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from cuttings at the end of the month. It is desirable to get 

 them well established while the days are yet long, and less 

 fire-heat required. 



Strawberries in Pots. These, if shifted into their fruiting- 

 pots last month, will now be growing rapidly, and filling their 

 pots with roots. Give them a liberal supply of water, and 

 occasional watering with dung-water as they get well estab- 

 lished in their pots. See that they are not standing too 

 closely together, preventing a free circulation of air and light 

 about them. They should be placed in an open airy situa- 

 tion. If any portion of the required stock still remain un- 

 shifted, not a day should be lost in getting them into their 

 fruiting -pots. The great point is to obtain well -ripened 

 crowns, and pots as full of roots as they can hold. If they 

 are disposed to root through the pots, lift them occasionally 

 to prevent this. It is best, for this reason, to have them 

 standing on boards or trellis-work, to prevent the roots leaving 

 the pots. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Pines. Smooth Cayennes, and other varieties that are 

 most suitable for autumn and winter supply, will now be 

 swelling rapidly, and should have every encouragement and 

 attention. A top-dressing of horse-droppings will assist in 

 stimulating them, and in keeping them uniformly moist 

 at the root. Water them with weak guano - water every 

 time they require watering, and keep the atmosphere moist. 

 Shut up early in the afternoon, with sun-heat to a tempera- 

 ture of 90 for a time, allowing it to fall to 75 by 10 o'clock 

 P.M. Syringe them overhead at shutting-up time, when the 

 weather is bright, but avoid the crowns as much as possible 

 with the syringe. Give late Queens that are colouring a free 

 circulation of warm dry air about them, and keep them dry 

 at the root. Should more ripen at one time than are re- 



