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THE GARDENER. 



[Oct, 



but they should not be over-potted. 

 Turnips for late supply should be kept 

 clean and well hoed. A. good breadth 

 of Celery should be earthed up to keep 

 supplies according to the demand. If 

 the crop should be growing on poor 

 light laud, a good soaking of manure- 

 water might be given at the roots the 

 day before earthing is performed. Rhu- 

 barb and Seakale should have the de- 

 caying leaves taken away ; and where 

 there is plenty of roots to force, a stock 

 of the ripest may be got ready. For 

 the first supply we have always found 

 Prince Albert answer admirably. The 



advantages of a cellar to force Seakale 

 in are great; no artificial heat being 

 required, the ])roduce is very crisp 

 and tender. Mushrooms also do well 

 in the same quarters. All garden- 

 work should be advanced now as far 

 as possible, draining, laying of Box, 

 renewing the Herb-ground, gravelling, 

 &c., should have attention as early as 

 possible, (let manure wheeled on va- 

 cant ground to be trenched or dug 

 down. Cut off Asparagus tops as they 

 become yellow. Keep the beds clean, 

 and lift roots for forcing. Sow more 

 French Beans in pots. 



FORCING DEPARTMENT. 



Pines.— Early -potted suckers will 

 now be well rooted and established ; 

 and, where there are light pine pits, 

 any of them that are likely to become 

 pot-bound by February may have a 

 shift into pots a size larger, and be en- 

 couraged to grow for the next month. 

 This is especially desirable if there is 

 a scarcity of stock for ripening fruit 

 next autumn, for these early suckers, 

 if not overshifted, can be got into fruit 

 for next autumn. In ordinary cases, 

 where these remarks do not apply, the 

 night temperature for well - rooted 

 suckers should not range higher than 

 from 60° to 65° according as the nights 

 are cold or mild. The bottom-heat 

 should not range higher than from 75° 

 to 80°; and with the decline of sun- 

 shine and heat, the moisture, both in 

 the soil and air, requires to be lessened. 

 Succession stock intended for starting 

 in January keep in a comparative state 

 of rest for the next three months; 60° 

 at night is heat sufficient for these, 

 with a bottom-heat the same as re- 

 commended for established suckers. 

 Give air by day when the temperature 

 exceeds 70'', so that it does not rise to 

 an exciting degree. It is seldom that, 

 in beds of tan or leaves, these require 

 water at the root throughout the 

 winter ; and if the plunging material 

 is not resting firmly against the pots 

 and reaching to their rims, it should 

 be made to do so now, for the less 

 water they require the Isetter, and if 

 loosely plunged they are more likely 

 to become over dry. This is especially 

 applicable to those having pipes under 

 the tan or leaves. Where fruit are swell- 

 ing off keep the atmosi)here with the 

 temperature ranging at 70° at night. 



Shut these up early in the afternoon 

 with sun heat, so that the temperature 

 for a time reaches to 85°. Attend 

 carefully to these with water, and 

 never allow them to become over dry, 

 but just keep the soil steadily moist, 

 and water with weak guano water 

 when they require any. See that they 

 have a steady bottom-heat of about 

 85°. When there are no pipes for bot- 

 tom-heat, see that the heat in the bed 

 does not decline suddenly, as it often 

 does towards the end of this month; 

 and if it does decline, fork in some 

 fresh tan, and replunge the pots to 

 their rims in it. Suckers of smooth 

 Cayennes and other winter sorts that 

 are sufficiently advanced should be de- 

 tached from the parent plants and 

 potted, and otherwise treated as direc- 

 ted for suckers last month. Ripe 

 fruit, if removed to a dry room, will 

 keep in good condition for weeks on 

 the plants at this season. 



Vines. — Late Crapes intended to 

 hang through the winter should be 

 perfectly ripe by the beginning of this 

 month. But if in any case they are 

 not, assist their ripening with fire-heat 

 and a free circulation of warm air. 

 All Grapes that have been ripe for 

 some time will require to be looked 

 over twice or thrice weekly, and any 

 bad berries cut out of them. On fine 

 days after damp ones, put a little heat 

 into pipes, and air freely to expel 

 damp, but keep the ventilators closed 

 on damp drizzly days to exclude 

 damp, and keep everything about the 

 vineries dry and clean. In wet local- 

 ities let ail the outside borders of 

 vineries where Grapes ai'e hanging be 

 protected thoroughly from rains, and if 



