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THE GARDENER. 



[Sept. 1879. 



ings of dung-water to trees that are 

 old, and bearing heavily in limited 

 borders ; and when the fruit are ripen- 

 ing use a little fire-heat, and give a 

 free circulation of dry warm air, or 

 the Figs will be insipid. Early plants 

 in pots that have well ripened their 

 wood but not yet shed their leaves 

 may be placed in a warm exposure 

 outdoors. 



Melons. — Apply fire-heat to these 

 so as to keep the night temperature 

 at from 70° to 75°, according to the 

 weather. Be more careful now in 

 giving water to plants that have 

 full - grown but notr ripe fruit on 

 them. After this season the fruit has 

 a tendency to split if too much water 

 be given. Keep ripening fruit dry 

 and warm, and as fully exposed to 

 sun as possible. 



Cucumbers. — Add a little fresh 

 top-dressing of manure to the border 



of any plants that show any signs of 

 exhaustion. Keep up the same tem- 

 perature recommended for Melons. 

 If mildew appears, dust with sulphur, 

 and keep the air a little drier for a 

 time. Plants intended for winter 

 bearing should be planted out by the 

 end of the month : use a rather light 

 rich soil, and not very much of it to 

 begin with. Grow the plants on with 

 a good supply of air and not a too 

 high night temperature, so as to get 

 the plants robust before short dull days 

 arrive. 



Strawberries in Pots. — See last 

 month's directions. If the weather 

 should be bright and dry, they will 

 require good supplies of water. Where 

 plants are making more than one or 

 two crowns, remove the weakest. 

 Keep them free from runners and 

 weeds, and give them plenty of stand- 

 ing room. 



Notices iff Cffrnspffitbents. 



All business communications and all Advertisements should be addressed to 

 the Publishers, and communications for insertion in ' The Gardener ' to David 

 Thomson, Drumlanrig Gardens, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. It will further 

 oblige if all matter intended for publication, and questions to be replied to, 

 be received by the 14th of the month, and written on one side of the paper 

 only. It is also requested that writers forward their name and address, not for 

 publication unless they wish it, but for the sake of that mutual confidence 

 which should exist between the Editor and those who address him. We decline 

 noticing any communication which is not accompanied with name and address 

 of writer. 



Amateur. — The leaves should never be cut off Strawberries. Remove all 

 the runners as soon as the fruit is over, lg cwt. to the acre of nitrate of 

 soda is an excellent manure for Strawberries. For early crops, grow Keen's 

 Seedling ; second early, Garibaldi and President ; for latest, Elton Pine. 



A Subscriber. — Mix phosphoric paste with some mashed Potato, and lay it 

 on pieces of slate in their haunts, and syringe the same with paraffin, at the 

 rate of two wine-glassfulls well mixed with a gallon of water. The common 

 toad introduced into your greenhouse will feast on them. 



Thomas Smith. — The growths you have sent us indicate that the trees have 

 had too much wet, and too little sun. Of course if your trees are, as you say, 

 dying, it will be best to replant. See that the border is well drained, and if 

 possible, add some fresh friable loam to the soil. 



" A Suggestion " and "Kalosanthes " next month. 



EREATA. 

 In our notice of Sir Garnet Wolseley Cucumber last month, we gave the name 

 of the raiser as James Hamilton. It should have been Joseph Hamilton & 

 Son, Carlisle. 



