122 dahlias. [November. 
not a firm substantial bottom, will be subject to be cut up 
with every heavy rain. A break should be put in every 
twenty, forty, or eighty feet, to throw off the water. A 
strong plank will answer perfectly well, but in such situa- 
tions we would prefer grass-walks. 
PLANTING EVERGREENS. 
This month is the best period in autumn to plant these 
shrubs ; and where there is a great extent to be planted, it 
would be advisable to do a part of it now ; but we give the 
preference to April, which see for directions. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 
When the plantings of bulbs, &c, are finished, every part 
of the garden should have a thorough cleaning. All annual 
flowers will have passed the season of their beauty ; there- 
fore, remove the decayed flower-stems or haum, and trim 
off the borders. Dig all vacant ground, especially that in- 
tended to be planted with shrubs in the ensuing spring, 
which ought to be dug from one to two feet deep. 
NOVEMBER. 
DAHLIAS. 
It is not advisable to delay lifting the roots of the Dahlia 
after the first of the month, as frequently severe frosts set 
in about this period, and would totally destroy them. Choose 
a dry day for the purpose, and with a spade carefully lift 
every root, divesting it of any earth that may adhere there- 
to, but not to shake it off, as thereby the neck of the tubers 
would be bruised, and probably entirely destroy the vitality of 
the plant for the coming season. With us, the frost generally 
destroys the foliage and stems of the plants from about the 
