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Chrysanthemums .—Cut down blooming stems, and keep the 
pots wdiere frost will not injure them. Discard second rate varie¬ 
ties, and make notes of good ones to fill up their places by and' bye. 
Geraniums .—The roots should now be filling the pots, so that 
all after work should show in the plant itself j fumigate to keep 
down green fly. 
DaliUas .—Look over the roots to see that damp does not reach 
them. 
Pansies .—Keep clean, and only water as really needed. 
Pinhs .—Frosts such as we are having now, after so much wet, 
will probably loosen them ; see to their being firm in the ground, 
and when the w^'eather is fine gently stir the surface of the beds. 
Roses .—All planting should be over by this time, and if the 
weather be severe they should be protected. It is a good plan to 
lay tiles round the roots of those on their own bottoms, as it keeps 
them dry, and prevents frost getting at them so readily. 
General TF orh .—Now will be the time to see that stakes, labels, 
&c., are ready for next season; during the dull part of the year 
it is w^ell to be employed in work which can ill be done at the 
more busy season. 
Peal, • D. 
OBITUARY. 
Died on the 30th October, at Derby, Thomas Adams, Esq., a 
kind, generous, and Christian Florist, for many years an ardent 
cultivator and exhibitor of the Tulip. 
TO OUR READERS. 
And now, kind readers, Farewell! With this volume we 
close a goodly career of fourteen years, during which The 
Florist” has maintained an honourable and we believe an 
influential position in garden literature. With it, too, we 
terminate the present series of this work, but only to re¬ 
appear on the first day of the new" year in a new and more 
attractive form, under the designation of ‘^Tiie Florist 
AND PoMOLOGisT.” Wc trust that the smiles that have at¬ 
tended us during the past days of our existence will then be 
ready to cheer us on in the course which lies before us— 
Farcw"ell! 
