400 Horticultural Memoranda. 



Raspberry plants may be set out this month; it is a good season to 

 make the new plantations. 



Currant and gooseberry bushes may be set out this month with 

 safety. 



Peach, pear, apple, plum, and other fruit trees, may be set out in 

 Octol)er after the f;ill of the leaves. 



Cherry, plum and peach trees, budded in July and August, should 

 have the binding loosened. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



The Dahlias will prohalHy be cut off by the frost in the early part 

 of the month, as they ranMy escape in the vicinity of Boston beyond 

 the 8th or 10th, and are frecjuently destroyed in September. When 

 the tops are touched with frost, if early in the season, the roots had 

 better remain in the sjround as long as the weather is mild: but if 

 late when cut off, they had better be taken up at once. 

 Oxalis Boioiei, cernua, rosea, ^'C, should be potted now. 



Geranium cuttings, put in in Aiisrust, should be potted off now into 

 No. 1 pots. The old plants should be repotted now, if not done be- 

 fore. 



Chrysanthemums, if not already repotted for the last time, should 

 be attended to iiiunediately. 



Roses may yet lie propagated from cuttings; old plants in the bor- 

 der should be taken up and potted, if wanted for blooming in the 

 winter. 



Chinese primroses should be repotted into the next size pots. 



Camellias will now require attention previous to placinjr tliern in 

 the house for the winter. Let the pots be washed clean, and the sur- 

 face soil taken off, and fresh compost added in its place. 



Verbenas, layered into pots, should be taken up and placed in a 

 frame. 



Mignonette, sown in August, should be carefully watered at this 

 season. 



Cactuses should now be removed to the house, where they will re- 

 quire less water. Grafting may be performed successfully at this 

 season. 



Tulips, hyacinths, and similar hardy spring flowering bulbs, may 

 be planted the latter part of the month. 



Schizanthuses, sown in September, should now be potted off singly 

 in the smallest size pots. 



Hardy perennial plants may be removed this month with safety. 



Annual seeds, such as larkspurs, clarkias, coreopsis, Sic, may be 

 sown the latter part of the month. 



Ixias, sparaxises, <§'C., may be repotted this month. 



Petunias, wanted for flowering durinir winter, should be taken up 

 immediately into small |)ots, selecting- late sown |)lants. 



Green-house plants, of all kinds, should be repotted, pruned and 

 dressed, preparatory to being placed in the house. 



PcBOnies may be removed this month. 



