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lawn or garden. Pansies will also give a much more 
satisfactory show if they are sown in this month, and 
planted out in rows in beds or for borderings, and are 
protected by leaves from freezing and thawing in Feb¬ 
ruary and March. The propagation of all kinds of bed¬ 
ding-out plants should now be attended to if it were not 
done in August. Cuttings of geraniums, heliotropes, 
colens, begonias, fuchsias, etc., will root quickly and 
make fine plants for the window-garden. The cuttings 
should be broken off, and they can be planted under 
the larger plants if preferred, and the heat aud shade 
will soon make them grow if they are kept sufficiently 
moist. In this way I strike cuttings every Autumn to 
give to my friends, and in three or four weeks they are 
ready to pot, and will be in full flower by February, if 
not earlier. All plants for winter flowering should be 
taken up early in the season so as to become well estab¬ 
lished before they are brought into the house. Tea-roses 
which are desired for window-gardens must be cut back 
vigorously and potted in very rich soil, and not allowed 
to bloom in tire Autumn. All plants that are required 
for Winter should be severely pruned, and the old wood 
thinned out aud cut into a symmelrical form. Fuchsias 
are special pets of the window-garden. Speciosa, Lustre, 
Carl Halt, and Excellent are good for winter flowermg. 
Daisy Eyehrigiit. 
PLANTS FOR TABLE DECORATION. 
In the selection of plants for the window-garden, such 
as are the most appropriate for table decoration should 
be chosen, and in these decorations at the present 
time, taste and fashion are in harmony. Immense bas¬ 
kets, mounds, or huge piles of flowers put together 
without regard to taste, simply table monstrosities, have 
bad to give way for the few graceful flowers, in a light 
debcate vase, or for what is still more beautiful and at- 
Cocos Weddelua-va. 
