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Calceolarias. — Lift a few of the most hand- 
some, to preserve for central or conspicuous 
places ; put them in a soil of peat, cowdung, 
and loam, equal parts, adding a little sand ; 
place them in a cool and shady part of the 
green-house or frames. 
Campanulas (Canterbury bells). — Pot off 
some of the most handsome, of such as C.pyra- 
miclalis and C. grandis ; also the low growing 
kinds, as C. garganica, C. JBarrelieri, and C. 
caipatica, &c. ; secure a good stock of each, 
and keep them in cold frames. 
Carnations may be planted out where they 
are intended to flower : pot the fine sorts in 
leaf-mould and loam, and put them in frames; 
air freely, and water sparingly. 
Clematis and other deciduous climbers must 
be partially thinned and nailed ; this will 
mature the wood more fully ; defer the final 
dressing until spring. 
Chrysanthemums. — Fill the most conspi- 
cuous beds, and where they will be easily 
protected at night ; plunge the pots. These 
in the shrubbery may be slightly protected 
where exposed. 
Crocus. — Plant in patches, or in rows 
quite near the box or edging ; a few may be 
planted in beds ; use a soil of loam, decom- 
posed dung, and sand ; put them about three 
inches apart, and ten between the rows. 
Dahlias. — Take the roots up the first dry 
day after frost ; clean, and have them all pro- 
perly named or numbered. They will keep in a 
cellar or loft, below the greenhouse stage, 
or pitted as potatoes ; perhaps it is best to 
have them covered with dry sand. 
Evergreens may be transplanted wherever 
it is desirable ; water them well. 
Fuchsias. — The choice sorts may be lifted 
and kept in the greenhouse ; cover up those 
left in the ground by the end of the month : 
it is worth trying to preserve the old shoots 
by wrapping them close with hay-bands, or 
covering well with spruce branches. 
Hepaticas. — See that they are now in good 
order, otherwise the bloom will be deficient ; 
have the ground stirred about them ; they 
look best in patches in the borders. 
Hyacinths. — Trench in a good portion of 
well rotted cow-dung amongst a loamy soil, 
which together may be about twenty inches 
deep ; plant about eight inches apart, di- 
versifying the colours ; a covering of three 
inches is sufficient. 
Jasmines and Honeysuckles. — Partially 
dress the old plants ; plant in nursery rows, or 
in their final places, the young rooted plants. 
Jonquils. — Plant in large masses, or in 
beds, in sandy loam, and rotten manure, or 
leaf-mould, two inches or so in depth, six 
inches between the bulbs, and the rows a foot 
apart. 
Irises delight in a loamy moist soil, a little 
shaded ; dig or trench in previous to planting 
a good portion of decomposed cow-dung. 
Ixias require protection from the heavy 
and continued rains ; give them a dry but not 
a confined situation, and a rich loamy soil, 
with a little sandy peat, and leaf mould. 
Mignonette. — That being kept in frames, 
must be often looked to ; air freely, and guard 
against the caterpillar. 
Mimuluses are mostly hardy; but by taking 
up a plant or two of the good sorts, they are 
more easily increased in the house ; give air 
plenteously. 
Narcissus. — Plant largely of these, in good 
strong loam, and six or eight in a patch. 
Pansies. — Pot off the rooted cuttings, and 
keep them in frames ; loam and dung, and 
good drainage is all they require. The old 
beds may be dressed for the winter. 
Picotees. — Pot off the rooted layers and 
cuttings, and put in a frame ; water very 
little, and give air daily. 
Pinks. — Plant out in nursery rows, to 
bed early in spring. 
Pinus. — Those in pots may be taken in ; 
and prepare to protect the most tender sorts 
that are planted out. 
Primroses and Polyanthuses are found to 
do better exposed than with the most careful 
pot treatment ; but those tender and beautiful 
varieties which are kept in pots should be 
freed from all dead leaves and slugs, and air 
given night and day. 
Ranunculus. — Plant in beds six inches 
apart ; give them a rich open soil, as sandy 
loam and cow-dung, well decomposed. 
Rockets will repay the attention of being 
kept from the continued rains ; those which 
have been struck should now be potted off 
singly and kept in frames. 
Roses. — See that the standards are securely 
tied, the extravagant growths shortened, and 
the very tender dwarfs taken up and put in 
frames. Preparation should be made for 
slightly protecting the tender sorts, with 
such materials as spruce and laurel boughs, 
dry fern, &c. 
Stocks. — A few may be planted out in shel- 
tered and dry situations ; but the chief stock 
must be preserved in frames, giving them 
plenty of air. 
Sweet Williams. — Plant out in masses ; and 
if in the shrubbery border, let them extend a 
yard or so in diameter ; they will grow any- 
where. 
Tulips. — Make up a bed of two feet of 
turfy loam and decomposed manure ; at the 
bottom have a layer of rotten cow-dung ; the 
bed should be well raised to make allowance 
for its subsiding. This being done, remove 
as much soil aside as will cover the bulbs 
