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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



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NOVEMBER. 



PLANTING DECIDUOUS SHRUBS AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. 



All kinds of deciduous shrubs and ornamental trees may be 

 now planted, if the weather and soil be not too wet, in such 

 cases it is better to defer this operation till February or March. 

 In light dry soils, planting should even be gone on with 

 in times of moderate rains, or until the ground be so wet as 

 to adhere to the spade, which may almost be considered a safe 

 criterion to go by. 



PLANTING EVERGREENS. 



Evergreen trees and shrubs may be planted in sheltered 

 situations ; great care being taken that the plants be removed 

 with good balls, and that they be not kept out of the ground 

 for any length of time. In times of gentle showers, evergreens 

 may be planted, but it is not advisable to remove them in 

 limes of frosts, nor cold-cutting winds. 



PREPARING SHRUBS FOR FORCING. 



Where it is intended to force flowering-shrubs for the draw- 

 ing-room, they should now be carefully taken up, injuring the 

 roots as little as possible, and carefully potted into suitable 

 sized pots, observing that it is always desirable that the pots 

 should be as small as possible, in order that they may be the 

 more readily disposed of when taken into the house. As the 

 plants are only intended to perfect their flowers in the pots, 

 their dimensions may be much less than if it were intended for 

 them to gi'ow in them for any length of time. The chief nou- 

 rishdnent of plants forced for this and similar purposes should 

 be water, therefore smaller pots may be used, than is usually 

 the case ; and during the time the plants remain in the pots, 

 attention should be paid to give this element in abundance. 



