400 Horticultural JMemoranda. 



HORTICULTURAL MEMORANDA 



FOR OCTOBER. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 



Grape vines will now be ripening off their wood. Continue to ob- 

 serve the directions given in our last number. 



Strawberry beds should now be kept clean and free from weeds. 

 New beds planted out last month will need care: kee]) the earth 

 loosened around the plants by occasional hoeings. New beds may be 

 made during the month. 



Raspberry beds may be made any time during the month. 



Currant and gooseberry bushes may now be removed with success. 



Fruit trees, ofall kinds, may now be transplanted with success; but 

 care should he taken that the work is well done, the ground in good 

 order, and if in a situation ex|)osed to the wind, the trees should be 

 staked, to prevent their l)eing violently shaken or blown down. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias will now be flowering finely; soon, however, they will be 

 overtaken by the frost, and their splendor destroyed for the season. 

 As soon as the first frost kills the branches, the roots may be taken 

 up; or if not convenient, they may be allowed to remain in the ground 

 till severe frosts set in, taking the precaution to draw about four inch- 

 es of earth up over the roots, to [)revent the frost from penetrating 

 to them, and at the same time throw off" the su])erabundant moisture. 

 When the roots are taken from the ground, they should be taken to 

 the cellar or green-house, where they are to remain during the win- 

 ter. 



Tulip and hyacinth beds should be prepared ready for jdanting the 

 roots. If there is plenty of time, we should advi-se })lanting early, 

 rather than to defer too late, as the bulbs stand the winter better. 



Tiger Jioioers, Jacobccan lilies, tuberoses, ^-c. should be taken up 

 out of danger of frost. 



Oxalises may yet be potted with success. 



Ixias, sparaxises, and similar Cape liiilhs, should be planted in pots. 



Lilies, croic7i imperials, «S"C. should be planted this month. 



Paonies may now be removed with perfect safety; we think it de- 

 cidedly the best season. 



Banunculuses should be planted this month. 



Chrysanthemums should be removed to the green-house or parlor, 

 out of danger of frost, which would injure the buds. 



Verbenas should be taken up now. 



Amaryllises should be potted this month. 



Camellias should now be i)repared for removal to the green-house 

 or parlor. Wash the plants carefully, and see that the scale is de- 

 stroyed; repotj if needed. The seeds should be gathered, and sown 

 now. 



Geraniums, from early cuttimrs, may be repotted now\ 



Roses, wanted to flower in December or January, should be cut in 

 and repotted. 



Cactuses will need but little water now, and a cool and dry situa- 

 tion near the i^lass. 



