220 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Greenhouse. — Hard-wooded plants that flowered late, and were kept indoors to 

 finish the growth, should go out of doors now. Particular care must be paid to 

 plants standing out of doors. If allowed to suffer from drought at this season, next 

 year's bloom will be impaired. Quite two-thirds of the cases of the Camellias 

 dropping their buds in the early part of the winter arises from the plants getting 

 dust-dry at the roots " now and then," between this time and September, and the 

 other third arises from the pots being ineffectually drained, and the soil getting 

 sour in consequence. Frequently, specimen-plants suffer through the pots being 

 placed on the ground without any protection underneath from worms. This should 

 be looked to, and the pots set on three small pots, or a good thickness of coal-ashes 

 placed underneath. Roses in pots should be plunged, to prevent the soil drying up 

 quickly, and rendering a lot of watering necessary. All soft-wooded stuff growing 

 freely, such as Petunias, Fuchsias, Zonale Pelargoniums, Browallias, etc., should 

 be encouraged with liquid manure until they come into flower. Pelargoniums that 

 have ripened their young wood nicely must be cut back to two or three eyes at 

 once, and kept rather dry until the buds push. 



Stove. — The routine work of watering, air-giving, etc., must be well looked 

 after. More air must be admitted, now that the greater part of the plants have 

 made the season's growth, to insure its thorough maturation. Achimenes and 

 Gloxinias will continue in flower much longer if helped with manure-water. All 

 subjects for winter decoration must have every encouragement to get them strong 

 by autumn. 



Kitchen Garden. — Anything that is in need of water should have sufficient to 

 soak the ground for a considerable depth. Surface watering does more harm than 

 good ; it attracts the roots to the surface, where they are more exposed to atmos- 

 pheric influences than before. Hundreds of crops were destroyed last year through 

 improper waterings. Unless labour is abundant, and the time can be spared to 

 follow it up, leave watering alone. Tomatoes ought to be stopped just above the 

 fruit, and be well pinched in, if plenty of fine fruit is expected. Continue to plant 

 out all the winter stuff as fast as possible ; the evening is the best time. Keep the 

 Celery well watered, and plant out the main crop. Let every pod be removed 

 from both Runners and Dwarf Beans directly they are large enough for gathering. 

 Sow the main crop of Turnips, and successional supplies of Lettuce, Radish, 

 Spinach, Small Salad, a few rows of early Peas, and a bed of Stadtholder Cauli- 

 flowers. The principal crop of Cauliflowers and French Beans in bearing will 

 receive considerable help from a thick coat of short litter or other mulching material 

 about the roots. 



Fruit Garden. — Thin, stop, and train the young growth of wall and other 

 fruit-trees. Thin out the fruit before it gets too large, and robs that intended to 

 remain. Proceed with layering Strawberry-runners, both for forcing and making 

 new beds. Plants layered in pots, and planted out when well looted in thoroughly 

 trenched ground, will bear weil next summer. 



Pits and Frames. — Sow Herbaceous Calceolarias and Cyclamens for principal 

 batch, and Cinerarias and Primulas for late bloom. Shift on, as it becomes neces- 

 sary, earlier batches, and not let them get pot-bound at this stage. 



Forcing. — Keep Muscats going with a little fire-heat in unfavourable weather. 

 In the late houses, where the grapes are swelling, the laterals must be kept stopped ; 

 but where they are stoning, a considerable extension of laterals can be allowed. 

 The earlier houses, from which the crop has been gathered, must be thrown open as 

 wide as possible, and the laterals allowed to grow freely for a short time, to help 

 to swell up the buds. The foliage of Peaches and Nectarines must be washed with 

 the syringe frequently after the crop Is gathered, and all the air possible admitted. 

 Cucumbers and Melons must be kept well thinned out ; the former should be 

 stopped regularly at one joint beyond the fruit. The fruit-bearing laterals of the 

 melons must be allowed to grow, and the others nipped off as fast as they make 

 their appearance. Keep both well supplied with water, and give air early in the 

 morning, to give the foliage a chance of getting dry before the sun acts powerfully 

 upon it. 



