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all newly-planted fruit-trees are secured from the effects of high winds, and mulch 
them with rotten dung, if not already done. The cleaning, dressing, pruning, and 
nailing of all fruit trees should be pushed on vigorously in favourable weather. 
Most of the Hard-wooded Plants in the Plant Houses are still in a dormant 
state, and should not have more fire-heat than is necessary to exclude frost; 
neither should they have too much water given them. Acacias, Correas , 
Camellias , and other plants coming into flower should be placed at the warmest 
end of the house. "Where soft and hard-wooded plants are all grown in one house, 
some attention and management is required to grow them well. Pelargoniums 
will require shifting, but where room is limited, and the blooms are required for 
cutting, more will be obtained from a number of small plants in small pots, than 
from a few large plants, which will occupy a considerable space. Cinerarias , if 
required large, should have a shift. Primulas , when well done, are very useful 
gay plants at this season. Fuchsias , if large and early-flowering plants are 
required, should now be started in heat; strike a few cuttings for autumn 
blooming as soon as the shoots are long enough. Give all the air possible during 
the day to Pits and Frames , but cover up securely at night. Verbenas , Petunias , 
Salvias , and similar soft-wooded plants for bedding out, are best obtained by 
spring propagation; those in store-pots may now be introduced into heat for that 
purpose, and a gentle hot-bed should be prepared for the cuttings. All the more 
delicate Pelargoniums may now be introduced into vineries at work, and those 
in store-pots potted off and put into heat. 
All alterations in the Flower-garden , Pleasure-grounds , or Shrubberies should 
be pushed forward in favourable weather. Protect Bulbs from frost, and see that 
rats and mice do not get at them. Protect Auriculas , Polyanthuses , Pinks , and 
Carnations from cold. Protect delicate Poses , and cover the roots well with 
rotten dung; don’t be in a hurry to prune Eoses. Protect tender shrubs. In 
open weather all the hardy kinds of trees and shrubs may be planted. The 
Christmas Pose (Ilelleborus niger) is very beautiful at this season of the year, 
when flowers are scarce in the open air. It is surprising, considering the length 
of time it has been in the country, that it is not more extensively grown. The 
flowers are very useful for decorative purposes, and they keep fresh a great 
length of time. It loves a pure air, and a moderately moist situation. The 
flow r ers being injured by frost, it is necessary, in order to have them in beauty, 
that the plants should be covered during winter with hand-glasses.—M. Saul, 
Stour ton Park. 
GARDEN LITERATURE. 
(TOnDEE this heading, we propose to bring together notices of such publica- 
tions, periodical or otherwise, as may come before us, and whose contents 
may bear in a greater or less degree upon gardening pursuits. The field 
is a wide one, and if we mistake not, will prove to be fertile in topics of 
general interest for our readers. 
