Horticultural Memoranda. 431 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR SEPTEMBER. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines in the greenhouse will now have fully ripened their fruit, 

 and probably a greater part of it has been cut ; but if any remains, the 

 house should be kept dry and well aired. They will need looking over 

 occasionally to keep off the laterals, which will continue to push from the 

 joint where they were last stopped. Keep the house open in all good 

 weather in order to ripen the wood. Our directions for the management of 

 the vines in the greenhouse last month may now be applied to the cold 

 house, where the fruit will be changing color rapidly, and some of the 

 earlier kinds nearly ripe. Air early and close up in good season at night ; 

 keep the house as dry as possible, especially in dull weather. Vines in 

 the open air should now be divested of all the useless wood not wanted for 

 next year ; this will admit of the wood ripening more freely, and swell it 

 up to good size. 



Strawberry beds may now be made with good success. Have the ground 

 well dug or trenched and manured. Set out the plants, and, if the weather 

 proves dry, give an occasional watering until well established. 



Rnspberry plantations may be made this month with good success. The 

 ground should be well prepared. 



Currant and Gooseberry bushes may be planted this month. 



Peach trees, in pots, should now be placed where they will have an 

 abundance of light and air to well ripen the wood. 



Budding of all hinds should now be completed, as delay now is attended 

 with danger. See to the early budding, that the ties are not girdling any 

 of the rapid growing stocks. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias will now be in full bloom, and will require some attention if 

 good flowers are wanted ; attend to the pruning of the plants and the tying 

 up of the shoots; pick off all small buds, and continue to water every 

 other day over the foliage. 



Pelargoniums should now be repotted ; reduce the old ball and place 

 them in small pots, in a rather light soil. 



Carnations and Picotees. — Layers should now be taken up and potted, 

 using about four inch pots ; where there are considerable quantities they 

 may be placed in a cold frame, and in this way may be wintered with safety. 



Camellias should now be got in readiness for their winter quarters ; the 

 pots should be washed, the soil top-dressed, and the leaves, if dusty, care- 

 fully washed. Seeds should be carefully looked after, or they will drop 

 from the capsules and be lost. They may be planted immediately. 



Ixias and Sparaxis may be planted this month. 



White Japan and other lilies may be planted this month. 



Chrysanthemums should be shifted now, if not already done. Plants 



