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or whatever may be the course intended to be pursued in the 
ensuing spring. Geraniums, verbenas, and various other plants 
continue to look so gay while the weather is open, that it is to 
be hoped we shall soon see movable glass structures used to 
prolong their season to the utmost limits a fine September and 
October will admit in our climate. Propagation and potting up 
plants from the borders must be attended to until a sufficient 
stock is obtained or all room occupied. For an early display in 
the flower-garden in the spring, a good selection of annuals 
should be sown, or seedling plants selected from the borders 
and potted. These placed on a dry bottom in temporary 
frames or pits will pass the winter well, and materially assist 
the spring bulbs; also a few grown with a little extra care are 
very useful for the conservatory early in the season. 
The greenhouse must now be prepared for the reception of 
the plants for the winter. All the air possible, and a careful 
and limited supply of water, should be rigidly attended to, so 
as to assist the plants as much as possible in ripening their 
wood. 
Woody stove plants will probably require a little assistance 
from fire-heat for the same purpose, but it must be carefully 
applied, as well as water, as any excess in either will be highly 
detrimental. Even in the damp stove a diminution of moisture 
.must now take place, and somd rest gradually given to the vital 
energies of the various plants. 
D. M. 
Florist’s Flowers. —It is in this month the Dahlia-grower 
reaps his reward: the blooms are now “coming good”; still 
attention must not lag; additional sticks, fresh ties, the old 
ones loosened, ear-wigs, thinning, shading, &c. are among the 
matters that require unremitting care ; by the end of the month 
pot roots may be gradually dried preparatory to the winter. 
Cuttings of Pinks and Pansies that are well rooted should be 
planted out where they are to remain, though a portion of the 
bes f of the latter ought to be preserved in pots. Carnation and 
Picotee layers also may be potted as soon as they are fit. 
Tulip beds should be prepared, and the bulbs arranged at con¬ 
venient leisure. Perhaps no better time than the present can 
be had to remove the tender kinds of Roses that may require 
protection through the winter. 
P. 
