316 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
the month is a capital time for making fresh plantations, Let the ground be well 
manured and trenched, and a moist situation selected if possible. 
FRUIT? GARDEN. 
Raspberries, and Currant and Gooseberry bushes, may be planted towards the 
end of the month. Gather Apples and Pears as fast as they are sufficiently 
advanced. Keep the early and late ripening varieties as far apart as practicable, 
to prevent |the exhalations arising from the former interfering with the keeping 
qualities of the latter. Trench and prepare fruit borders for planting as soon as 
possible, so that there may be no loss of time in planting the trees. 
GREENHOUSE AND CONSERVATORY, 
House at once every description of plants requiring shelter under glass duriag 
the winter. This is particularly necessary in the case of Azaleas, Camellias, 
Epacris, and other hard-wooded plants. Primulas for early flowering will be 
materially benefited by being placed in a genial growing temperature of 40°, later 
batches will make good progress in a temperatnre five degrees lower ; avoid a damp 
atmosphere. Dry off Cannas and Fuchsias ready for wintering in a dry outhouse, 
where they can be securely protected from frost. Incase of damp weather towards 
the end of the month, apply a little fire-heat, early in the day, to dry up the damp- 
ness, and change the air within the house. 
STOVE, 
All except the winter-flowering plants will hav: completed their growth, and, 
therefore, require less heat and moisture than hitherto. Huphorbias, Thyrsacanthus, 
Poinsettias, flowering Begonias, Luculias, and Gesneras, must have every encourage- 
ment to enable them to complete their growth quickly. The temperature of the 
orchid-house must also be considerably reduced, and Cattlevas and Dendrodes have 
very little water. 
HORTICULTURAL AFFAIRS. 
SHE EXHIBITION OF FRUIT, announced to be held at the Royal 
g| Aquarium, Westminster, on October 4, has, at the last moment, been 
abandoned. It was anticipated that this would have been the most 
important exhibition of fruit that has been held in the Metropolis for 
many years past, and it is much to be regretted that it should have 
been found necessary to abandon it. 
Tae Dunpee InternationaL HorticuLturaL Exurition, on September 7, 8, 
and 9, proved, we are glad to say,a splendid success. Upwards of £1000 was 
offered in prize-money, in addition to severai gold and silver medals, and the com- 
petition in the two hundred and odd classes was very spirited. The grapes formed 
unquestionably the most important feature of the exhibition, for of these there were 
no less than 400 bunches, all more or less good. The heaviest bunch of white 
grapes was that of the Calabrian Raisin, exhibited by Mr. Curror, of Eskbank, 
which weighed 15 Ib. 2 oz.; and the heaviest bunch of black grapes was the cluster 
of Alicante, weighing 10 1b. 2 oz., exhibited by Mr. Dickson, of Arkeleton. The 
exhibition was opened by the Earl of Strathmore, and during the three days it 
remained open tlie show was visited by no less than 32,000 persons, and the sum 
of £1060 was taken at the gates. In addition, £340 were received in the form of 
subscriptions, and £300 as donations ; the total sum received amounting to £1700. 
Tue Second AnNvuAL Exursition or Insects in Paris was held, in the course 
of last month, in the Orangery of the Tuileries. Classes were added for showing 
hand-implements of all kinds-in use in horticulture, particularly those used in the 
destruction of insects, 
Mr. B. S. Witttams’s admirable work on tender * Ornamental-leayed Plants ” 
has very quickly reached a second edition, and the author has taken advantage of 
