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OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER. 
not allow too cold a state of things to exist ; if there does, and damp attends it, much harm will be 
certain to follow. Be sure these points are attended to in the Orchid-house and stove. Green- 
house and half-hardy plants, generally, are easily kept in a good state ; do not give them too much 
water, and prevent their being injured by frost. Let every place and everything about plants, be 
industriously kept clean ; persecute to extermination all the various insects to be met with upon 
and about them, or you may expect they will invade you in the spring. Cut back climbers and 
other plants turned out in houses as it becomes necessary, and do not allow any to create a littery 
appearance with their shedding leaves or flowers. 
There will, at this time of the year, as always among the different collections, be some plants 
growing, and also will there always be some which require propagating ; the requirements of both 
should ever be attended to in a proper manner, and at the proper time, if perfection in plant- 
growing is aimed at. Flowers, by whatever plants they are borne, will have attention according 
as they are esteemed ; evei'y care, we need hardly add, should be taken of them. Look well to the 
welfare of those in embryo ; they are liable to meet with premature destruction from numerous 
causes at this season. 
Seeds should still be looked after, harvesting them as they become fit, whether being ripened 
by plants in the open air, or those under glass. Sow those of biennials and perennials as soon as 
they are ripe, except such as are known to vegetate quickly, and these it may be well to leave for 
sowing in the spring, as the young seedling plants will be less liable to damp when experiencing 
its influence, than they are through the winter. Put in also some seeds of annuals, Mignonette, 
Nemopliila insignis , Collinsias, &c., both in pots to flower through the winter and spring in doors, 
and in the open ground, to come early into bloom at the latter period. 
Plants, to force for their flowers, must this month have their due share of attention. Pot 
without delay Hyacinths , Narcissi, Crocuses, &c. ; do not give them too rich a soil, and plunge the 
pots in some suitable situation in the open air, where they will not be saturated by rains. Shelter 
them at first from wet, and give them little water ; the fineness of their bloom depends upon the 
good state and quantity of their roots, therefore it should be the aim to induce them to root well. 
Do not remove them into warmth at all till they are perfect in this respect ; protect from frost 
their foliage and bloom when it is rising. Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Kahnias, Ribes sanguinea, &c., 
are in a very superior state for forcing this season, having been thrown into a very fructiferous 
condition by the dry and hot summer we have had. The same influence has had an equally 
gratifying effect upon Roses, and all plants maintained in pots for the purpose of producing flowers 
in whiter ; therefore, the former, whether they be taken from the nursery, or are in pots, as well 
as the latter, have only to be well managed to be very serviceable. 
Many of the numerous bulbous things which are taken out of the ground annually must now 
be planted ; those which are for the beds of the parterre may be put in directly, or delayed some 
time yet, according as they are wished to flower early or late in spring. 
As the interest of the flower-garden and pleasure-ground cannot now be derived from what has 
chiefly constituted it nearly to the present time, but is dependent upon fragments of former beauty, 
and the varied and varying autumn hues of vegetation, everything should wear as trim an aspect 
as can be given it. Ground-work, and planting of all kinds of trees, may henceforth be proceeded 
with as speedily as circumstances may require. 
Note. — In consequence of misunderstanding our artist respecting the representation of AEschynanthus 
Boschianus in our last, the explanation given of the plate is rendered inapplicable. The figure shows the 
true character of the plant. 
