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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



[Nov. 



The shrubs most successfully forced are Persian and com- 

 mon lilacs, mezerion, s}Tinga, honeysuckles, dwarf-almond, 

 Erica /terbacia, Azalia pontica, and other varieties ; Rhodo- 

 dendrons of sorts, roses, &c. 



Plants of common and Persian lilacs may be successfully 

 taken up of any size, and planted in tubs or large boxes ; the 

 former, if it be desirable, may be removed into such boxes of 

 any size or age. In selecting plants for this purpose, choice 

 should be made of such as are of handsome shapes, and which 

 have the appearance of plenty of flowering-buds. When 

 potted, they should be placed in a dry situation ; those which 

 are in smaller pots plunged up to the tops of the pots in dry 

 light mould, saw-dust, or coal-ashes. The larger plants, in 

 tubs or boxes, need not be plunged, but covered round with 

 littery matter to exclude both frost and drought. In such 

 situations they should all remain, until they be removed into 

 the green-house or forcing-pits. 



GRASS LAWNS. 



Worms will now be throwing up their lumps on the lawns, 

 which gives them a disagreeable appearance ; recourse, there- 

 fore, should be had to lime-water, with which they should be 

 well and regularly watered, which will bring up the worms to 

 the surface, and at the same time destroy them. Tlys lawns 

 should be frequently swept and rolled, that is, at least once a- 

 week during the autumn and winter months, which will render 

 the surfiice more smooth and pleasant to walk upon. Mowing 

 should be continued as long as the grass continues to grow, 

 and in all cases left closely mown, when that operation is dis- 

 continued for the season. 



GRAVEL WALKS. 



Weeds will be still making their appearance, and should Ix 

 destroyed by continued hoeing and raking ; or, if the walks be 

 hard and well bound together, they should be hand-picked. 

 For the destruction of the various species of Conferva, Hyp- 

 num, and other cryptogamic plants, nothing is so effectual as 



