282 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



their flowerinf2;-pots at once, if they have not yet received their 

 final shift. Place Fuchsias, as they go out of flower, outside for a 

 •week or ten days, to insure the wood being well matured before 

 packing them away for the winter. 



Stove. — It may be assumed that nearly all the summer-flowering 

 occupants of this structure have now completed their growth, and 

 require more light and air, and less warmth than they have been 

 receiving lately. They should, therefore, be placed in the coolest 

 end of the house, and winter-flowering subjects, such as Gesneras, 

 Justicias, Poinsettias, Thyrsacanthus, and Euphorbias, must have 

 every encouragement to acquire strength before the light declines 

 too much. Orchidaceous plants must also have free exposure to the 

 light to effect a thorough maturatioft of the newly-made pseudo-bulbs. 

 Withhold the syringe after the beginning of the month, unless in 

 exceptional cases, and maintain the necessary atmospheric humidity 

 by sprinkling the floors. 



Kitchen Gabden. — To avoid loss of time thin the winter crop 

 of turnips to the proper distance apart as soon as necessary, and 

 the spinach alt^o, if too thifk. Hoe the gromid between the rows to 

 destroy every vestige of weed before it has time to seed, and thus 

 render it unnecessary to tread the ground when in a soft state from 

 the autumn rains. Plant out a good breadth of the Green, Curled, 

 and Broad-leaved Batavian Endive, and Brown Cos and Drumhead 

 Cabbage Lettuce for the winter. Tie up for blanching those suffi- 

 ciently advanced. Take up and store Potatoes, and the Onions not 

 sufiiciently matured for taking up last month. Make a raised bed 

 for the reception of a frame to receive the Cauliflower plants to 

 stand over the winter. Hand-lights and ground vineries are invalu' 

 able adjuncts to the kitchen-garden for protecting young plants 

 of various crops, and ior preserving Lettuce, Endive, and many 

 other things after they have reached maturity. Plant out the main 

 crop of Cabbage for spring use at a distance of two feet apart, and 

 insert a strong Colewort plant between each four, to draw during 

 the winter. Sow Chervil, Corn Salad, and Eadishes for a late 

 supply. Earth up Celery and Leeks, selecting a dry day for that 

 purpose. 



Ekuit Gaeden. — Expose the fruit on v^all-trees to the light by 

 removing the leaves which overshadow it. Early Apples and Pears 

 must be gathered as soon as the stalk parts readily Irom the tree, 

 and placed in the fruit-room until fit for the table. When allowed 

 to remain on the trees until ready for consumption, they lose their 

 fine brisk flavour, and eat flat. Pyramidal and cordon trees that 

 are making a strong growth require root-pruning ; the early part of 

 next month is the best time for performing that operation. When 

 done early they make fresh roots, and become re-established before 

 the winter. Eresh plantations of Strawberries may still be made 

 with a consideiable chance of success, but such heavy crops of fruit 

 must not be expected as from those planted early last month. 



Pits and Euames. — Pot off' intermediate stocks in good turfy 

 loam, mixed \\ith a liberal proportion of rotten manure and leaf- 

 mould. Sow Mignonette for late work, and thin that already up to 



