360 Monthly Calendar. 



MONTHLY CALENDAR 



OF 



HORTICULTURE AND FLORICULTURE, 



FOR SEPTEMBER. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape Vines, in the green-house or grapery, will now have ripened 

 their fruit, and will be maturing their wood. Trim off the laterals, and 

 pick off ail decayed leaves. Give a plenty of air, so that the wood 

 will get well ripened. 



Strawberry beds may yet be made; for directions, see Vol. I, p. 299, 

 and the current volume. 



Grape Vines in the open air. These will now be coloring their fruit. 

 Trim away the lateral branches, and keep the vines thin of wood. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Mignonnette seeds should now be sown for a spring crop. 



Gilia tricolor: seeds of this beautiful plant should be sown, if wanted 

 in pots. 



Schizanthuses : sow the seeds this month, and the plants will bloom 

 freely in the spring. 



Chrysanthemums must be kept well watered, occasionally using liquid 

 manure. 



Roses may still be budded. 



Green-house plants : these should now be potted so that they may 

 get established in the pots befoi'e they are taken in. 



Dahlias should be kept well fastened up to the stakes, as the winds, 

 which are generally prevalent this month, are apt to break them down. 

 Trim away all superfluous wood, and when the buds are very nume- 

 rous, thin them out ; good specimens of flowers may be procured in this 

 way. 



Pceony roots should be separated and set out this month. 



Herbaceous plants of all sorts may be safely removed this month. 



Pink Pipings may be put in with success this month; make new beds, 

 and set out those put in in July. 



Annual flower seeds, of several sorts, should be sown this month; 

 such as larkspurs, clarkias, &c. 



Cyclamen roots: these should now be taken out of the border and 

 potted. 



White lilacs may be set out this month. 



Vegetable Department. 



Earth up celery plants this month. 

 Lettuces : sow these for a winter crop. 

 Spinach: sow this now for a spring crop. 



