480 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Straioberry beds will require a final hoeing and weeding for the season, 

 during the month, and preparatory to being slightly covered next month. 



Currant, Goaeberry, and Rasfherry bushes may be set out this month. 



Fruit trees of all kinds may be safely removed during the whole of the 

 month : it will be for the benefit of the trees if the ground is prepared as 

 early as possible by a thorough trenching or digging. 



Peach trees recently budded will require atteation to see that the liga- 

 tures are not girdling the trees. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias. — The first severe frost will destroy the dahlias, and the roots 

 should be taken up immediately after. We even prefer to teke up young 

 roots when the tops are quite green : if very severe frosts occur, the stem is 

 often damaged so far down as to endanger the death of the roots before 

 spring. Take up on a dry day, and place in the cellar. 



Japan Lilies may now be placed under the stage of the greenhouse, or 

 in the cellar, placing the pots on their sides. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi, and similar bulbs, may be planted this 

 month. 



Ixias, Sparaxis, Oxalises, &c. should all be potted this month. 



Pelargoniums will soon require to be removed to the greenhouse. Cut- 

 tings not potted oflf should be attended to at once. 



Roses planted out in the borders during the summer should now be taken 

 up and potted. Young cuttings should also be potted ofl?. Old plants in- 

 tended for forcing should be repotted if not already done. Layers of hardy 

 kinds should be taken up and placed in a frame, where they can receive 

 protection. Hardy varieties may be safely transplanted this month in the 

 open border. 



Azaleas should be removed to the greenhouse. 



Achimenes of the different sorts, now done flowering, may have the tops 

 cut down, and the pots placed away under the stage. 



Gloxinias and gesneras may have the same treatment as the achimenes. 



Fuchsias done blooming may be placed away under the stage, where it is 

 free from damp. 



Camellias should now be removed to the greenhouse, giving the pots a 

 good washing, and the foliage a thorough cleansing, if possible. 



Verbenas and petunias may now be raised from cuttings, or by potting 

 rooted layers of the former. 



Carnations and picolees should be protected in frames. 



Chrysanthemums should now have occasional waterings with guano. 



Mignonette and Sweet alyssum should be placed on an airy shelf near the 

 glass. 



Abutilons, planted out in the border, should now be taken up and potted. 



Cactuses should now be sparingly watered. 



Herbaceous plants of all kinds can now be successfully transplanted. 



Greenhouse plants of all sorts, planted out in the open ground, or plunged 

 in pots, should now be potted, and prepared for removing to their proper 

 places. 



