IN INDIAN SUMMERS 



amounts to deformity, and greatly impairs the value of Sept. 

 the crop. Second growth is very common in a wet ^~^5 

 September, and it is the liability of it which makes lifting 

 as soon after maturity as possible advisable. 



Spinach sown a few weeks ago ought now to be up, 

 and ready for thinning. The plants should be left quite 

 clear of each other, or they will get crowded and run 

 to seed. 



Tomatoes. — Accelerate the development of outdoor 

 Tomatoes by reducing the foliage on the lower part of 

 the plants and round the fruit. Individual fruits that 

 have grown to a satisfactory size may be removea and 

 ripened off the plant, either on a window ledge, or in 

 a box in a cellar. Plants on which the fruits have 

 swollen evenly, and are large enough, may be taken up 

 bodily, and hung head downwards in a cool, clean out- 

 house. The fruit will colour quite well there. If winter 

 Tomatoes are wanted, cuttings may be struck now. A 

 warm house will be needed for the plants. 



SEPTEMBER— Third and Fourth Weeks Sept. 



T- 16-30 



Flowers 



Arum Lilies. — Plants in the garden that have been 

 checked by being cut round with a spade will be ready 

 to lift now. They should be potted as fast as they are 

 taken up, as if left lying about they might get dry and 

 sustain a check which would cost them all their foliage. 

 In any case they are apt to lose a leaf or two, but that is 

 of no great consequence. The small plants may go into 

 5-inch pots, the larger into 6-inch or 7-inch. Fibrous 

 loam, with a quarter of decayed manure or leaf mould, 

 and some sand, will suit them. They may be kept rather 

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