CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FUR SEPTEMBER. 



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its destructive effects, even if 

 you cannot save the whole 

 plant. 



General Affairs. — Cut down the 

 decaying stems of all plants out 

 of flower ; hoe and rake the bor- 

 ders, to clear away all weeds and 

 leaves, and large stones ; roll the 

 gravel walks after rain, and always 

 keep them clear of weeds; con- 

 tinue to mow the lawn as long as 

 the grass grows. Prepare all the 

 frames for the recaption of their 

 winter tenants, by clearing the 

 ground on wliich they stand, and 

 brushing or washing out the wood- 

 work inside, so as to disturb tlie 

 eggs of insects. Tlie Box edgings 

 have done growing, so that if 

 necessai-y some coidd he removed, 

 but the principal alterations in 

 gardens begin next month. Tie 

 up Chrysanthemums in the open 

 ground, and remove the potted 

 plants into the houses or frames. 

 Potted annuals past their bloom 

 shotild be turned out, and the pots 

 cleaned and put away. The earth 

 from pots shotild be all placed 

 together in a heap ; it is generally 

 of great use to mix with other 

 composts. 



Germiiiims in the Borders and 

 Beds should have cuttings taken, 

 that may be struck and grown 

 slowly through the winter, for 

 bedding out in spring, and any of 

 the old planted out ones that are 

 worth saving should be taken up 

 and potted, to go into frames or 

 the greenhouse foi- the winter. 

 Those struck now should have 

 their tops pinched off directly 

 they have struck i-oot and begin 

 to grow, because tbe.v ought to be 

 kept stocky and short. They must 

 have but little wafer during the 

 winter, and be covered up, if in 

 frames, to keep out the fi-ost, for 

 the garden depends much on a 



supply of these plants in the 

 sirring. 



Hardy Annuals. — We do not 

 mean those usually called hardy, 

 because some of them will not 

 stand a frost; but such as will 

 may be sown to come forward in 

 enrly spring. Self-sown annuals 

 suggest this, because they sow 

 themselves by dropping when ripe, 

 and it is at least the natural season 

 for all hardy seeds. 



Lilies, Crown Imperials, and 

 other soft scaly bulbs, may now 

 be removed carefully, for they 

 wi'l not bear to remain out of the 

 ground long enough to dry, as 

 they begin to get weaker. It is 

 an early time for bulbs in general, 

 hut those planted, or merely I'e- 

 moved from one place to another 

 pretty quickly, take no liai-m. The 

 scaly bulbs are impoited in sand, 

 or placed in sand immediately on 

 their arrival, and if now procured 

 should be planted forthwith. 



Managtment of Flower-beds, d:c. 

 — Al)0Ut the end of September 

 gardens look deplorable if there 

 lias been a sharp frost, and there 

 must be something done to make 

 them decent. By a very simple 

 provision a wonderful improve- 

 ment may be made in their ap- 

 pearance. There is nothing more 

 easily managed than dwarf ever- 

 greens in pots ; they may be 

 potted very small, and kept in 

 a common bed in the young 

 state, and shifted from time to 

 time as they grow older. Of 

 the dwarf plants best suited to 

 the purpose we are about to use 

 them for, we may mention Lau- 

 restinus, Arbor-vitce, Red Cedar, 

 Pthododendron, Kalmia, Andro- 

 meda, Yew, Bos, Holly, and Ber- 

 beris aquifolia. We are looking 

 upon the desolate borders and 

 flower - beds, whose oruamejitul 



