568 THE PLEASURE, OR [Nov. 
be supported by the frames surrounding the beds wherein the roots 
are planted, and it must be taken oft' every mild day, while there is 
no danger of the beds accumulating frost, in order to ventilate and 
sufficiently air the plants that are up, so that they may neither be 
drawn too much, the foliage turn yellow, nor the roots become 
mouldy. But particular care must be taken to place the covering 
on again, as soon as the day becomes cold and before the beds begin 
to freeze. The ranunculuses are scmiewhat more tender than the 
anemones, and will require a proportional protection. 
Planting various kinds of Bulbous and Tuberous Flower roots. 
You may still continue to plant the various kinds of bulbous and 
tuberous flower-roots, as directed in page 543, but the earlier in the 
month that you can get this accomplished the better. 
Transplanting Perennial and Biennial Flower Roots. 
Where omitted in the preceding months you should as early in 
this as possible divide (where necessary) and transplant the vari- 
ous kinds of hardy perennial and biennial fibrous-rooted plants, 
agreeably to the directions given in pages 501 and 545. 
Auriculas, Polyanthuses, Carnations, Primroses, ^c. 
The pots containing your choice auriculas, polyanthuses, carna- 
tions and double primroses should, immediately previous to the 
setting in of hard frost, be plunged to their rims close together in a 
garden frame, and there defended from heavy rains and severe frost 
by putting on the glasses and a suitable covering of mats, &c. occa- 
sionally, according to the necessity of the case. But observe, that 
as all these kinds are of a hardy nature, they must be fully exposed 
to the weather every day that is tolerably mild and dry, and even 
at night until the frost becomes rather rigorous. However, it will 
be proper to line the outside of the frame, as directed in page 567, 
for ranunculuses and anemones, the better to keep out the most 
severe frosts of the winter; for when properly protected, and not 
drawn or forced too much, they always flower better than when cut 
up by severe weather. 
Where there is not the convenience of glasses, mats and boards 
may be laid over the frame; or, if no frame, the pots may be plunged 
close together in a raised bed of dry soil or tan in a warm situation, 
and low arches made of old cask hoops, or the like, erected over 
them, on which to lay thick mats in wet or frosty weather. But in 
February, and early in March, while the frost is in the ground, or 
the leaves in a frozen state, and especially if they had been covered 
with snow, you must be particular not to expose them to a hot sun, 
which would be almost certain death to them. 
