CALENDAR — SEPTEMBER. 415 



sheltered situations until the end of October. Pot 

 hyacinths, polyanthus narcissus, and tulips for forcing. 

 The same attention must be given to the propagation 

 of half-hardy green-house plants (see February), as di- 

 rected for last month. Remove stage auriculas to the 

 winter frames about the middle of the month ; also 

 tender alpine plants, keeping the glass-frame shut in 

 wet Aveather. Early in this month replace in the stove 

 all succulents that may have been kept in the green- 

 house or in the open air during the summer months. 



Flotver' Garden., ^c. — Sow in the beginning of this 

 month all half-hardy annuals stated for last month, if 

 not done at that time. Sow also the different species 

 of primula, and the seeds of all such pla-nts, for, if sown 

 in spring, they seldom come up the same season, but 

 if sown in September or October, they vegetate readily 

 in the succeeding spring. Continue the propagation of 

 herbaceous plants, taking off the layers of carnations, 

 pinks, and pansies, and^ putting them into a nursery- 

 bed for the winter. Pot chrysanthemum layers by the 

 end of the month. Keep all dahlias and tall herba- 

 ceous plants properly staked and tied up, as they are 

 very liable to be broken by high winds at this season. 

 The same attention must be 'given to the cleaning and 

 dressing of this department as directed for the former 

 months. Plant evergreens; make layers, and put in 

 cuttings of most of the hard-wooded sorts of shrubby 

 plants, about the middle and end of the month, as many 

 will succeed better at that season than if these opera- 

 tions were delayed to a later period. 



