572 "^HE GREEN-HOUSE. [Nov. 
around such plants of the hydrangea hortensis, prunuslauro-ceras- 
sus, China and Otaheite roses, &c.as you have planted out in warm 
well -sheltered borders. Many plants that are commonly kept in 
green-houses would abide during winter in the open ground if thus 
protected; but this should not be done till the keen frosts are just 
commencing. 
Dress gravel-walks, and mow grass-walks and lawns, after which 
roll them with a heavy roller, which will render the surface firm, 
smooth and neat during winter. Observe to do this work in dry 
open weather. Some people break up their gravel walks at this 
season, and throw them in ridges to lie so all winter, under an idea 
of destroying weeds, &c., but as this renders walks unserviceable 
at a time when a foot can scarcely be set with pleasure on any other 
part of the ground, and that a turning in spring would answer the 
end proposed, this practice ought to be abandoned. 
. Lay roses and other shrubs for propagation, and in the early part 
of the month take oft' well rooted layers, and dig up suckers of de- 
sirable kinds, which plant immediately where wanted, or into nur- 
sery-rows, to obtain age and strength. 
Turn your compost heaps of every kind and spread them so thin 
that the frosts may penetrate to the very bottoms of themj let the 
lumps be well broken, and all parts properly mixed. 
Provide materials and make new composts, agreeably to the direc- 
tions given in the preceding part of this work, in order to have them 
ready for use in the ensuing year; for the longer they are in a state 
of preparation, and the more eftectually incorporated, the better 
will all sorts thrive which may be planted therein. 
THE GREEN-HOUSE. 
In the beginning of this month, all the hardy exotic plants which 
have been permitted to remain abroad till this time, but which re- 
quire protection in winter, should be removed into the green- 
house, or into the other places destined for their preservation. In 
the middle states, the viburnum tinus, hydrangea hortensis, prunus 
lauro-cerassus, magnolia grandiflora, China and Otaheite roses, 
lagerstroemia indica, daphne odora, aucubajaponica, double flower- 
ing pomegranate, double stocks and wallflowers, cyclamen, bella- 
donna and Guernsey lilies, with several other shrubby and herba- 
ceous kinds, will seldom suffer by being left out before the middle 
of this month, but leaving them much longer unprotected would be 
imprudent, unless your stock is so numerous that you wish to try 
experiments on their hardness. 
In mild weather your green-house plants should have plenty of 
free air admitted to them every day, by opening the glasses, &c. 
always observing to close the house in due time in the afternoon, 
