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om ~ AUGUST. : 
» Tue flower-borders must be frequently 1 veedéd during this month, 7 
“ great care being taken to preven: the weeds from rivening their seed. 4 
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The vacant places made by plants that have flowered, and have had 
their stalks cut down, may be now _ generally. supplied by greenhouse ~ 
plants, such as Mesembryanthemums, &c.; or by pots of. Thunberzia 
alata, Schizanthus retusus, Hy brid calceolarias, &c., which have been 
_ prageced purposely for filling up blanks. A number of German Stocks 
_ Asters, which have been. provided in pots, may now be planted 
among the pinks which have done flowering, and they will produce an 
7 excellent effect. The Evergreens in the shrubberies may be pruned so 
as to prevent them from touching each other; and those seeds that are 
ripe may be geatherake The bulbs of Crown Imperials and Lilies are 
_ planted. The gravel walks should be frequently rolled and swept, and — a 
~ the turf regularly mown every week, to render the grass fine. The . 
Al dead flowers should also be i oa oae ° taken off, as sae as they appear. * 
SEPTEMBER. 
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TuE operations of August are continued, with the addition of begin- 
ning to take up the greenhouse plants towards the close of the month. 
Some ate left in the ground all the winter, coverings being made for 
them of .various kinds. The seeds of the Californian annuals are és 
sown on some waste ground to stand the winter, whence they may be 
‘removed in spring to beds properly prepared for them. The half-hardy 
* plants, which are still in flower, are lightly covered with furze branches, 
or worsted netting, at night, when frost is apprehended; sticks being ~ ~~ © 
placed to support the netting over the plants. Some gardeners do not 
cut their box-edgings till this month, when they clip them with shears; > 
. but this is a bad practice, as the leaves which have been injured by the 
shears retain the marks till the following May; and weak plants are s 
. frequently killed, or the lower part of their stalks rendered bare. — 
OCTOBER. 
Buss of Hyacinths, Sg: ‘are, planted in pots. Anemones are also 
planted in beds. The dead leaves of trees and shrubs are swept up and 
laid in heaps to decay for vegetable mould. The Dahlias which have | 
been killed by the frost, have a tubers taken up and laid tc dry ; 
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