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doors to have protection from the wet. Pot off cuttings of hard- 

 wooded plants that are nicely rooted, to give them au opportunity 

 of being nicely established before winter. Attend to plants out of 

 doors, and see that they do not suffer for the want of water. Thin 

 out the growing shoots of the climbers, to give the wood intended 

 for next year a chance of being thoroughly ripened. 



Stove. — Still m^iintain a brisk temperature, and give plenty of 

 air, and use less shade than hitherto, to insure the wood of hard- 

 wooded plants being thoroughly ripened. Shut up early in the 

 afternoon. Encourage winter-flowering plants with weak manure- 

 water, and give less vrater to plants that have completed their growth. 

 A large proportion of the Orchids will have completed their growth 

 for this season, and will now require more air and a fuller exposure 

 to the light. 



^ Kitchen Garden. — The principal spring crops must be sown 

 this month, and it is highly important that everything in connection 

 with them be done at the right time. If any delay takes place, the 

 plants will not attain their full size ; and, on the other hand, if sown 

 too soon, they become too big, and run to seed directl}-- we have a 

 few warm days in the spring. Sow Cabbage and Endive in the 

 early part of the month, and Lettuce and Cauliflowers about the 

 20th. At the same time, sow Tripoli Onion, White Stone Turnip, 

 and Black Spanish Eadish. In earthing up Celery, be very careful 

 to keep the soil out of the hearts. As the Celery makes but little 

 progress after it is earthed up, that operation ought not to be per- 

 formed until after it is nearly full-grown. Take up and store Garlic 

 and Shalots as they complete their growth. 



Feuit Garden. — Kegulate and train the growth of wall and 

 espalier trees, and where the wood is too thick, remove a few shoots 

 altogether. Protect Morello Cherries and other fruit, which it is 

 intended to preserve on the trees after being ripe, with nets, or the 

 blackbirds and thrushes will soon make short work of them. Make 

 new Strawberry plantations as quickly as possible: and if strong 

 runners are planted, they will form strong crowns this autumn, and 

 bear a crop next season. To plant Strawberries in October or 

 spring, as is commonly practised, is simply a waste of the ground 

 they occupy for the first year. 



EoECiNG. — Prepare the materials for making fresh Mushroom- 

 beds, and spawn those made last mouth. Vines swelling their fruit 

 must have a moist, growing atmosphere. Give plenty of air to 

 houses in which the crops are ripe, but nail coarse canvas over all 

 openings, to keep out the flies and wasps. The lights should be 

 removed from the early Peach-houses where practicable. Trees 

 growing in houses with fixed roofs should have plenty of air, and 

 receive a thorough syringing two or three times a day. Thin out the 

 growth of Cucumbers in bearing, and water with weak manure- 

 water. Melons, after they are about half grown, should be elevated 

 above the foliage. It is particularly necessary to keep the plants 

 properly supplied with water at this stage ; for, if they become dry 

 at the roots, the fruit will split as soon as the plants are supplied 

 with water. 



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