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OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER. 
Attend to climbers in the greenhouse, stove, &c. ; regulate the greenhouse in 
other respects; take care not to overwater stove plants; withhold water from 
dormant bulbs ; nourish growing ones by carefully watering, potting, &c. Syringe 
with due caution, and water with particular care, all newly propagated plants ; 
guard against damp, &c., where propagation is going on. Remove from the flower- 
garden all unsightly herbaceous plants, but retain all that remain green, remember- 
ing that the succession of flowers at this season is not so great as in the summer 
months. Make preparations, if not already done, for securing a good show in the 
flower-garden, &c. next spring ; this is of the first importance to gardeners ; attend 
to trenching and manuring flower borders when required. 
Anemones, Ranunculuses, &c. Seeds of these may now be sown, if not 
previously done. 
Auriculas, Stocks, Mignonette, &c., should now have the protection of a 
cold frame for preservation through the winter, observing to secure a good drainage 
at the bottom of the pot for the escape of water, by placing them on coal ashes or 
other efficient material ; expose them at all times when the thermometer is above 
the freezing point and the weather fine, but keep them close at all times on rainy 
or very muggy days. 
Calceolarias. The propagation of these may still be carried on. 
Geraniums (Pelargoniums). Desirable kinds of these may still be pro- 
pagated. 
Greenhouse Plants require now to be attended to, as recommended. Vol. I. 
pages 138, 219. The quantity of water requisite for them at this season is not so 
great as has been required for the preceding four months, their exertions being now 
on the decline. 
Hyacinths, &c. may now be looked over, and the most promising bulbs potted 
and plunged in a little bottom heat ; when they are a little excited take out the 
pots and place them in a moderately warm but light situation ; where the novelty of 
using water-glasses is practised this is the season for bringing them into use. 
ScHizANTHUS RETusus just established in small pots, and intended to stand 
through the winter ; for next season's flowering must be cautiously watered at this 
season. It is also particularly advisable to water all plants of a similar habit with 
the utmost caution during the succeeding three months. A little seed of the other 
species and varieties, such as pinnatus, and pinnatus humilis, may be now sown, 
and if carefully attended to during winter, and liberally potted and watered in the 
spring, they will make a good show. 
Sweet Williams, &c., sown in the spring, may now be planted out. 
