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laid hold of and tried, are firm in the pot; Cor, 
unless they are well established now, they will 
not recover in time to make a good bloom. 
The Auriculas only require to be kept mode- 
rately dry, to have their decayed leaves 
removed, and to have as much air as possible 
i:i mild weather. The bottom of the pit or 
frame ought to be occasionally cleared out. In a 
mild day it docs good to examine the drainage 
of every pot, to remove all out, and brush the 
bottom and sides of the pit or frame well; 
for it disturbs whatever plagues there may 
be in the way of snails, slugs, wood-lice, 
the larvae of moths and butterflies., and many 
other pests ; rub the pots dry, and cleanse 
the outsides and bottoms from any dirt, 
worm casts, &C, that may adhere to them ; 
replace them all as before ; look well to 
the glasses and lights, to see there is 
no drip; for that will soon kill the strongest 
plants. 
F>eds and Patches of early Tulips, Hya- 
cinths, Narcissus, Jonquills, and other flower- 
ing bulbs, require protection if the weather 
be very hard ; and the correct way of doing 
this, is to put Peas-haulm on the beds, and in- 
verted flower-pots over the patches. If, however, 
these are not at hand, small heaps of tan will 
be of use on the patches ; and for beds, per- 
haps, the most easy and effective plan, is to 
put willow sticks, bent from one side to the 
other ot the beds, and crossed by straight ones 
from end to end, and throw garden mats or 
cloths over them. 
Tulips should be protected from frost, if 
they are for exhibition, or they are choice; for, 
as we have before remarked, they are very 
susceptible of damage, though scarcely any 
degree of frost will actually kill them. We 
believe that one-half of the flushed and foul 
blossoms may be attributed to frost reaching 
the incipient petals, and this is commonly the 
case in hard seasons. We now speak of the 
Tulip before it rises above ground, but the 
forwarder it is the easier it is damaged ; and 
the result of such damage, is blighted, split, 
distorted, and discoloured petals. If the bulbs 
have been planted early, and the autumn is very 
mild, there will be found many peering above 
the ground by the end of the month, and the 
old fanciers commonly cover them up with a 
little cone of sand to protect them against 
frost. The hardiness of the Tulip, — its known 
apparent indifference to frost, — leads many to 
pay no kind of attention even to their best 
beds until they are above ground ; nor does 
one person in a hundred, when regretting 
blighted buds and defaced flowers, for a mo- 
ment consider that they are the result of 
carelessness, at a period when he thinks they 
require no attention. It is quite certain that 
the less they are covered the better they are ; 
but covering is a choice of evils; it does less 
harm than frost. 
Anemones and Ranunculuses which 
are autumn planted, require protection, at least 
so much as to prevent frost from injuring 
them ; and Anemones that are in the ground 
for two or three seasons will be. actually 
blooming between the frosts ; but the (lowers 
that are out, are cut off every time the frost 
touches them. Light litter is the least hurtful 
to them, and protects them best ; only it should 
be removed always in mild weather. The 
beds for those Ranunculuses and Anemones 
that are to be planted in February, for show 
in June, should be dug out at leisure, and the 
soil thrown on each side in two ridges, that it 
may have the benefit of the frost and of 
being occasionally turned over. 
Carnations and Picotees, some of which 
are too often left on their stools to this late 
period, should be potted as before directed, 
without a day's loss of time ; and, as it is ne- 
cessary to get them established, they should 
be shut up close in their frame or pit, after 
potting, for a few days ; and by no means be 
allowed to have high wind, or wet, for some 
time. Indeed, the dryer they are kept after 
potting the better; yet they must be watered 
a little at the potting, to close the earth about 
their roots. Those which were potted hi pro- 
per time must have all the air that can be 
given ; and be entirely exposed all through 
the mild and dry weather. 
Shrubs and Trees newly planted 
must be occasionally examined, to see that they 
have not been disturbed by wind, and when 
they are found to have been so, they may have 
stakes placed to them, or the stakes already 
placed must be made fast. 
Gather composts, of all descriptions, likely 
to be wanted for potting plants, and turn over 
heaps aheady collected, first, to sweeten them, 
and give them the benefit of frosts ; and 
secondly, to pick out and destroy the wire- 
worm, grub, and other insects likely to be 
injurious. Gather together for the dung- 
heap, or to rot by itself, all the garden waste, 
such as weeds, stalks, leaves, the rakings of 
beds and borders. Nothing should be thrown 
away, though it is not at all uncustomary to 
see the garden waste thrown outside a back 
gate, to be eaten by cattle, or picked up by 
those who know better than to waste it. 
Every leaf returned to the earth provides so 
much nourishing food for plants. Many other 
subjects appertaining to the flower garden 
will be mentioned in the different departments 
to which they are consigned for the winter. 
Roses may yet be planted in open weather, 
and that, too, without having suffered, or being 
likely to suffer; only in all planting, be careful 
of the principal points laid down as to 
