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GARDENING CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER. 
them a slight protection with spruce boughs 
or the dried fronds of fern. 
Dahlias must be kept secure from frost and 
damp ; they should be taken up on a dry day, 
and well dried in the shade ; the roots keep 
best when buried upside down in sand ; allow 
those in cutting pots to remain in the soil, and 
keep them perfectly dry. 
Fuchsias. — Those kept dwarf may be cut 
down, and litter put around them ; but the 
standards — by far the most valuable — should 
be cut close in to one stem, and this closely 
wrapt round with hay-bands : the root also 
must be well covered ; mats or fern fronds 
are available for those on walls. 
Jasmines and Honeysuckles. — The common 
sorts are hardy, and may be well thinned and 
tied in ; but the tender sorts must be slightly 
protected. 
Laurustinus, Arbutus, Sweet Bay, and other 
evergreens, are benefited much by slight pro- 
tection in exposed situations ; and especially 
if covered around the stem at the roots, with 
hay or strawy litter. 
Liliums are amongst the grandest of our 
flowering bulbs, and are mostly hardy ; they 
should be planted largely, and are admi- 
rably adapted, either for skirting the edges 
cf lawn clumps and the shrubbery, for 
planting singly in the promiscuous borders, 
or in masses in the flower garden : they 
luxuriate in a soil of turfy peat and loam with 
a good portion of sand ; plant five or six 
inches deep. 
Lobelias, if not taken up, should be seen 
to at once ; they will keep in boxes or pots in 
any out-of-the-way place in the greenhouse 
where they will be much exposed to damp. 
Pansies. — Strew dry litter over the beds 
in severe weather : give those in frames all 
the air and light possible ; stir the soil and 
give little water. 
Pinks, Carnations, and Picotees, may still 
be planted out if the weather is open and 
mild ; but in ordinary cases, to keep them 
under glass and free of damp by airing plen- 
tifully and watering sparingly, is most com- 
mendable. 
Roses. — Make arrangements for adding to 
the collection. Prepare a soil of good loam, 
rather heavy, and well manured, and drained ; 
but defer planting much until spring, if not 
done immediately. In purchasing plants, 
select those which have been budded on clean 
and strong stems, and have fast hold of them ; 
get a number of dwarfs and train them in a 
pyramidal form, which is at once natural and 
beautiful. Attend to the protecting of the 
tender varieties ; and mulch the newly planted 
as well as the others with strawy cow-dung. 
Procure stocks of briars for budding on, and 
plant them in nursery rows four feet apart, 
and eighteen inches between. The Hybrid 
Perpetuals are generally the most valuable 
sorts. 
Ranunculuses, Tulips, Fritillarias, &c. 
should all be planted as early as possible, 
except when successional bloom is wanted. 
Salvias. — The half hardy sorts should be 
taken up and preserved in boxes below the 
greenhouse stage through the winter. 
Verbenas, though they endure the winter 
in some places, scarcely repay the trouble, 
unless in dry and warm situations : it is pre- 
sumed that a full stock is long since secured 
in frames, and have air and water adminis- 
tered according to their wants. 
WINDOW GARDENING. 
Guard carefully against cold frosty winds ; 
never allow them to blow upon any of the 
plants which are kept within doors, but still 
give air at every favourable opportunity, as 
the prevention of damp and mouldiness de- 
pends mainly on this. Do not keep any but 
forced flowers in rooms where a fire is con- 
stantly maintained ; and even those should be 
kept in the coolest part. Apply water with 
great caution, using no more than sufficient 
to keep the various plants in an equal and 
regular state of moisture. As a matter of 
neatness and cleanliness, pots are generally 
placed in pans or feeders, but water should 
never be allowed to remain in them, or the 
roots will inevitably become damaged. 
Bulbs, such as hyacinths, crocus, &c. 
should be steadily encouraged ; a few of the 
best rooted, whether in glasses or pots, being 
placed in a warmer situation as soon as they 
have made a tolerable quantity of roots. The 
others should be allowed to advance at their 
leisure ; they will succeed one another in due 
time, and thus keep up a succession. 
Begonias. — Give no water, but keep them 
cool to prevent their shrivelling, and also to 
keep them from shooting too soon. 
Camellias. — Place some of the most for- 
ward in a warmer situation, and water rather 
more freely ; keep the leaves clean by spong- 
ing them occasionally. 
Cinerarias. — Reduce the water as the 
weather becomes cold and wet, to prevent 
them from damping ; keep them near the 
light, and give all the air possible, to prevent 
their drawing. 
Fuchsias. — Keep them cool, and apply no 
water unless the balls of earth become too 
dry, and then be careful that any surplus 
drains clearly away. 
Geraniums.' — Apply little or no water even 
to those in a growing condition, and none at 
all to those put by to rest, unless they are 
absolutely shrivelling. Give air freely when- 
ever practicable, and remove all decaying 
