424 Horticultural Memoranda. 



open airy place, where they will ripen the wood rapidly. Out door grapes 

 will need no further care till the pruning season next month. 



Strawberry beds should be attended to. Keep them clear of weeds and 

 the ground occasionally stirred until cold weather. 



Gooseberry and Currant bushes may be planted at this season with the 

 best success. 



Raspberry plantations may be made now, and they will produce some 

 fruit next season. 



Grape Vines may be transplanted with safety. 



Peach trees budded last month will require looking over to see if the liga- 

 tures are not injuring the buds. 



Fruit trees of all kinds may be planted this month. If the work is well 

 and carefully done, we believe fall planting is preferable to spring. 



Peach, Plum, Cherry, Apple and other fruit tree seeds may be planted 

 this month. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias are now in full bloom, and, since the last rains, they have very 

 rapidly improved. If frost holds off as late as last year, there will be a fine 

 opportunity to see perfect blooms of some of the new sorts. We think it 

 best to take up the roots immediately after the first light frost, and before a 

 hard one ; we are certain the roots keep better. 



Carnations and Picotees of choice kinds should be potted, if not already 

 done, and placed in frames. 



Chrysanthemums will now require an abundant supply of water, and occa- 

 sionally liquid manure or guano. 



Pelargoniums should now be removed to the house, and plu -nl on an airy 

 shelf, near the glass. Scarlet kinds, in the border, should be p^ ^ced now. 



Lilium lancifolium and its varieties should now have their dead tops cut 

 off, and the pots placed away under the stage, till the season for potting, i. 

 December. 



Oxalises should now be brought into the house, and freely watered 



Achimenes, done blooming, should have the dry tops cut off and tb pots 

 placed away in a dry place, and laid on their sides. 



Roses in the open border, of tender kinds, should be potted now it it 

 done last month. Cuttings put in in August should now be potted ^u. 

 Budded roses, of tender sorts, as well as layered ones, should be taken up 

 and potted, and the latter placed in a close frame. 



Mignonette in pots shoujd be kept on an airy shelf near the glass, and 

 sparingly watered. 



Ixias, Sparaxis and other Cape bulbs should be removed to frames before 

 heavy frosts, preparatory to their removal to the house. > 



Tulips, Hyacinths and other hardy bulbs, may be. planted, out in all this 

 month. 



Azaleas, and other young stock raised from cuttings, will now require to 

 be potted off. 



Greenhouse plants, of all sorts, should be prepared for the winter; and, 

 if needed, repotted, pruned and tied up. In case of early frost, they may 

 be removed to frames, from whence they can be taken in at leisure. 



