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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
I may here remark that some persons say frosts do not injure Tulips, 
but these must he altogether i'gnorant of what frost will do either to Tulips, 
or to other bulbous roots, or otherwise they can have never given them¬ 
selves the trouble to try the difference. I could say much on this subject, 
hut for the present will only recommend those who have the opportunity, and 
have not previously tried what protecting from frost will do, just to try cover¬ 
ing fairly for one season, and I am sure that one trial will he sufficient 
to convince the most obstinate. We often hear of irregularly marked patchy 
flowers, and we often enough see them on the exhibition table at shows— 
flowers which are neither feathered nor flamed properly ; many of those 
which ought to he regularly feathered all round the petals, are too often seen 
with no feather at all on some part of the edge, hut, perhaps half-way down 
the inside of some of the petals a blotch of colour is visible. Now what is 
the cause of that blotch of colour being within instead of its being on the 
edge of the petal ? There must have been some cause for its not working 
its way up to the edge. The hud probably enough has had a stroke while in 
the ground, before it came to daylight—oftener before than after; but Mr- 
Frost will have sufficient influence to speck the bloom, whether before or 
after the bud shows above ground. This I fully proved to my own satis- 
tion, over twenty years ago. 
I have some other equally important points to discuss in reference to 
the Tulip, such as the taking and sowing of seed for producing correctly 
the different classes, both of white and yellow grounds. I am glad to 
observe that some of the oldest growers are falling into my way of thinking 
as regards the providing of two classes for yellow grounds, in like manner 
as we have two for white grounds, but this subject all being well, I shall 
deal w T itli on a future occasion. 
Huddersfield. John Hepworth. 
SEASONABLE GARDENING HINTS—NOVEMBER. 
’HE heavy rains of last month have moistened the land to a consider¬ 
able depth; drains that have for months been dry have been running 
for some time, and ponds are everywhere getting filled. Great atten 
tion and considerable skill are required to manage properly plants 
under glass during the autumn and winter season, and particularly 
for some weeks after they have been brought into the holises from the open 
air, for, if not properly managed, they commence a new growth to their 
great injury. Great attention should be paid to giving airin abundance when¬ 
ever the weather is mild; water should be given individually to the plants 
from a small-spouted pot, not with a rose, and this should be done in the 
morning so that all damp may get dried up before night. In very dull 
