360 Horticultural Memoranda. 



much benefited by now pruning out all the small useless wood and lat- 

 erals, which have been stopped from time to time through the summer ; 

 and all such shoots as are intended to produce fruit next year, should be 

 regularly secured to the trellises. 



Strawberry Plantations may be made during the whole of the month 

 with good success. 



Peach Trees may be budded yet. 



Currants and Gooseberries may be transplanted this month. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias should be frequently looked over and kept well secured to the 

 stakes. The late rains have given them a vigorous start, and the branches 

 consequently are very tender and are liable to be broken in windy weath- 

 er ; continue to trim out the small useless shoots and those that have been 

 injured by insects ; a good watering with guano water we find makes them 

 grow and bloom finely ; this is prepared by dissolving five or six pounds 

 of guano in a barrel of water. 



Greenhouse Plants should be attended to this month and be prepared 

 for their winter quarters, by tyeing up, cleaning the pots, &c. ; if any 

 plants were neglected to be potted last month, it should now be done im- 

 mediately; many of the varieties it will be necessary to put into tlie house 

 or be sheltered i'rom the cold by the last of the month. 



Camdlias. — Cuttings of the present year's wood may now be put in, 

 and any seed which are ripe should be sown. 



Verbenas. — Young plants may now be taken up and potted, or the pots 

 may be sunk in the ground and the shoots laid in the pots ; they will soon 

 root, and may then be cut from the parent plant. Pots may also be filled 

 with cuttings to stand through the winter, which will make fine plants for 

 turning into the borders next spring. 



Petunias may be preserved by cuttings in the same manner. 



Cuttings of Roses, struck in July, should be potted off and placed in a 

 frame ; a little bottom heat will be found of great service at this season. 

 All the older plants should be potted, if not done last month. 



Chrjisavthetnums, if not in pots of sufficient size, should be immediately 

 shifted. Keep them well trained and water freely, and occasionally with 

 liquid manure. 



Ixias, Sparaxis, Oxalis, ^r. may be potted the latter part of the month. 



Heliotropes, Chinese Primroses, Stocks, and all the varieties of annuals 

 intended for winter flowering, should be potted and put in order. 



Carnations, Picotees, %-c. — Layers which are rooted may now be potted 

 or planted in beds, to be protected during winter. ^ 



