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ladies' flower gardener. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Tricolors 



Love-apples 



Marvel of Peru 



Monk's-hood 



Narcissus of Portugal 



Snap-dragons 



Oculus Christi 



Basils 



Belvederes 



Great Daisies 



Double Marigolds 



Monthly Roses 



Tuberoses 



Amaryllis 



Autumnal Narcissus 

 White Bell-flowers 

 Indian Pinks 

 Indian Roses 

 Amaranthus 

 Pansies 

 Passion-flower 

 Autumnal Crocus 

 Thorn-apple 

 Carnations • 



Ranunculuses planted in May 

 Colchicums 



OCTOBER. 



Tricolors 

 Oculus Christi 

 Snap-dragons 

 Colchicums 

 Autumn Crocus 

 Autumnal Cyclamens 

 Monk's- hood 

 Indian Pinks 



Pansies that were sown in August 



Passion-flower 



Passvelours 



Double Marigolds 



Some Pinks 



Amaryllis 



Autumnal Narcissus 



NOVEMBER. 



Snap-dragons 



Double and Single Gilliflowers 

 Great Daisies 

 Pansies sown in August 

 Monthly Roses 



Double Violets 

 Single Anemones of all sorts 

 Winter Cyclamens 

 Forward Hellebore 

 Golden Rod 



Rabbits are an intolerable nuisance in a flower garden, and in 

 some country places tbey abound most destructively. A light 

 wire fence about two feet high, closely lattice-worked, or a net 

 of the same height, carried round the garden, is a sure defense 

 from these marauders. But where these conveniences are unat- 

 tainable, there are other modes which answer the purpose, but 

 they require a little trouble and patience. 



It is the well-known nature of Rabbits and Hares to dislike 

 climbing or entangling their feet; and very simple inventions 

 deter them from attempting to gnaw the roots and hearts of 



