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* night or three weeks. Keep every thing clean and neat; the medium 
temperature should he from 45° to 50°. 
Flower Garden — Dahlias that are yet standing out should be got up 
without delay. Hoses, Lilacs, Kalmias, and other flowering shrubs, may now 
be potted for forcing next season, and those already in pots should be placed 
in pits. Finish planting Tulips, Hyacinths, Crocuses, &c., also potting the 
same for forcing; those potted last month should be put into a pit or frame. 
A few Ranunculus and Anemones may be planted for an early bloom. 
Auriculas must be particularly attended to ; keep them clear of drips; pick 
off dead leaves ; water them very sparingly. 
Carnations and Picottees must be protected from heavy rains and sdow ; 
the best covering is that we recommended last year, viz. a frame open at the 
sides, or the lights placed on poles a little above the stage on which the plants 
are placed. Finish the autumnal planting and removal of trees and shrubs as 
early as possible. Flower-beds and borders should have the soil renovated 
wherever it is required. Tender shrubs will require some protection towards 
the end of the month. 
FLORICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. 
THE WEST LONDON FLORICULTURAL ASSOCIATION FOR 
MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT. 
This Association, many of the members of which are well skilled in the 
theory, and expert and experienced in the practice, of the art to which their 
time and their talents are most assiduously devoted, is so appropriate in its 
name, and so true to that name in its practice, that it deserves to be generally 
known to professed gardeners and amateurs all over the country, and, indeed, 
to every body, in order to induce them to join the one or the other of these 
classes, or in some way promote, to the best of their power, a subject which 
affords the lovers of it a most extensive, varied, sweet, and innocent enjoy¬ 
ment. We may say with justice that it is superior to every other institution 
or association among men who live on the fruits of their own labour. We 
waive the societies of men who consider themselves philosophers, artists, or 
professionals of any description, and merely notice the society or associations 
of working men. Of these, mechanics’ institutions are the most numerous, 
there being at least one in every town of even very moderate magnitude. But 
they are one and all misnomers, and have no more to do with the teaching of 
mechanics, theoretical or practical, than they have with the Hebrew Bible or 
the Chinese alphabet. They have halls of meeting, most of them have 
libraries, and some have a few philosophical instruments and models; but the 
last are only toys to look at, the second contain ten volumes of amusement 
for every volume of science, and the first have nothing to do with me¬ 
chanics. They are popular lecture-rooms, in which itinerant holders-forth 
