400 Horticultural Memoranda for October. 



leaves, so that the sun's rays may ripen their fruit. Prune the vines, 

 now, of the superfluous wood. 



Fruit trees may be trans|)lanted with safety this month. 

 Raspberry vines, gooseberry and currant bushes, may be also trans- 

 planted with safety. 



Strawberry plants, for forcing, may be repotted, if in too small pots. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias: as soon as the frost has destroyed the dahlias, a little earth 

 should be drawn over the crowns of the roots. The tops should not 

 be cut off, as it has a tendency to make the roots start afresh. If se- 

 vere frosts occur towards the latter part of the month, the roots should 

 be taken up. 



Hyacinths may be planted this month; though early in November is 

 a preferable time. 



Tulips may be planted from the first of this month to the end of No- 

 vember. 



Roses, not repotted before, may be shifted now. 



Cactus cuttings may be now put in with success. 



Lilies may now be planted with success. 



PcEonies: no better time could be chosen to separate and remove 

 these plants. 



Perennial plants may be removed w^ith safety. 



Oxalises: the fall flowering kinds should be immediately potted: 

 winter blooming sorts may be also potted. 



Gladioluses, ixias, sparaxises, Sfc. maj' now be potted and placed in 

 a frame. 



Mignonette, in pots, should be carefully watered. 



Stocks, planted in August, should be placed in a frame, where they 

 may be protected through the winter. 



Schizanthuses, sown in August, and potted into thumb pots in 

 Sei)tember, may be repotted this month. 



Geraniums may be propagated with success in a green-house or 

 parlor. 



Ericas may be repotted now, if they require it: pot off" cuttings that 

 are rooted. 



Camellias: all the plants should, on their removal to the green-house, 

 have a top-dressing with proper soil, with the addition of more sand 

 than usual. Wash and syringe the plants, and clear them from all in- 

 sects. If any plants want repotting, it may now be done. 



Erythrina Crista-galli: plants which flowered in September should 

 be cut down, and kept dry till November; if then repotted and put in a 

 stove they will bloom again. 



Azalea cuttings, put in in June, may now be potted off. 



Seeds of rocket larkspurs, Chryseis crocea, coreopsis, and other har- 

 dy annuals, should be sown in patches or beds the latter part of the 

 month; the plants will bloom earlier and finer than if sown in the 

 spring. 



All plants intended for the green-house should be removed into it this 

 month. Let it be well cleaned and all insects destroyed before they are 

 put in. Water carefully at this season. 



