chap, xii.] CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS* 391 
November . 
In the beginning of this month the ap¬ 
pearance of the flower-garden is extremely 
desolate. The dahlias have generally been 
seriously injured by the frost, but not quite 
so much so as to warrant their removal; and 
a few lingering flowers of other kinds recal 
melancholy ideas of what has been, but is 
passed. A mild November is indeed the old 
age of the floral year; and a sharp frost that 
kills all the remaining flowers is felt positively 
as a relief. The tubers of the dahlias should 
be taken up as soon as the frost has changed 
their flowers. The names should be attached 
to the roots by string, or the Chester metallic 
wire; and they should be laid on dry boards 
in a cellar, and covered with sand, or in 
some dry place, not too warm, in a green¬ 
house. The temperature at which they 
should be kept, should be between 35° and 
45°. The autumn-flowering bulbs should be 
taken up in the same manner, and kept in 
dry sand or moss. All the plants that re¬ 
quire protection, should be carefully covered 
or matted up. 
