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ter, lift them and lay them nearly up to the neck in 

 the earth. Lift onions, and lay them out to win on 

 a dry border or gravel-walk. Lift potatoes and store 

 them; 



Fruit Trees^ fc. — Finish the summer pruning and 

 training. Assist the maturing of the fruit, and, what 

 is equally important, the ripening of the young wood 

 for next year, of peaches and nectarines^ on hot walls, 

 with fires during the day. Gather and lay up in the 

 fruit-room with care the autumnal sorts of apples and 

 pears. In the first week, plant strawberries for a main 

 crop next season. 



Forcing. — Take care that late crops of melons and 

 cucumbers be not injured by damping, from getting too 

 much water and too little air. In the pinery, the usual 

 routine of cultivation may be carried on ; in the first 

 week take off and pot all strong suckers, if not done in 

 the middle of kst month; the remainder may be taken 

 ofi" at the end of the month, and planted in old tan in 

 a frame or pit prepared for that purpose : in this way 

 they will be found to keep much better over the winter, 

 and to be better supplied with roots than if they had 

 been potted, which ought never to be done after this 

 season. Expel damp, and assist the ripening of late 

 crops of grapes and peaches with fires during the day. 

 Prune early grape-vines and peaches. 



Green-Jiouse, Conservatory^ ^e. — All repairs of paint- 

 ing or glazing ought to be finished by the first week, 

 as many plants will require to be taken into the houses 

 by the 20th of the month; in ordinary seasons, com- 

 paratively few green-house plants can be trusted in the 

 open air after this period. Pelargoniums and half- 

 hardy green-house plants may be kept in frames or in 



