

 but this must be done before the least frost has touched them. It is a wise 

 plan to sow a little more Early York Cabbage early in the month, as in fine 

 mild winters the September sowing grows too forward when protected. A 

 very slight protection is better for them than any elaborate affair, the sun 



