250 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



French Beans, and Scarlet Runners liberal supplies of manure-water 

 where practicable. 



Pruit Garden". — Regulate and train the growth of wall and 

 espalier trees, 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 and 

 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 plan- 

 tations 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 they occupy 

 for the first year. 



Conservatory. — This structure must have a thorough cleansing 

 at once, so as to be in readiness for the reception of the hard-wooded 

 stuff when required. All the wood-work should have a thorough 

 scrubbing with soft soap and warm water, and the walls be washed 

 over with hot lime. All painting ought to be finished at once, so as 

 to allow plenty of time for the effluvium arising from it to evaporate 

 before the plants are housed. There is no danger of frost yet, but 

 if we get much wet weather during the month, choice, delicate- 

 rooted plants, like Leschenaultias, Heaths, Genetyllis, etc., must be 

 removed indoors, to have protection from the wet, 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-wooried plants that are nicely rooted, to give them an oppor- 

 tunity 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 

 iutended 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 insure 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. 



Forctkg. — 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 thorough syringing 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 



