Tender plants which are required for stock, such as geraniums and scented verbenas, must be taken up and protected at once. It is useless saving old verbenas, petunias, and such plants, young ones doing much better; and the same may be said of geraniums, except for stock of any variety of which the stock is limited.

Arundo Donax variegata should be taken up and either laid into soil or boxes. These plants will winter well in a cellar, and generally in the open ground in many parts of the States. We should expect it hardy in all places south of New York; but it is well to have a good reserve stock, if only to vary the place of planting.

Cannas and Dahlias must be taken up as soon as the frost pinches the foliage. If left in the ground until the stems are killed, the roots frequently rot during the winter. These roots keep well, treated like potatoes, excepting a few varieties of cannas, which do not form much tuber. These require some of the shoots to remain on, and to be kept dry in a moderate dry place, free from frost.

Violets must be at once planted in cold frames, to be protected from severe frost. A few boxes or pots placed in the greenhouse are useful to gather flowers from in very cold and showery weather, when it is difficult to open frames. If home-grown lily of the valley is used for forcing, the roots should be taken up or protected before severe frost, or it will be impossible to dig them up when required; but German roots are so much better, it is hardly worth the trouble of forcing home-grown plants. If it is desirable to plant any of the beds or borders with spring bulbs, they should be planted at once, after digging and stirring in a portion of thoroughly decayed manure. It is a good plan to mulch the beds with salt hay or short straw, to prevent bulbs from being loosened by alternate freezing and thawing; it can be removed early, before the bulbs begin to grow. Some snowdrops planted in the turf, especially near shrub borders and under trees, are very pretty, coming in flower before the frost is well out of the ground, and the leaves will be mown off the first time grass is cut, without damage to the plants.

Winter aconites and narcissus may be treated the same way, and will require no more attention after being planted.

Japan Lilies should be planted at once. They root all the winter, and do much better than when planted in the spring.