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preceding has been gentle, and should be prepared accordingly: 
a good store of mats should be at hand, to be used on anyemer- 
gency; the plants themselves should be kept as dry as is con¬ 
sistent. Geraniums, calceolarias, and camellias should be ar¬ 
ranged in the warmest part of the house, while ericas, epacris, 
&c. may be placed in the more exposed situations; chrysanthe¬ 
mums, china roses, and other plants in flower may be allowed a 
larger share of water. Keep everything about the plants perfectly 
clean ; pick off dead and decaying leaves. Annuals potted in 
the autumn for early spring flowering should be encouraged to 
make a vigorous growth. Watch for the appearance of green¬ 
fly, and fumigate immediately. Plants forced into an early 
bloom will continue in perfection much longer if removed to a 
warm part of the house as soon as the flowers are well formed. 
Cacti, bulbous-rooted and other succulent plants should be kept 
quite dry. On tine days a little air may be admitted for an hour 
or two in the morning. The temperature should average 45 
degrees. 
Flower Garden. Preparation should be made for protect¬ 
ing tender plants and beds of delicate roots: for the latter the 
best material is dry fern, though the protection should not be 
used so long as it is possible to do without; those plants usually 
placed in beds which require covering are such as hyacinths, 
gladiolus, ranunculus, anemones, small plants of pansies, and 
Cape bulbs generally—tulips do not require it. If fern cannot 
be procured the next best covering are leaves; for such as the 
finer sorts of heartsease a common garden pot is sufficient, 
which may be removed every morning when not too severe. Top 
dress the beds of pinks. Plants and roots for forcing should be 
placed in a cold frame, preparatory to their being taken to the 
forcing house. The cultivator should now provide himself with 
such earths, composts, sticks, labels, and other matters as are 
likely to be wanted in the spring, that everything may be in 
readiness for the busy time approaching. A few annuals may 
be sown in a frame, to be transplanted early. In open weather 
proceed with pruning, digging, transplanting, making altera¬ 
tions, and other general groundwork. Dahlia seed should be 
sown this month. Newly-planted trees and shrubs should be 
secured with stakes. 
