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SEASONABLE GARDENING HINTS-NOVEMBER. 
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wet weather gentle fires may be used in the day time when the ventilators 
are open, for the purpose of drying up damp, a dry cool atmosphere being 
for the present essential to the well-doing of the plants. 
Plants of all kinds in pits and frames must on no account he left ex¬ 
posed in rainy weather at this season, hut every opportunity should he 
taken of dry, mild weather to give a plentiful supply of air. In very mild 
dry weather the lights may he removed for a few hours in the day, so that 
the interior of the pits and frames may become dry and healthy. I have 
kept Cinerarias, which are very susceptible of injury from damp and frost, 
in a cold frame in the most perfect health, without the loss of a leaf, by 
watering them only when absolutely necessary, and doing it with great 
care so as not to spill a drop on the stage or floor, by giving all the air 
possible at every favourable opportunity, and by covering well up at night, 
.and in frosty weather during the day also. 
All liardwooded greenhouse plants should, ere this, be well housed and 
properly arranged—a dry, cool, healthy atmosphere must be maintained 
by giving as much air as possible in mild weather, and using gentle fire in 
very wet weather to dry up the damp. Water at this season should only 
be given when absolutely necessary, but the plants should not be allowed 
to suffer for want of it. Softwooded plants should have particular attention 
paid to them now, particularly show Pelargoniums; the plants intended 
for early flowering next season should at once have their final shift if not 
already done, using a good rich compost; they should then be properly tied 
out, removing all superfluous shoots, and small leaves from the centres of 
the plants so as to admit air freely. They should be kept near the glass 
and clear of green fly; air should be admitted freely in mild weather and 
the night temperature should not get below 45°. Chrysanthemums will 
2iow hs in great beauty and must be kept well watered. Cinerarias and 
Primulas raised from seed sown last April, and attended to as then recom¬ 
mended, will now be fine flowering plants, and will be very useful for 
decoration during the winter months ; they will require regular attention 
in watering. Stove plants should be kept as dormant as possible until 
after Christmas ; they should have no more fire heat than is absolutely 
necessary to keep the plants healthy. Advantage should be taken of wet 
days to look the plants over carefully, and to clear them of insects. 
The beds and borders in the flower garden should at once be cleared of 
the summer bedding plants. Such beds as require it should have a good 
coating of manure, and all should be dug over deeply; the arrangement 
for the winter and spring being settled, the beds should be all planted as 
soon as possible. Bulbs of all kinds should be planted when the soil is in 
a dry state; spring-flowering perennials are so numerous and so beautiful, 
that they can hardly be too largely planted. To have good plants, it is 
