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and nights when a fire will be needed — in fact, 

 whenever much cold, damp weather comes, an 

 occasional fire to keep the greenhouse warm and 

 dried out will be a benefit, especially in warding 

 off mildew. 



Look over heating apparatus carefully and 

 overhaul if necessary. 



Be sure that the soil pile is ample — in connec- 

 tion with even a small house one uses a lot in a 

 year ! 



Start regular vegetables and flowers for winter 

 in quantities required. 



Re-pot Strawberries so as to get fine, big, strong 

 crowns to store during early winter, and force 

 later. 



Plant Sweet-peas the latter part of the month 

 for growth inside. 



September 



Start in frame or in cool-house, so as to keep 

 up supply of Beans and Radish from seed, and 

 transplant Lettuce, Tomatoes, and Cauliflowers 

 started last month. Some 60 degrees tempera- 

 ture must be maintained during November and 

 December to grow Tomatoes. 



Take in stock plants from outside before dan- 

 ger of frost. Snapdragons, Geraniums, Helio- 

 trope, and many other things, cut back rather 



