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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
be removed during the day, except in severe 
weather. 
WINDOW GARDENING. 
The interest of window gardening will now 
be chiefly dependent on the small evergreen 
and variegated shrubby plants, and the ferns 
and mosses which have been already referred 
to. The former will require merely to be 
placed near the light in the day time, and set 
in any convenient place out of the way of frost 
at night, and to be moderately supplied with 
water ; the latter may be permanently stood 
near the window, unless in the case of exotic 
ferns, which mayxequire removing beyond the 
influence of frost ; and they will need no other 
attention, except what may be suggested by a 
desire to preserve cleanliness. Geraniums and 
similar plants must be watered just enough 
to keep them from drooping, set as much as 
possible in the light by day, and removed to 
where frost will not affect them at night. It 
is difficult to give fresh air in a satisfactory 
way to plants in windows ; if the room is 
ventilated, they will mostly get enough, but 
if fresh air is admitted on their account, it 
should never subject them to a cold draught. 
It is best in mild weather to set the window 
quite open, having the openings on the other 
side of the room at the same time closed. 
Though it may be desirable to set the pots in 
feeders, as a matter of cleanliness, no water 
should ever be given or suffered to remain in 
them. 
ROSE GARDEN. 
The continuance of last month's management 
is the principal thing to care about. The pro- 
curing and planting of stocks, the formation of 
new rose-beds, or roseries, the planting of 
newly purchased trees and bushes, the removal 
of plants from one part of the ground to an- 
other, the taking up of tender ones and pro- 
tecting them as mentioned, the potting-ofF of 
struck cuttings, the shifting of potted plants 
from one sized pot to another, as the sorts may 
require room, the removal of more potted roses 
for forcing into the greenhouse after pruning 
them as before directed, the filling of pots with 
cuttings to take their chance of striking during 
the winter, the sheltering of seedlings and 
bedded-out plants by means of litter, such as 
pease-haulm, or coarse straw, or fern-leaves, or 
any other dry open medium ; all these things 
come over again, so far as many are concerned, 
and will not be found too late if they have not 
been done, even when once doing is enough. If 
many plants are wanted, all the clippings of the 
long branches which must come off in winter 
pruning should be put into the ground under 
hand-glasses, being first properly cut up to a 
joint, and shortened to two or three eyes; many 
will be found struck when the growing time 
comes round. The stocks should be all trimmed 
of their side-shoots as they grow ; but as the 
foliage all disappears, and we can see better 
for it, all the suckers should be grubbed up 
that have been overlooked ; and lastly, the 
earlier directions should be carefully read, 
and all errors and omissions should be repaired 
forthwith. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Auriculas. — Keep the plants moderately 
dry ; remove the decayed leaves ; and give as 
much air as possible in mild weather. In 
severe weather cover up with mats. Have the 
frame occasionally well cleared out. 
Beds and borders. — Those which are occu- 
pied by summer flowers, and which are now 
probably filled with various kinds of bulbs, 
will look more cheerful, if filled with va- 
rious kinds of small evergreens in pots, 
plunged between the bulbs, than if left quite 
bare and naked. "Where they are within sight 
of the windows, therefore, this is worth at- 
tending to. 
Bulbs. — All the more tender kinds will 
require protection by means of a covering of 
soil, or of litter or mats, &c, especially the 
choicer sorts. 
Carnations. — Very little, if any, water will 
now be required ; give only enough to prevent 
drooping ; let the plants have as much air as 
possible whenever the weather will permit. 
Take an opportunity sometimes of having the 
frame made thoroughly clear of all decaying 
matter. Picotees require the same kind of 
treatment. 
Composts of all kinds may be collected, and 
should receive attention in turning over in 
frosty weather, so as to get well aerated before 
they are required for use in the spring. 
Lawns. — The whole of the grass should be 
poled and also rolled and swept frequently, so 
that it may be kept in the best possible order, 
which is not the case when these things are 
much neglected. 
Pansies. — For those in the borders the chief 
care is to bestow slight shelter in bad weather, 
by sticking a few evergreen boughs among the 
plants, or loosely covering them with litter. 
The potted plants in frames simply require to 
be very carefully and very moderately supplied 
with water, just enough to prevent their 
drooping, and to have free air when the wea- 
ther is mild. 
Pinks. — The plants should be examined oc- 
casionally, to see if they are loosened by frost, 
and when the soil is dry, let it be pressed close 
about them. The plants may be protected a 
little by pieces of evergreen boughs stuck over 
the bed, or by laying on a loose covering of 
long litter. 
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