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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER. 
As little remains to be done out of doors now in the way of 
collecting specimens, except by those studying cryptogamic 
botany, the time may be employed in arranging and mounting 
the specimens already secured. If the natural system be 
determined on, as previously recommended, a better list could 
hardly be followed than that of the Botanical Society of London, 
an arrangement that will no doubt be very generally used, as 
it offers so many facilities for uniformity in nomenclature, iden¬ 
tifying species, exchanging specimens, &c. The size and qua¬ 
lity of the paper for mounting them on will of course be a 
matter of individual taste; a small folio is large enough for 
nearly all purposes. The easiest method of securing the spe¬ 
cimens to the paper is perhaps with small straps of any adhesive 
gummed paper, similar to the postage stamps, as by this means 
any specimen maybe replaced should better ones be afterwards 
collected. If it be determined to permanently fix them to the 
paper, weak glue is perhaps the very best material for the pur¬ 
pose, carefully applying it to the back of the specimen, and 
then laying the latter on to the paper, and sufficiently pressing 
them until dry. By this method there is little hope of their 
becoming deranged, unless submitted to dampness sufficient to 
destroy the specimens as well as damage the glue. 
In the Flower Garden care must be taken to shelter beds of 
bulbs, and any others requiring it, as well from too much wet 
as from frost. If the weather prove open, beds or plants of 
strong hardy perennials may be planted or divided, as they 
may require. Alterations in shrubberies, or clumps of shrubs, 
may also be attended to, and advantage taken of favourable 
opportunities to proceed with heavy out-door work. Unfavour¬ 
able weather will afford time for arranging the plan of planting 
the flower-garden for the next season, settling the arrangement 
of colours, and taking stock so as to see what plants will most 
require propagation in the spring. Making tallies and sticks, 
cleaning pots, &c., must also be attended to, and every thing 
should be forwarded as much as possible. 
In the Greenhouse and pits care must be taken to keep as 
even a temperature as possible, avoiding cold dry currents of 
