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HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 
Auriculas should now be placed in frames or pit, p. 2, to stand through the winter. 
Camellias must be brought into a greenhouse or frame, where they should be kept cool till 
the blooming season. 
Carnation layers must be protected from heavy rains, frosts, and cutting winds. 
Chrysanthemums , in pots, should be removed into the greenhouse. Give abundance of air 
to keep them from drawing. 
Calceolarias, cut down as recommended, page 267, will come beautifully into flower. Keep 
them in a cool, airy part of the greenhouse. 
Cyclamen persicum.— About the middle of the month take up the roots from the borders, and 
repot them ; then plunge them in coal ashes in a cold frame, page 213. 
Dahlias.— Lay about four inches thickness of rotten bark, or leaf-mould, over the roots, two 
feet round the stem of each plant, to prevent the crowns from being damaged by sudden frosts, 
and by the end of the month they will probably require to be taken up. 
Greenhouse Plants will require taking in, and the sooner this is done the belter, or they will 
be affected by the cold or frosty nights. 
Forcing. —Plants intended for forcing must now be taken up, as Rhododendrons, Pinks, Car¬ 
nations, &c. see page 211. 
Mignonette in pots, to stand the winter, must be sheltered from heavy rains and frost, but let 
it have as much air as possible. 
Hyacinths may be planted in beds in a light dry soil, in rows 18 inches apart, and 6 inches 
trom root to root in the row; or they may be planted in 48-sized pots, in a light rich loam.— 
They do equally well, if not put in till November. 
Roses in pots for forcing, if placed in the forcing house, produce flowers about Christmas. 
Isotoma axillaiis, and other handsome annuals, may still be sown in pots to flower in the 
following May and J une, p. 112. 
Cactuses, placed out of doors in June, must be taken into the greenhouse without delay, if 
not attended to last month, p. 161. 
Ten-meek Stocks, sown last month, must be preserved from rains and frost, but they must be 
as much exposed as possible. 
Primula preenitens (sinensis Linol.) Cuttings of this plant may be put in the beginning of 
the month, p. 164. 
Tigridia pavonia, growing in the borders, should be taken up. 
Tulips. —At the end of the month, or beginning of November, tulips should be planted. This 
is also the usual time for sowing the seeds. 
VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 
Cabbages for spring crops, should be planted. Prick out a bed, to fill up with in the spring, 
or to plant for a second crop. 
Broccoli. —The Green and Purple Cape, Grange’s Early White, Early Sprouting Purple, and 
Impregnated Early White, will continue in use, if the weather be favourable, from this time to 
Christmas. The Tall Large-headed Purple, the Portsmouth, the Sulphur-coloured, the Spring 
White, the Dwarf Purple, and the Siberian, should be taken up, about the end of this month or 
beginning of next, disturbing the roots as little as possible. Dig a trench, and lay them in a 
sloping direction, about 18 inches apart, with their heads towards the north, and only a few 
inches above the ground. Cover in the trench, and open another, laying the heads of the next 
plants over the roots of the first row, and so proceed until the whole are laid down. The crowns 
of the plants thus lying low, are soon covered with the snow, and preserved from the severity 
of the frosts. 
Beet-root should be taken up and preserved in a cellar or shed. 
Carrots, for winter use, should be taken up, and preserved in the same manner as beet-root. 
Cauliflowers should be planted on a south aspect, under hand-glasses, in frames, and close, 
under a south wall. Let some be potted in sixty-sized pots, and sheltered in a frame, to turu 
out in spring for the first crop. 
Lettuces, to stand the winter, should be planted close under a south wall, and some in frames, 
lest those under the walls should be destroyed. 
Herbs for forcing should be potted as mint, tarragon, &c. 
Onions must be housed without delay, if this were not done last month. 
Asparagus beds may receive a top-dressing towards the end of the present or beginning of 
next month. 
Potatoes must be taken up, or they will be injured by the frost. 
Radishes sown on an old hot-bed will come into use about Christmas. 
THOMAS HARDCASTLE, PRINTER, CHURCH-STREET, SHEFFIELD. 
