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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
THE GARDEN GUIDE EOE DECEMBER. 
Kitchen Gabden. — According as the weather and the state of 
the soil will permit, make plantations of rhubarb, seakale, asparagus, 
and horse-radish. Roots of dandelion, packed together in leaf- 
mould, and put into gentle heat, will furnish a delicate salad in five 
or six weeks. Seakale pots are best for covering the roots. Keep 
dung and all soluble matters under cover. Turn over manures, and 
put aside in heaps to be frozen, rotted leaves, and other material 
suitable for potting, and when well sweetened and pulverized, remove 
to bins in the potting-shed to keep dry for use. Get sticks and 
stakes tied up in bundles ready for use ; wheel turf and weeds to 
the muck-pit ; get pots washed and sorted over, and crocks shifted 
into sizes for the potting-bench. 
Fruit Gaeben. — In all planting operations let nothing lie in by 
the heals an hour longer than can be helped. Bush fruits properly 
taken up and properly planted ought not to miss the move in the 
slightest degree, but you are sure to lose a whole season if they lie 
about waiting to be planted. Root-prune any trees that grow too 
luxuriantly to bear well. Lay boards in a slope over vine borders, 
to shelter them from excessive cold rains. Unnail from the walls 
the younger shoots of tender wall-trees, to prevent premature break- 
ing. Strawberry-beds may be made this month, but there is no 
certainty of a crop if left so late. 
Flower Garden. — At this season of the year it is important to 
keep everything as tidy as possible. If any bulbs remain out of the 
ground, get them in without delay. Take up tea-roses, and lay 
them in by the heels in a shed out of reach of frost. Cut down 
fuchsias that are to remain out all the winter, and cover their roots 
with coal-ashes. Pansies, pinks, and other choice things in open 
beds, should have a little litter sprinkled over them in frosty weather, 
or be protected with canvas on hoops. Tulips protect in the same 
way. Keep auriculas and other plants in frames moderately dry, 
and free of dead leaves. 
Greenhouse and Stove. — In the earliest vinery the vines will 
want frequent attention and a very regular heat. Ericas must have 
air at every oportunity, and if brought in with flowering shrubs to 
be forced, must be very gently stimulated, as they are impatient of 
heat. Soft- wooded plants must have fire-heat during foggy weather 
as well as during frost. Greenhouse 40° to 45°. 
Green' Fly on Roses. — A. J. W . — Dipping the shooots in tobaceo-water, or in 
an infusion of quassia-chips, made by steeping 2 ozs. of the chips in a gallon of 
water, can be highly recommended. The water should be poured on the tobacco or 
quassia-chips when boiling hot, and then allowed to stand until it has become quite 
cold, A little size mixed with the water when hot will ensure its adhering to the 
foliage much better. Dusting the foliage with tobacco-powder will be found one of 
the best remedies. The foliage must he moist when the powder is applied, and it 
should be washed off in about twenty-four hours after its application. Thorough 
washings with the garden-engine will also materially assist in the removal of the 
pests. 
