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CALENDAR OF GARDEN WORK. 



3. — Floivers. 



Plant the dry roots of auemoues and ranunculuses, and 

 the bulbs of hyacinths, crocuses, and tulips, if not done 

 before ; and, in pots, Guernsey and bella-donna lilies to 

 flower next year. Dahlia roots should have their crowns 

 protected from sudden frost, by four inches of leaves or 

 tanner's bark. Protect layers and young plants of carna- 

 tions from frost and too much wet. Potted plants must 

 always be taken in-doors at night, and also during the day 

 in cold Yveather. 



XI.— NOVEMBER. 



The increasing moisture in the air, and the greater 

 degree of cold, render fogs frequent ; and at night parti- 

 cularly, the growth of most plants receives a considerable 

 check, though, so long as sharp frosts hold off, the hardier 

 sorts make a little progress. 



1. — Kitchen Garden. 



Plant rhubarb in rows, and cabbage-stumps for sprouts 

 in spring, or seed in summer. Early peas may be sown 

 at the hazard of losing them : the success of beans is more 

 probable. Dig up vacant ground as roughly as possible, 

 or lay it in rough ridges. Endive and lettuce may now 

 be blanched. Take up roots of scarlet-runners, and keep 

 them in sand. 



%— Fruits. 



Prune cherry, plum, gooseberry, and currant treesj and 

 dig in some good well-rotted manure about their roots. 

 Cut down the old stems of raspberries, and shorten the 

 young ones if necessary. Plant every description of fruit- 

 tree early in the month. 



^.—Flowers. 



Take up dahlia and marvel-of-Peru roots, and preserve 

 them through the winter in a dry situation. Plants in 

 pots ought to be set out of doors in the milder days, but 

 always taken in at night. Keep them rather dry than 

 moist, as any superabundance of moisture at this season 

 is very injurious to them. This is the great season for 

 planting shrubs and trees. 



