Volume XIV 
NOVEMBER, 1885. 
No. 11. 
WHAT THE FLOWERS SAY. 
The red rose gays, “ Be sweet,” 
And the lily bids, “ Be pure.” 
The hardy, brave chrysanthemum 
“ Be patient and endure.” 
The violet whispers, “ Give, 
Nor grudge nor count the cost,” 
The woodbine, “ Keep on blossoming 
In spite of chill and frost.” 
And so each gracious flower 
Has each a several word. 
Which, read together, maketh up 
The message of the Lord. 
GARDENING for NOVEMBER. 
) Y this time most all tender plants are under cover in their 
respective winter quarters. 
Out - of - Doors. — Meteor marigolds, intermediate stocks, 
mignonette and chrysanthemums will keep on blooming till a 
1/ cold snap of 6° to io° of frost puts an end to their ardor. It is in 
the garden, as in wild places, that the old and littery stems of hardy 
plants, if allowed to remain over winter, arrest and hold together a 
ki v good number of tree-leaves and in this way mulch and protect the 
crowns of the plants. But in the garden we should insist on tidiness 
in winter as well as in summer, therefore cut off the old stems of her¬ 
baceous plants and remove all loose, littery stuff. Compensate for this 
by applying a mulching of half-rotted manure, and if a little is spread 
over the lawns now it will greatly preserve and invigorate the grass, 
but do not use it too freely. Where the land is light and sandy I get better results by 
using good loam and manure composted together as a top-dressing. 
Cold Frames.-- These contain violets, pansies, double daisies, forget-me-nots, poly¬ 
anthuses, anemones and ranunculuses, which are intended to bloom where they are; also 
Larpent’s plumbago, hybrid pentstemons, Canterbury bells, foxgloves, stokesias and other 
somewhat tender perennials and biennials for next summer’s garden, which we winter in 
frames for safety’s sake. While there is no need of letting these plants get much frozen. 
