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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 



tenants have been killed to the 

 f^round, or so damaged that we 

 must remove them. First cut 

 down everything that is past its 

 beauty, and a blemish; rake off' 

 all the decayed L-aves, stems, and 

 flowers, so that the border may j 

 be at least clear; then bring forth 

 your dwarf shrubs, and place tliera 

 about the borders where there U ' 

 7"oom for them, looking Avell to I 

 the diversification of the various , 

 kinds, and providing fur the best ! 

 effect. Now, liaving made up ! 

 your mind where they will look , 

 best, plunge the pots into the ■ 

 ground, covering the rims that | 

 they may not be seen, and regu- 

 lating the surface of the ground 

 as you proceed, that the border 

 may look highly finished, and the 

 garden complete, alihough not so 1 

 full of flowers. This winter dress- ! 

 ing is highly appropriate for geo- : 

 metrical gardens, but the shrubs : 

 should be all planted uniformly. If i 

 there are Hollies, let all the bed ! 

 lie alike, or else the sorts diver- 1 

 sified in a uniform mannei'. If 

 the circles of beds are six, let j 

 three be alike, and the other three | 

 alike ; if the circle be eight, let 

 four be alike, and the other four 

 alike, however different the threes 

 and the fours may be from each 

 oiher. This is worth attention, 

 and there is yet room for the dis- 

 play of taste. 



Michaelmas Daisies, or tall Asters 

 of all the kinds, should be sup- 

 ported, if in exposed situations : 

 a stake driven down the middle, 

 and bass matting tied from it 

 round the stems, so that the 

 branches may be tidy. 



Pansies may still be planted in 

 beds, and potted in sixty- sized 

 pots, to be framed all the winter. 

 The cuttings of such as we are 

 anxious to propagate may be 



struck, but they should be put 

 in pans to be covered with hand- 

 glasses, and placed on a little 

 bottom heat, because the alterna- 

 tions of suu and frost Avould en- 

 danger them if exposed to the 

 weather; besides, the bottom lieat 

 facilitates the stiiking. The potted 

 plants must be put in the cold 

 frame or pit, near the ghiss, and 

 when the pots fill with roots 

 shifted to larger. These may in 

 the course of the winter be for- 

 ward enough to occupy sixteen- 

 sized pots, and briu'^ early spring 

 flowers as fine as in tiie open 

 ground. 



Perennials that have done 

 flowering may be parted, and 

 planted out in nursery-beds. A 

 great number of herbaceous plants 

 come under this definition. "Where 

 any have grown into patches too 

 large fur the place, they especially 

 require attention ; the patches 

 may be removed altogether and 

 parted, to be leplanted ; or, if you 

 desire to retain a patch, chop some 

 off' wherever it can be best spared, 

 or all round it, and leave only as 

 much as you require. 



Seedling plants of any kind, not 

 yet disposed of, may be planted 

 out if hardy, and poited if tender. 



Tender Plants in Borders and 

 Beds. — All the kinds of plants 

 that will not stand the winter out 

 of doors, and are required to be 

 preserved, sJiould be taken up and 

 potted, and headed in, to be kept 

 through tlie winter: the cuttings 

 taken off may be struck for next 

 year's stock. Fuchsias require a 

 good deal of cutting down ; Ver- 

 benas want cutting in. You can 

 hardly have too large a stock of 

 all bedding-out plants, so that you 

 should make all the plants you 

 can of the cuttings. All the plants 

 that can be spared should be left 



