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CALENDAR OF OP I. RATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 



soil is geltiiig very dry. The 

 common run of Fuchsias of the 

 ordinary size, and not particular 

 sorts, may be put under the stage 

 of the greenhouse, or in some of 

 the pits, or anywhere else out of 

 the way of frost and wet, all 

 through the winter. Cuttings of 

 Fuchsias may be taken and struck ; 

 cuttings already struck may be 

 potted off singly in small pots ; 

 others that have filled their pots, 

 and are in good growing order, 

 may be shifted. 



Geraniums. — Cuttings that have 

 struck may be potted off in sixty- 

 sized pots, and placed in pits or 

 on shelves in the greenhouse. 

 Those potted off last month, if 

 not stopped before, may have 

 their tops pinched off, to make 

 them throw out side- shoots. The 

 larger plants must be stopped 

 wherever they are growing too 

 fast. Let them have good growing 

 room, for if they are cramped 

 they cannot grow handsome. 

 Some branches may be growing 

 out of shape ; such branches must 

 be shortened. Examine all the i 

 drainages to see they are quite 

 clear, and if not repot the plants. 



Kennedyas, and many other 

 climbing plants, require occasion- 

 ally to be unwound from their 

 trellisf s and pruned. A good deal 

 of old wood can occasionally be 

 removed, and plenty of strong 



young growth left to cover the 

 trellis again. In retaining those 

 that have been undone make 

 sure of the bottom portion being 

 covered, and if you can only go 

 upwards a few inches there is 

 never any difficulty in covering 

 the upper portion. If climbing 

 plants want shifting, it is a trouble- 

 some job, unless they are cut down 

 very much, or left exactly as they 

 are, and can be shifted witli their 

 trellis covered as it is. Chmbing 

 plants running up pillars, or 

 planted out in the conservatory or 

 greenhouse, may be cut in and 

 regulated, so that the branches 

 sliall not be hanging about. You 

 may strike all the cuttings. 



Thrips. — These are troublesome 

 little pests, and require to be kept 

 under, or they soon render the 

 plants shabby. In the case of 

 choice plants, and those having 

 moderately large leaves, it is quite 

 desirable to look over them, and 

 crush all of the insects that can be 

 seen with the finger and thumb, 

 then fumigate twice in close 

 succession, and ply the syringe 

 freely atterwards. Plenty of food 

 at the root, and a damp w^arm 

 atmosphere, are fatal conditions 

 to both the thrips and red spider, 

 which can only multiply in a dry 

 atmosphere, and chiefly attack 

 plants whose growth is becoming 

 exhausted. 



