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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER. 



to aid the development of their 

 flowers. When they are taken 

 into a greenliouse at this season 

 for the sake of their blossoms 

 during the following montlis, it 

 must b.^ seen that they do not in 

 any way damage less hardy plants, 

 which they are apt to do if their 

 decaying parts, especially the parts 

 of the fading flowers, are not 

 sedulously removed. 



Cinerarias should be kept grow- 

 ing. Shift them as they require, 

 and if they can be accommodated 

 in a pit, where frost can be warded 

 off. so much the better, until they 

 are nearly in bloom. If not, 

 they must be put on the front 

 shelves in the greenhouse, near 

 the glass. 



Fuchsias in pots will now be 

 getting out of bloom. They may 

 stand exposed to the weather as 

 long as frost keeps off, and even 

 afterwards throughout the day- 

 time, though protected at night. 

 In this way they will become well 

 ripened in the wood, which will 

 throw off the leaves, and continue 

 bare through the winter. 



Geraniums continue growing all 

 the winter. If they are wanted 

 for very early blooming the shoots 

 must not be again topped ; but if 

 they are to form good bushy 

 plants to flower at the ordinary 

 season, the young shoots must all 

 be topped as soon as tliey have 

 grown about a couple of inches 



in length, and this must be con- 

 tinued for two or three months to 

 come. 



Insects. — As soon as the plants 

 are all housed and arranged for 

 the winter the house should be 

 well fumigated, to destroy what- 

 ever insects may be lodged among 

 the plants. Choose a dull cloudy 

 day or night for this fumigation, 

 and have it done twice on succeed- 

 ing days, in order that it may be 

 effectual. After this the plants 

 must be well washed with the 

 syringe or engine, and the extra 

 dampness thus produced carried- 

 off by opening the house as much 

 as possible the next mild day, 

 aiding the evaporation, if neces- 

 sary, by a gentle fire in conjunction 

 with the ventilation. 



Many persons find that there is 

 a disagreeable green tint comes 

 on the top of the soil on their 

 potted plants in the houses, and 

 this is generally the fault of the 

 water they use. When this is the 

 case they had better make an 

 alteration. Kain water is always 

 the best under any cii'cumstances. 

 Every rea^ionable expense should 

 be cheerfully incurred to save all 

 that can be caught, and none 

 other should be used while a drop 

 is to be had. In greenhouses and 

 hothouses all the water from the 

 roof should be caught and brought 

 inside, that it may be always of 

 the same temperature. 



