180 MANAGEMENT OF THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Carnations, pinks, and roses should be layered, if not 
previously done. Camellias should also be topdressed 
as it will help them to forward their buds : and cut¬ 
tings of geraniums and other plants may be put in 
pots where a supply for the Greenhouse is wanted. 
September having arrived, dahlias and china asters 
will be in perfection, and will require attention in wa¬ 
tering, propping, &c.; decayed flower stems and leaves 
should be removed as the season advances, or the 
beds will have an aspect of wildness, and betray neg¬ 
lect. As the time is fast approaching for housing the 
greenhouse plants, the house should be got ready for 
their reception, and the necessary provision made of 
pot soils, composts, &c., in order that the work 
may be done expeditiously, when the commencement 
of frost renders removal necessary. Where plants 
are taken out of the ground and potted, they should 
be placed in a frame, or some situation where they can 
be protected from the sun and drying winds, till they 
have recovered their removal. The hardy bulbous 
and tuberous-rooted plants, as pseonies, lilies, narcissus, 
&c., may now be taken up, and the roots separated, 
and planted again, as they will flourish more vigorous¬ 
ly than when transplanted in spring 
In the beginning of October, all tender greenhouse 
plants and monthly roses should be taken up and pot¬ 
ted, and placed in the greenhouse. As soon as the 
frost has stopped vegetation, the flower garden de¬ 
mands attention, for many of the strong shrubs and 
herbaceous plants that spread from their roots, as well 
as other kinds that increase freely by seed, are very 
apt to overrun the more valuable plants which do not 
