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OPERATIONS IN THE FLOWER GARDEN FOR OCTOBER. 
Auriculas, about the beginning, should be placed for shelter through the 
winter in a frame or pit, sunk or built about two feet below the level of the ground, 
page 9, rule 3. 
Azalea cuttings, planted in July, will now require potting off ; and place all 
the tender sorts in a pit or greenhouse, page 126, rules 4, 5, and 9. 
Camellias. — As soon as the weather begins to be very cold and wet, the plants 
must be taken into the house or frame, or any other cool but sheltered situation, 
where they may remain till it is wished to bring them into flower, page 34, rule 14. 
Carnations. — About the middle of the month prepare a frame for the reception 
of the plants. Set it in a warm situation, and lay a good floor of ashes for the pots 
to stand upon, page 72, rules 30 and 31. 
Chrysanthemums, in pots, will require removing into the greenhouse, or other 
situation where they are intended to flower. They require abundance of air, page 
189, rules 13 and 14. 
Calceolarias, cut down in July, will now come finely into flower. Keep 
them in a cool, airy part of the greenhouse. 
Cyclamen persicum and its varieties may be taken up from the borders about 
the middle of the month, and be re-potted; if already in pots, place them in a warm 
greenhouse until they show flower, page 180, rules 2 and 3. 
Dahlias. — Lay about three or four inches thickness of rotten bark or leaf 
mould over the roots, and for two feet round the stem of each plant ; this is done 
to prevent the crown of the plant from being damaged by sharp and sudden frosts, 
and by the end of the month they will probably require taking up, page 107, rules 
29 and 30. 
Green-house Plants. — Not later than the first week prepare to remove them 
into the greenhouse. Clean, and properly tie them up previous to setting them on 
the stage. After they are placed in the house give them abundance of air night 
and day, and continue to decrease it as the weather becomes colder, page 138. 
Forcing. — Plants intended for forcing must now be taken up, as rhododendrons, 
pinks, carnations, &c. 
Cactuses, placed out of doors in June, must be taken into the green-house 
early in the month, if not done before, and be placed in a situation where they will 
receive plenty of light and air during winter, page 50, rule 7. 
Hyacinths may be planted in beds in a light dry soil, in rows, 18 inches apart, 
and six inches from root to root ; or they may be planted in pots, four inches deep 
and three inches wide, and be plunged in the open air, and covered with six or 
eight inches of rotten bark, page 41. 
Isotoma axillaris, Schizanthus of different species, and some other 
handsome annuals, may still be sown in pots, to flower in the following May 
and June, page 19. 
