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To A. Parker, for second best display and greatest variety, $G. 

 Gratuities. — To A. Hatch, for Seedling potatoes, $3. 

 To Lyman Kinsley, for a good show of vegetables, $3. 

 To John Gordon, for a fine show of vegetables, $2. 

 To A. R. Pope, for Sweet corn, a new and prolific hybrid, $2. 

 To Jolm Schouler, for a show of squashes, $1. 

 To Stone & Co., for a good display of vegetables, $1. 

 To A. Bowditch, for a show of vegetables, $2. 

 To J. B. Moore, for a great display of vegetables, $6. 

 To Mrs. L. Spaulding, for a show of corn, $\. 

 To A. A. Andrews, for a show of vegetables, $\. 

 To Hovey &l Co., for a fine show of tomatoes, $\. 



HORTICULTURAL OPERATIONS 



FOR OCTOBER. 

 FRUIT DEPARTMENT, 



Grape Vines in the greenhouse should now be divested of all their lat- 

 erals, and where the spurs are very long, they may be partially cut in, at 

 the same time taking oflT all the leaves which have a yellow tinge, in order 

 to admit the full rays of the sun, both to ripen the wood and invigorate the 

 plants, which will now have been brought in. The fruit should all be cut 

 now, as the damp from the plants will soon injure it, if it is left on the vines. 

 Air the house early in tlie morning, and close up early in the afternoon. 

 Vines in pots should now be more sparingly watered, in order to check the 

 growth, and harden and ripen the wood. 



Figs in pots should now be rather sparingly watered. 



Peach Trees in pots may also have less water, now that the young is 

 ripening off. 



Raspberry plantations may be made this month. 



Gooseberry and Currant bushes may be planted this month. 



Strawberry Beds may yet be made, if tlie work is done early in the 

 month. Plantations made in August or September, should be hoed and kept 

 clear of weeds. 



Fruit Trees of all kinds may be removed the last of tlie month, or as 

 soon as the leaves begin to fall. 



Trees Budded in August and September should be looked to occasion- 

 ally, and if tlie ties are binding them too tight they should be cut or loos- 

 ened. 



FLOWER department. 



Camellias should now be removed to the greenhouse or conservatory ; 

 see that the pots are all washed clean, the soil top dressed, and -tlie foliage 

 washed, or thoroughly syringed. 



