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Lilacs. — Introduce more of these, syringing 
them well, and keeping them rather cool until 
they begin to break regularly, when a warmer 
situation will suit them. 
Deutzia, Ribes, and many other hardy 
shrubs, should now be put in. Many of them 
may be moved out again in a very little while, 
and will expand their blossoms in perfection 
in the conservatory, after being started in the 
warmer house. 
American Plants. — Keep up the supply, 
and be sure they are well syringed whenever 
that instrument is used, especially the ever- 
green sorts, and never let them become dry at 
the root. 
Cacti. — A few plants of Epiphyllum spe- 
ciosum, Jenkinsonii, and similar varieties, may 
be placed in heat, and be gradually supplied 
with water. 
Pinhs, ij'c. — A few of these, and any other 
herbaceous plants may be introduced, and 
kept in the coolest part of the house, so as to 
progress very gradually. They will afford a 
few cut flowers if not good enough for any- 
thing else. 
PITS AMD FRAMES. 
Half-hardy Plants. — Those which are to 
be wintered in frames will have been placed 
there, and will for some time require little 
beyond the attention of protecting them. 
Water must be applied, very moderately in- 
deed, to those which are getting dry ; and for 
this purpose they should be looked over every 
day or two. The protection required during 
the winter is of two kinds : first from damps, 
and secondly from cold. The former will be 
most pressing in the present month, proverbial 
for its gloomy, cheerless character. To aid 
this object, the drainage and concreting of 
the bottom is important : it is desirable to 
stand the pots on a slightly raised platform of 
open slips of wood, the pit being provided 
with the means of ventilation beneath this. 
Water must not be unnecessarily spilled, nor 
too freely applied ; plenty of air must be 
given in clear warm weather, so as to dry the 
interior as much as possible ; and, except in 
severe frost, the pits should never be entirely 
closed up. During intervals of bad weather, 
when it is next to impossible to ventilate 
without injury, the internal dampness may be 
absorbed by introducing and renewing quan- 
tities of unslacked lime, which may afterwards 
be turned to useful account as a dressing. 
Protection from cold, beyond the shelter of 
the frame and lights, will probably not yet be 
required ; if any further protection is needed] 
it will lie afforded by throwing a garden mat 
over the glasses. 
Alpine Plants, and other small herbaceous 
plants in pots, which it may be desirable to 
protect, should be plunged in coal ashes, old 
tan, or sawdust, and protected merely from 
rains and severe frosts by means of shutters, 
thatched frames, or any other convenient ma- 
terials ; the coverings in the latter case being 
removed during the day time, unless in very 
severe cases. This kind of treatment may be 
continued till February. 
WINDOW GARDENING. 
Vases. — The vases appropriated to Mosses 
and Ferns will need no other attention than 
keeping them near the window in the day- 
time, unless, indeed, the glasses may occasion- 
ally require wiping, in consequence of the 
presence of too much moisture, which would 
condense upon the inner surface and obstruct 
the inspection of the plants. This condensa- 
tion must necessarily take place to some ex- 
tent, if the soil is moist enough for the plants, 
and it is only in extreme cases that it should 
be interfered with. 
Evergreen plants, such as Myrtles or Gera- 
niums, &c, must be kept in the light during 
the day, and need to be kept just moderately 
watered, so that the soil may not get dry. 
They may get some fresh air daily, when the 
window is opened ; but should not be subjected 
to draughts of cold air. 
Fuchsias, and other plants that shed their 
leaves, may be set away for the winter in a 
dry place, free from frost, and may be allowed 
to get almost dry. 
Flowers. — The chief flower now for the 
window will be the small plants of Chrysan- 
themum, raised from late cuttings or layers, 
and blooming in small pots : these may stand 
inside the window-ledge. If any forced 
flowers are obtained, they must be set in a 
warmer position while they continue in bloom. 
If any of the pots are set in feeders, no water 
must be given or suffered to remain in them. 
ROSE GARDEN. 
Now obtain all the stocks you want, and 
having trimmed them as directed for last 
month, plant them in good open situations, 
keeping the different heights together, and 
supporting them with stakes and rods. Pot 
up all tender roses that have been put out in 
the beds and borders ; and if there be any 
tender ones on standards, either keep prepared 
to cover them against frost, or else take up all 
the tender ones and put them together, pack- 
ing their roots pretty close in the ground, and 
laying them sloping, as plants are laid in " by 
the heels," covering the roots with mould and 
the heads with peas-haulm or straw ; by 
getting these altogether, they go into a smaller 
space, and that place can be chosen where it 
is the easiest to protect them, — in a warm 
corner, or under a shed, or in an outhouse ! 
those which are potted up should be put in a 
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