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23d. Removed the slight shading from the glass that 

 was put on in June. 



24:th. Put in main crop of Verbena cuttings from open 

 ground at this date. Fumigated greenhouses, in which 

 bedding plants are kept for the first time this season; 

 will continue to do so at least twice every week until the 

 greenhouses are again empty of plants, the order being 

 that Aphis or Green Fly must never be seexi; placed fresh 

 tobacco stems under the Rose benches. 43 55. 



25th. Lifted Carnations with balls of earth from the 

 open ground, and planted them in five or six inches of 

 soil on the benches of the greenhouses' for winter flower- 

 ing. We are enabled to lift them, in this way from the 

 peculiarity of our soil, which is stiff and clayey; on most 

 soils this method would not be practicable; if the soil 

 did not adhere to the roots it would be necessary to be 

 more careful in shading. Put in cuttings of Variegated 

 and Zonale Geraniums for main crop. 58 60. 



26th. Continued putting in Verbena and other cut- 

 tings. First fires started. It is all important to watch 

 for the first fall in temperature about this date. Many 

 houses of Roses and other plants are ruined from the ne- 

 glect to start slight fires when the thermometer quickly 

 falls, as it often does at this date, fifteen degrees in twelve 

 hours. In 1881, before this was generally understood, 

 one-half of all the Rose houses in the vicinity of New 

 York had their contents destroyed during a cold rain 

 storm in September, where the thermometer fell twenty 

 degrees in twenty-four hours. 40 44. 



21th. Planted out in the benches Eupatoriums, Stev- 

 ias, etc., that have been kept in pots all summer. 42 

 50. 



2th. Put in cuttings of Coleus, Salvias, etc., from 

 outside. 42 49. 



3Qth. Put all tender plants in the houses, as from 

 about this date there is danger from frost. Lifted clumps 



