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CALENDAR. 



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answer the purpose of blanching. Let- 

 tuce may be planted out in large quan- 

 tities at the base of walls, on sloping 

 banks, and other sheltered positions. 

 Seed may yet be sown to come in for 

 a first plantation in March ; thinning 

 the plants out when they are likely 

 to become crowded is necessary ; sow 

 handy kinds. Leeks will now be much 

 benefited by a good soaking of manure- 

 water. The whole ground should be 

 moistened, and where they are in drills 

 earth should be drawn to the plants; 

 blanching is always desirable with them. 

 Onions may be lifted as soon as they 

 are ready ; they should be kept as dry 

 as possible, clearing oflf all the tops, and 

 selecting the finely-formed bulbs (suit- 

 able for keeping) from those to be used 

 up first should have attention. Onions 

 keep well when tied to sticks and hung 

 up where they can be kept thoroughly 

 dry and cool ; when they are spread out 

 they require to be turned frequently till 

 their refuse is all thoroughly cleared 



FORCING D 



Pines. — Smooth Cayennes, and other 

 varieties that are most suitable for au- 

 tumn and winter supply, will now be 

 swelling rapidly, and should have every 

 encouragement and attention. A top- 

 dressing of horse-droppings will assist 

 in stimulating them, and in keeping 

 them uniformly moist at the root. 

 "Water them with weak guano -water 

 every time they require watering, and 

 keep the atmosphere moist by frequent- 

 ly sprinkling the paths of the pinery. 

 Shut up early in the afternoon, with 

 sun-heat to a temperature of 90" for a 

 time, allowing it to fall to 75° by 10 

 o'clock P.M. Syringe them overhead at 

 shutting-up time, when the weather is 

 bright, but avoid the crowns as much 

 as possible with the syringe ; for if much 

 moisture is allowed to lodge about them, 

 it causes them to grow large and un- 

 sightly. Late Queens that are colour- 

 ing should have a free circulation of 

 warm dry air about them, and be kept 

 dry at the root. Should more ripen at 

 one time than are required, lemove the 

 plants to a cool dry room, where they 

 will keep in good condition for two or 

 three weeks, and so keep up a succession 

 of fruit. Now is a good time to put in 

 a second lot of suckers, from plants which 

 have ripened and are ripening their fruit. 

 Pot them into 6- and 7-inch pots, ac- 

 cording to their sizes; use a turfy loam, 

 mixing in a few half -inch bones, and 



away. Peas will now be in great abund- 

 ance ; late crops may require to be net- 

 ted to keep them from the attacks of 

 birds. French Beans and Scarlet Run- 

 ners should have timely attention with 

 protection, as frost may be expected ; 

 hoops and mats will save them from 5° 

 to G° of frost ; frames placed over a 

 healthy bearing lot will keep them far 

 into the season. Spinach will require 

 to be well hoed, and not allowed to 

 become matted ; water with lime-water 

 for grubs. A good store of Parsley 

 should be on hand, and a lot in a posi- 

 tion where protection can be given in 

 winter. Potatoes for seed should be 

 hardened in the sun before they are 

 stored; medium-sized tubers are best 

 for that purpose. Turnips to stand 

 the winter should not stand crowded ; 

 keep the hoe going among them as 

 long as can be done. Keep up sowings 

 of small Salad in g. Protect Ghirkins ; 

 ridge Cucumbers and Tomatoes in time. 

 M. T. , 



EPARTMENT. 



about a 6 -inch potful of fresh soot to 

 a barrowful of soil. Plunge them in a 

 moderate bottom-heat, and keep them 

 at about 70°. If the soil is moist when 

 they are potted, water will not be 

 necessary till they have formed roots an 

 inch long. Dew them lightly overhead 

 every fine day when shut up, and give 

 air more liberally after they have rooted 

 and commenced to grow, and avoid 

 crowding them in the bed. The stock 

 of plants that are intended to start into 

 fruit at the commencement of the year, 

 will now require careful management. 

 Water must be judiciously and sparing- 

 ly applied, especially if the weather be 

 dull and sunless. 'No more should be 

 given than is sufiicient to keep them 

 from Euflfering either from aridity of 

 atmosphere or over -dryness of soil. 

 Give a liberal supply of air on fine days. 

 By the end of the month they should 

 be in as complete a state of rest as is 

 possible. 65° will be a night tempera- 

 ture sufficiently high to begin October 

 with, and it should be gradually lowered 

 to this as the nights lengthen and be- 

 come more cold. Those plants that are 

 intended to start next spring, as a suc- 

 cession to those just referred to, and 

 that are not now so forward, require to 

 be encouraged to grow more freely for 

 another month at least, and consequent- 

 ly require to be kept more moist, and 

 be shut up with more heat on the after- 



