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and floors. Houses newly planted should be kept rather warm, to facilitate 

 a good growth. 



Peach Trees in pots, from which the fruit has been gathered, should 

 now be rather sparin;,iy watered, using, however, occasionally, liquid 

 manure. 



Strawberry beds may yet be made with good success. Prepare the 

 ground as we advised last month, and set the vines immediately. Old beds 

 should be kept free from weeds, and all the late runners cut off, unless it is 

 intended to let them run together in beds. 



Peach Trees should be budded this month. 



Summer Pruning will yet require some attention If new shoots are 

 made from where they were last stopped, of much vigor, they should be 

 pinched in again. 



flower department. 



The season is now approaching when the gardener or amateur must be 

 on the alert. Towards the middle of the month the nights become cool 

 and damp, and often white frosts, though not severe, occur : but there are 

 many tender and delicate plants which will not even endure the cooler 

 nights, without frost, and they must consequently be got under cover, if 

 only a frame, as soon as convenient. It is none too early to begin to pre- 

 pare for the winter. All the pots should be washed before they are carried 

 into the house. Many things will have to be potted to keep a stock, and 

 others will have to be propagated for the same object. Petunias, Verbenas, 

 Salvias, Heliotropes, and many others, are best wintered by bringing on a 

 fresh young stock, and throwing the very old ones away. Remove all 

 hard wooded plants, which have been in a half shady place, to some sunny 

 situation, to thoroughly ripen the wood. Many things which may have 

 been bedded out will require to be taken up soon, and receive the aid of an 

 old hot bed to bring them along in good condition. 



Camellias should now be put in order for removal to the house upon the 

 first appearance of frosty nights. Wash the pots, top dress and clean the 

 plants, and tie up such as require a stake to keep them in good shape. 



Pelargoniums headed down last month will now be in readiness to have 

 a shift into a larger size. Proceed about it at once, and if a frame is con- 

 venient protect them from the cold and damp till they begin to make new 

 roots. The cuttings will be rooted by the last of the month, and should 

 then be potted off. 



AcHiMENEs, Gloxinias, &-c., now about going out of bloom, should be 

 placed away under the stage on a dry shelf, to make room for the green- 

 house plants. 



Verbenas for a winter stock should be layered now into small pots. 



Monthly Carnations, planted out in the open ground, and coming into 

 bud, should be taken up and potted now for winter blooming. 



OxALisES, Sparaxis, Ixias, &-C., should be potted now. 



Heliotropes in the open ground should be taken up and potted before 

 frost. 



