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The treatment of the plants should be a repetition of that recommended 

 last month. 



Conservator If. — While endeavouring to keep up much display here 

 do not neglect the well-being of permanent specimens, which should be 

 afforded a sufficiency of light and room to perfect and ripen their 

 season's growth. Attend to root management where borders and 

 planted out things exist. Do not allow stove or tender plants to 

 remain too long in this structure. After culture much depends on 

 careful treatment while plants remain in flower. 



Cucumbers. — Apply linings to plants in frames, to increase the 

 bottom heat, and as the nights get cold the glass should be protected 

 with mats. Pot on the young plants intended to fruit late, and keep 

 them near the glass. 



Dahlias. — Thinning the shoots and disbudding having been completed, 

 the exhibitor has only to protect such blooms as are required for 

 exhibition. Those that are grown for display in the garden only should 

 have the laterals cut away, or there will be more foliage than bloom. 

 The Dahha is very fine this season ; from what we have already seen 

 it is both good and general. As a bedding-out plant, such as can be 

 seen at the Crystal Palace, or as a flower for exhibition, the Dahlia 

 appears equally in its place, and combined with the duration of its 

 bloom, richness and variety of colours, to say nothing of its matchless 

 form, the Dahlia still stands pre-eminent. 



Hardy Fruit. — The principal point now will be to preserve the 

 fruit from the attacks of wasps, &c. ; Haythorn's hexagonal netting is 

 to our mind the best preventive, as an entire wall can be covered with 

 it. Where the foliage is very abundant remove any which may shade 

 the fruit and prevent their colouring properly. Continue to keep the 

 young wood well tied in. J\lake a practice of getting Peaches, &c., 

 before they are dead ripe, and keep them in a cool room till wanted. 



Hollyhocks. — Piepot those first struck, and continue to put in cuttings 

 as they can be obtained ; a large number of plants can be made 

 generally, if they are begun in time and followed up. After having 

 struck they should not be allowed to become pot bound or they 

 prematurely start for bloom. 



Kitchen Garden. — Finish without delay getting in all winter crops. 

 A few Cauliflowers and Lettuces may be sown the first week for a 

 chance should the earlier sown fail. Sow a good breadth of Winter 

 Spinach, and plant out Coleworts for winter in rich soil. Hoe and 

 clean advancing crops. Earth up Celery only when the plants are dry, 

 and allow them to get a good size before this is done. When any 

 crop is cut or gathered lose no time in cleaning the ground and digging 

 it over. Late Peas must be protected from birds ; and as they ore apt 

 to mildew in dry weather, water them fi-eely. 



Mixed Greenhouse. — This house should now be got in readiness for 

 the reception of its winter inmates, and, if not already done, should be 

 thoroughly cleaned out, and, if necessary, the lights taken off" and 

 painted. When housing the plants guard against overcrowding. ]\Iany 

 things, such as Chrysanthemums, &c., may remain in cold frames or 

 in cool Vineries, which will afford greater space to hard-wooded 



