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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
drawn at this time no after-treatment during the year will set them to rights. 
Potting should never be delayed too long after the tops have died down ; at the 
furthest, it should be completed early in November. When larger pots are not 
needed each autumn when the tops are dead, the whole of the soil above the 
top of the bulbs should be removed and replaced with new, and the small bulbs 
that are each summer formed about the base of the flower-stems ought to be 
taken away and potted by themselves. The cooler they are wintered the better, 
provided they are kept out of the reach of frost.—T. Baines. 
GAEDEN WOEK FOE NOVEMBEE. 
FLOWERS. 
>^N open weather a great deal may be done in the way of planting Boses and 
deciduous plants generally, and Lilacs^ S^nrceas^ and many of the other flower¬ 
ing deciduous plants should not be overlooked— Lilacs^ in particular, are 
splendid in spring, when planted in southern aspects and in strong deep land. 
Tea Boses in pots may be planted out against walls, and the old and worn-out 
plants renewed by those in a healthy, vigorous state. Where the soil is light and 
poor, it should be made heavy and rich by adding clayey soil and well-rotted 
dung. No amount of extra work should be grudged in the preparation of sites 
for this, the queen of flowers. When once planted well, and allowed to develop 
on walls. Tea Boses will last for many years. Against the bare gables of houses 
these fine climbing flowers should be always found in the greatest luxuriance, 
but notwithstanding all that is written and known, they are seldom found in a 
healthy state, doubtless from not having been originally planted in proper soil. 
Another source of non-doing is the barbarous pruning to which they are 
oftentimes subjected : the finest and strongest shoots being cut out, and 
t]]e exhausted last year’s wood left in. In all cases these strong shoots should 
be preserved, the weaker cut out. Turf may be relaid, and any levelling done 
on lawns. Draius^ too, in walks should be looked to, and relaid if necessary. 
Box forming the boundaries of walks ma}^ be renewed or planted afresh, if too 
large ; but in all cases the size of the edging should be in proportion to the 
width and length of the walk and border. In many gardens we see a puny cut- 
to-the-death-like edging, which i's altogether out of all proportion to the walks 
and borders, and when this is so, complaints arise that the Box don’t do well, 
the sole cause, however, being too much cutting. If the walks and fruit-tree 
borders are wide and large, the Box-edging may be as large as one’s leg. 
Conservatory: Here Chrysanthemums will be gay, and will be very much 
appreciated, now that out-door things are nil in the way of flowers. A weak 
watering with manure may be given them now and again. These and Salvias 
will last a long time yet. Late-potted Fuchsias will also be blooming freely, but 
these are the better for a closer atmosphere to bloom freely. On wet days men 
may be employed in washing the leaves of all large-leaved plants that are dirty; 
and the growths of Oranges and Citrons that are long and ill-placed may be cut 
off and used up in the general decoration of cut flowers. Continue to regulate 
Creejiers^ and retain all those growths that may be of use for decorative pur¬ 
poses, or for extending the plants. Doors and those parts that come more 
directly under the eye, when made dirty by the hand, should be cleaned by 
washing or painting, and any other unsightly thing set right. Plant out Aralias 
and Draccenas before any growth takes place, and any large ornamental evergreens 
