CALENDAR FOR.OCTOBER. 
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CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 
Of flowering plants, the only native species marked as ex¬ 
panding its bloom during October is the Ivy, the berries of 
which also ripening during the winter afford a considerable 
supply of food to various birds when few other berries are to 
be had, with the exception of the Mistletoe. But if flowering 
plants are scarce, the cryptogamic forms are very numerous, 
and will afford considerable employment to those anxious to 
become acquainted with the very various and often singular 
forms which they assume. Among these perhaps the most 
curious and beautiful are the Jungermannias, common in damp 
places among moss, on trunks of trees, &c. The filmy and 
transparent texture of their leaves, singular outline, and beau¬ 
tiful green colour of many render them excellent objects for 
drying, as they retain their colours, and might be arranged in 
various ways on paper, as is done with the finer sorts of sea¬ 
weeds. Many mosses will be in perfection during the month, 
and a collection could be easily formed by any person wishing 
to study them closely. An old wall, or pile of artificial rock- 
work, damp corners where nothing else would vegetate, and 
various other places, even a damp stove, might be used for 
such a purpose, and a large collection might soon be formed, 
and studied at leisure. 
In the Flower-Garden all plants intended to be potted up 
should, if possible, be secured before frosted; if not up they 
should be protected until thej can be lifted, and properly put 
by for the winter. The beds should be prepared for spring 
bulbs as they are emptied of their summer plants, and the 
bulbs planted before the end of the month. With Crocus 
edgings, and a few beds filled with Hyacinths of distinct 
colours, an excellent effect can be produced early in spring, 
not to mention the many other species of bulbs which may 
be applied to a similar purpose. All bulbs should be planted 
immediately they show the least indication of growth, to keep 
thefn out of the earth after that only weakens them, and 
consequently injures the future bloom. 
In the Greenhouse and pits care must be taken to avoid 
damp as much as possible, the plants not requiring much water 
