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novel kind of flower garden. We are aware that this system cannot be practised to 
so g-reat an extent in small collections ; but even in these, the plants would look 
much prettier and more ornamental if arranged in small beds of various shape and 
size, than in straight, oval, or other kinds of large and unsightly masses, and in this 
system nothing is seen of the pots except those small ones which stand nearest the 
central walk. In conclusion, we may add, that beds of various shape and size cut 
out in a lawn, in some retired part of the pleasure ground, the soil from which has 
been taken out, and the beds filled with coal ashes for placing greenhouse plants 
upon during the summer months, would have a very neat and pretty appearance, 
and deserves extensive notice. 
OPERATIONS FOR NOVEMBER. 
It is of the first consequence in managing plants that require protecting from 
cold violent winds, dashing rain, and frost, that they have particular and steady 
attention during winter, for when these plants have been exposed to the action of 
the open air, with all the variations of temperature, &c. during the summer 
months, and come to be taken on the approach of winter into a glass-house, or 
frame, the change from an out-door to an in-door climate would very perceptibly 
injure them, were it not that the degree of heat is modified and brought as near as 
circumstances will admit to that of the external air. It then follows as a consequence, 
that the greatest pains in preserving plants through the winter season are required ; 
more particularly the first few weeks after bringing them from the open air, or until 
such time as they become inured to the in-door climate. Many times, plants after 
having completed their growth in the open air are brought and staged in the green- 
house, where they commence a new growth as though it was spring — to their 
great injury when the proper growing season arrives ; this is entirely attributable to 
improper management. Among frame and half-hardy plants, similar effects have 
been witnessed. As the houses, &c. are now being filled with their winter stores, 
we cannot too earnestly entreat attention to the following hints : — Give air in 
abundance both back and front of the house, when the weather is mild and not too 
windy. Warm the flues a little for the purpose of drying up damp, but let this be 
done in the day when the ventilators are open, and the artificial heat thus produced, 
in conjunction with the air, will speedily expel the damp ; if done in the night, as 
is too frequently the case when the house is close, the effect will be bad. Water 
not with a rose, but individually with a small-spouted pot that does not carry a deal 
of water or make any unnecessary wet, as the nights at this time of the year are 
very long and cold ; it is necessary and indeed preferable to water all kinds of plants 
in the morning, so that all superfluous moisture may have a chance to pass off 
before evening ; it is also well to avoid watering the foliage as much as possible. 
Plants of all descriptions in frames and pits must never be left exposed in rainy 
