432 Horticultural Operations for September. 



possible ; discontinue watering the floors and walks after the berries are 

 Avell colored. Vines in pots should be sparingly watered now in order that 

 the growth may be somev/hat checked and the wood allowed to ripen Avell. 



Strawberry Beds may be successfully made this month. 



Fruit Trees may now be transplanted by carefully cutting off all the 

 leaves with the knife or a pair of scissors. 



Summer Pruning should yet be kept up on vigorous growing trees, in 

 order that the flow of sap may be kept in check just at this season when 

 the flower buds are forming. 



Peaches and Cherries should be budded this month. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Dahlias, in consequence of the late abundant rains, have grown rapidly 

 and promise a great bloom. See that they are properly and judiciously 

 piruned and carefully tied up to tlae stakes. Water liberally if the weather 

 should prove dry. 



Camellias should be top-dressed, washed, and got in readiness to remove 

 to their winter quarters next month, or as soon as the nights become frosty. 



Pansies should be propagated this month. 



White Lilies may be reset this month. 



Pelargonium cuttings put in in July should now be sufficiently rooted to 

 pot off. 



CixNERARiAS should have a shift as soon as the pots are full of roots. 



Verbenas should be still propagated by layers for a winter stock. 



Roses, for early forcing, should now be repotted and pruned. 



Chrysanthemums should be layered, if not already done. 



Chinese Primroses raised from seeds may now be potted off; old plants 

 may now have a shift into larger pots. 



Hollyhocks should now be removed to tlie borders where they are to 

 bloom. 



Sweet Williams should now be planted out of the seed beds into the 

 border. 



Azaleas should now be rather sparingly watered so as to ripen the wood 

 and set their flower buds. 



Heaths may have a shift now if they require it. 



Achimenes may be brought on for a succession, and tliose done bloom- 

 ing may be placed away on a dry shelf 



Japan Lilies done flowering should not be watered. 



Orange and Lemon Trees may yet be bedded. 



Schizanthuses should now be potted off into tliumb pots. 



Cyclamens should now be repotted and more liberally watered. 



Salvias should now be propagated for a spring stock. 



Tulip Beds should now be prepared for-planting in October. 



Victoria and Ten-week stocks should now be sown. 



N^poLiTAN Violets should be planted out in frames this month. 



IxiAs, Sparaxis and Oxalises may be planted this month. 



Greenhouse Plants of all sorts should now be got ready for removal 

 to tlie house. 



