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"be productive of fatal results, for gardens in the present day are 
as full of exotics as of indigenous productions, and various differences 
of treatment are demanded for the preservation of the stock until 
another year. 
Begin your perambulations, then, at once, and let nothing escape 
you, in the kitchen garden, the flower garden, the shrubbery, 
and the greenhouse. Look towards the future, and carefully mark 
what is to be done. In the kitchen garden you must decide at once 
what plots of ground you will leave fallow, to be thrown up in 
ridges during the winter, that the soil may be pulverized and ready 
for early crops, and what portions you will plant and sow at once. 
Seed beds of cauliflowers, cabbages, to be cut young, and others to 
remain till the spring and summer. Spinach may still be sown ; 
also some onions. Some cultivators recommend parsnip sowing at 
this season in preference to the spring ; and it would be well to try 
the experiment, if you have not done so. Do not neglect to leave a 
piece of ground for autumn-planted potatoes, as the advantages of 
the plan are so well attested, provided proper precautions are taken 
as to soil, mode of planting, etc. Old broccolis and winter greens 
must be earthed up as a means of promoting growth, and guarding 
against frost. The branching of celery should proceed gradually, 
about two inches at a time, care being taken to prevent the soil 
falling into the heart of the plant, and at the same time not to crush 
and twist the tender tissues, as is often done by the rough grasp of 
the gardener. Finally, attend to cleanliness. Strawberry beds 
should be finished off now, and not left in a wild, rank state till the 
spring. Pea-sticks, and all decayed haulm, and all weeds, should 
be removed, not only that neatness may give its charm to the 
garden, but also to prevent the rapid production of damp and 
mouldiness which are quickly generated among masses of decaying 
vegetation. In the flower garden you should consider what depart- 
ments you intend devoting to bulbs, and the beds must be prepared 
for that purpose as soon as possible. A difficulty is felt in this case, 
on account of the beds being often occupied till late in the season 
by autumnal flowers, which we are of course unwilling to sacrifice 
before the frost commits its ravages. Here there is no remedy but 
to pot hyacinths and other bulbs, which ought to be growing ; and 
then to have them out as soon as the beds are ready. Attention 
should now be given to taking up plants which it is desirable to 
preserve, a few at a time, so as not to leave gaps, or spoil the general 
appearance of the garden. Young fuchsias, pelargoniums, and ver- 
benas, if taken up carefully, and placed iu a shaded frame after 
being potted, will flag scarcely at all. They will form pretty window 
plants till Christmas, and, what is more important, will constitute a 
stock to propagate from in the spring. Tender greenhouse plants, 
■which have been out of doors during the summer, must be watched, 
lest an unexpected frost should injure them. They need not be 
taken in, but the amateur should have his eye upon them, and when 
the night is brilliant and frosty, the most sensitive should be put 
under shelter. The cuttings prepared for next year should now be 
looked over, and, if they are rooted, may be potted, either singly, or 
