SEPTEMBER. 



WORK TO BE DONE IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



Continue the cares of the preceding month 

 weeding, watering, staking, &c. 



Look over the parterres and shrubberies, in order 

 to renew or repair whatever may be deficient. 



Remove herbaceous plants, (if the weather be 

 moist,) from one part of your flower-beds or bor- 

 ders to others, as deficiencies may require ; indeed 

 whether an increase of plants be wanted or not, a 

 separation of the roots, when they become too much 

 united and multiplied, is necessary. 



The outer offsets and weaker slips should be 

 planted in a nursery, apart, until they acquire 

 strength. This is also a good time for propagating 

 by slips and parting of the roots, herbaceous flower- 

 ing plants, Peonies, Flag Irises, &c. Watering will 

 be necessary, if the weather prove dry. 



Plant Crocuses, and all the bulbs named in the 

 calendar of this month, but not Hyacinths, Ranuncu- 

 luses, or Anemones, which would run the risk, from 

 too great forwardness, of being altogether cut off in 

 the flowering seasons. The same caution must be 

 given regarding Tulips, except the early dwarf kind, 

 which may be put down, at the end of the month, 

 in warm situations. If protected during the winter, 

 in the manner before recommended, they will flower 

 in March. 



The following extract, from a Note of Darwin's, 

 may be acceptable to some of my readers : " What 



