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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
venient;, and encouraged by plenty of heat and moisture to make 
vigorous growth. Thin out the young suckers to the proper number 
for forming a specimen of the desired size, and let this be done 
before those to be left are injured by crowding, aud the old pieces 
should also be removed in time to prevent injury from them. As to 
the number of suckers proper to be left, this will depend upon the 
size of pot, etc., but it is better not to leave too many, as fine strong 
flower-spikes will not be produced unless the plants are kept mode- 
rately thin and grown strong. If all the shoots on a large plant are 
expected to bloom at once, the specimen must be subjected to a 
short period of dry, cool treatment, to check and mature the growth ; 
but if a succession of bloom is wanted, this will be the best secured by 
keeping the plants in growing circumstances to secure a succession 
of suckers. Treated in this way they will grow and bloom, and 
furnish a succession of flower-spikes the year round, and will be 
attractive objects. I am not partial, however, to the system of 
growing this plant in large masses, for well-grown single plants are, 
in my estimation, by far the most attractive. Any light rich soil, 
through which water will pass freely, will be quite suitable for pot- 
ting, but care should be used to secure perfect drainage, for the 
roots are impatient of stagnant moisture, which also injures the 
foliage. 
REMINDERS FOR GARDEN WORK IN NOVEMBER. 
L'LIPS. — Plant the best bed tlie first week, six inches apart and 
three inches deep to the crowns, and seven plants in width. 
Hyacinths. — F orm beds of them, diversifying the colours, the 
same distance and depth as the tulips are planted. 
Dahlias. — R emove to their winter storehouse, which must be dry, 
perfectly secured from frost, and also heat. 
Shrubs of all kinds may be planted, alterations in gardens should be com- 
menced, box-edges and paths made, general removals of plants of all kinds may 
be executed. 
Rose Stocks should he procured and planted ready for budding or grafting ; 
plant them eighteen inches apart in the row, and the rows three feet apart. 
Wall Fruit Trees should be pruned ; and, though neglected in all gardens 
and orchards, standard trees should be pruned as carefully as wall trees, uo 
branches should be in each other’s way, and all weak and small shoots should be 
cut away. Cuttings of currant and gooseberries may be planted. 
Some of the earlier crops, those which we may fairly call speculative, because 
it is a chance how they stand, may now be got in ; a few early beans and peas 
may be tried, because they are useful if they stand, and no great loss if they 
miss. 
Dressing aud trenching, or digging all vacant spaces, to he left rough, or in 
ridges to be mellowed by frost, prepares it for spring sowings. Hoeing between 
crops, and clearing them from their lower leaves that are decaying, must be 
attended to. 
Bulbs of all kinds should be planted during the present month, aud also 
potted or glassed for blooming in-doors. 
