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or they will suffer considerable injury. After they get indoors, the ventilators 

 must be thrown open as wide as possible day and night. Pot off cuttings of hard- 

 wooded plants that are nicely rooted, to give them an opportunity of getting 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 to get thoroughly ripened. 



Stove. — Still maintain a brisk temperature, and give plenty of air, and use 

 less shade than hitherto, to ensure the wood being thoroughly ripened. Shut up 

 early in the afternoon. Encourage winter flowering plants with weak manure- 

 water, and give less water 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 got in 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 get too big, and run to seed directly we get 

 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 Radish. In earthing up 

 Celery, be particularly careful to prevent the soil getting into the hearts. As the 

 Celery makes but little progress after it is earthed up, that operation ought not to 

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

 Shalots as they complete their growth. Give Peas, French Beans, and Scarlet 

 Runners liberal supplies of manure-water where practicable. 



Fruit Garden. — Regulate and train the growth of wall and espalier tree3, so 

 that it has free exposure to the light and air, to enable it to get thoroughly ripened. 

 Let the above and pyramids have a thorough wash overhead frequently, to keep 

 them clean find fresh. There must be no more stopping after this ; but, 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 good strong runners are 

 planted, they will form strong crowns this autumn, and bear a good crop next 

 season. To plant Strawberries in October or spring, as is commonly practised, is 

 simply a waste of the ground thej- occupy for the first year. 



Forcing. — Prepare the materials for making fresh Mushroom-beds, and spawn 

 those made last month. Vines swelling their fruit must have a moist, growing 

 atmosphere. Muscats must have a temperature five degrees higher than that 

 required for the Hambro's. Give plenty of air to houses in which the crops are 

 ripe, but nail coarse canvas over all openings, to keep the flies and wasps out. 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 tho- 

 rough syiinging two or three times a day. Sow Cucumbers for winter bearing 

 about the middle of the month. Thin out the growth of those 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 pro- 

 perly supplied with water at this stage ; for, if they get dry at the roots, the fruit 

 will split in all directions as soon as the plants are supplied with water. 



Fine-Foliage Plants for Rooms. — The coloured-leaved Draccenas, such 

 as T. terminalis, I). Cooperi, and D. ferrea, will do well in rooms through 

 the summer ; but they need artificial warmth in the winter and spring, to enable 

 them to make a new growth for the following season. The green-leaved species 

 that do well in the temperature of a living room, are D. Australis, D. indivisa, and 

 ID. YeitcMi, all of which have an elegant habit ; Pandanus graminifolius has 

 a peculiarly elegant appearance, and the foliage is quite destitute of spines. This is 

 useful for placing upon brackets. Aralia Sieboldii, is perfectly hardy, therefore 

 there need not be any fear of its not doing well. Fieus elasticus and Acacia 

 lophantha are two well-known subjects that do well in rooms. Cannas, in all 

 sizes, make charming subjects for your purpose. They can be preserved in 

 a dry cellar through, the winter, and they will start anywhere in the spring. 



