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— during e pin November, and all through 
the ter, if & mil 
for S; — The Екы Victoria broad-leaved 
is quite equal to the old prickly ae for standing 
the winter, and produces a much 
OLI —Look over 
and fill up any gaps that have arisen, dus 
soot or lime to 
r beds mme: planted 
plants 
plant them то loser than ‘the 
larger-growing lets plenty o be 
given if they are "to stand through а 1 winter. 
ARROTS.—If pits are not available for these, 
a 1— ng should be made now outside. It will 
furnish small roots for 1 young, and if a mild 
winter ensues, they will — be s —— in the 
spring, but they must be warm sheltered 
position on good land frei: fron teer rm. 
GENERAL 9 — Do not by any means let 
seeds, but have aaa fre up the 
firat hot sunny eal available, Such nner 
Beans, if bearing heavily, should be- afforded liquid 
manure occasionally. nions, young 
22 Тагпіре, and almost all other root crops 
shou 
п, апі where box edging is used, 
this must be үр by hoeing or hand weeding. 
i THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
By Battex WADDS, Gardener, Birdsall Gardens, York, 
AND PLEASURE GROUNDS.—Since the 
recent heavy rains the turf on grass 
proved, and in laces where it has been killed br 
Free patches are seen, a sprink- 
ling of lawn grass seed should be sown, and a slight 
dressing of fiae 
of phosphate manure mixed with it, sw 
turf well over after, and rolling it well. Newly- 
, lawns should not be cut closely with the 
machine, but if | if they are mown several times over 
of drains should be daily removed during storm 
weather, 
UB BEDS AND BORDERS should be fre- 
Planting or pruning back of deciduous — that 
require cutting 
a knife or ing scissors з аһ used. No oe 
foliage evergreen I should have the leaves —— 
at this time e year especially. 
atrong 8 H € C-eepera and Clematis 
growing on walls, 
apart from 
abir бочу 
_ PROPAGATING —Cuttings of bedding Pelargo- 
niums M be taken as soon as they can be »— 
n boxes out-of-doors in the fall s 
uttings should metu. » 
Pentstemons, Antirrhinum - flowering 
Rockets, Lychnis, Veronicas, &c. Tees will atrike 
very well in а bed under a cold frame and іп po 
under hand-glasses if shaded f from the sun and given 
a light rich fine soil, with a good covering of sand. 
SEED SOWING. During the present month seed 
should be sown of Serin required for planting in 
beds during the autumn or early spring months, such 
as Saponaria calabrica, Nemophila insignis, Col- 
— bicolor, C. grandiflora, C. verna, Limnan- 
s Douglasii, at Varieties sulphurea and odora ta; 
Sile ene pendula, 
u 
Candytuft, and угш Brompton Stocks 
should aleo be sown on a sheltered border. Prie 
ut Wallflowers as же» һеу ready, also 
Pansies, Violas, Anemones, and other seedling plants 
that are required for — planting. 
THE HARDY FRUIT GARDEN. 
By W. Pore, Gardener, Highclere Castle, Newbury. 
HEAVILY CROPPED TREES.— Fruit trees that may 
be carrying very heavy crops, or that have perfected 
their fruit and show signs of weakness, will be greatly 
е ood soaking of liquid manure, ог fail- 
me үзү will probably ensure a crop of — next 
other Veram being favourable, on trees 
that ı eins special assistance would —— a 
season of rest to recover n the exhaustion conse- 
quent on heavy cropping 
RASPBERRIES.—As soon as fruit gathering is 
finished on Raspberry plantations the beari 
should be cut clean away, 
canes are still left than are needed fo xt year’s 
fruiting, these should also be thinned by cutting out 
be 
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hoeing. — 
П be con 
siderably sweete Should the canes be — — 
only poor weak growth, they require to be assisted kd 
waterings of sewage or liquid-manure from 
farmyard. 
GATHERING EA PEARS —Early Pears, such 
вз ИУ х Wiliam Bon Chré:ien, Ба as they 
roach mat may be apre gan few мере 
and laid on tbe. TM of а cool e room for 
few days until required for u ing these 
ecd sorts in different aspects, and gathering a few 
ts daily as they approach the ripening stage, th 
early Pear season be greatly dpi. 
PLUMS.— w ripening must be afforded 
me protection 1 birds, and as far as 2 
from wasps, which are this year much too plentifal. 
few trees of the choicest dessert kinds should be 
i er fine netting, fastened 
y at the ee о as vs entirely pens wasps, 
Many ma ay be tra 
er, and putting a few nhe Apples or 
other fruit inside as a bait; the ot ust be 
PLANTS UNDER GLASS. 
By W. H. SMITH, Gardener, Ме жшт”. cmi 
T ТЕ plants will require plenty 
root, and a sprinkling of Cla A m ум 
on the soll. Ixora plants in өы should be placed 
the blooms being readily injared 
ringing afforded the flower! section 
n the —— of syringing, mealy-bug is sure to 
CALADIUMS. — of these started early i 
spring wil have begun to show signs of maturity — 
the dying down of the leaves, and a little less 
water should be afforded them. If they have 
become an place them 3 the — 
where drip will not reac em. en dried 
off, carefully take the tubers out of the ү"? and 
eni da boxes filled with dry sand or cocoa 
>. ди, refuse, and store 2 in a place of not lees 
th than 60° for the winte. 
Y Sow at this season seed 
Cyclamen, using shallow well-drained seed- 
filled with a mixtur 
rame, cover with a ad of a &nd keep them 
freely, and the 
fully afforded, avoiding the extremes of too much 
dryness or the reverse. 
may be lightly syringed th r four times a day. 
To keep the plants from — peto -sided turn them 
round twice а week. It aphis or thrips appear on 
them, vaporise the house with XI. All. 
MIGNONE ш тые, main sowing for winter 
flowering may n i 
seeds in large 60's, Place the pots in a cold frame 
till the seeds are up, when a — shaded position 
outside will suit the plants beat. 
HUMEA ELEGANS.—Asthe young — — their 
pots with roots, continue 
rich loamy soil, potting firmly, e| do pe t afford 
water for a few days after re-potting. A cold mm 
is a suitable place for them until they a 
established, afterwards placing them out- — 
and keeping them there till it is no longer safe to 
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FRUITS UNDER GLASS. 
Gardener, Goodwood, 
g Cucum 
raise the MM st this season in the plant-stove, 
where less fear o 
young зз — injured 
Cucumber plante 
— ted before the autumn commen 
house should cleared of all the old “soil, the 
woodwork scrub or pain — the walls 
A bed should th 
made up of well-prepared fresh fermenting mate- 
rial—leaves and stable-dung—and hillocks of new, 
ed plante, which 
short-jointed shoots a leaves of firm texture, 
which can only be done by close porem to the 
ventilation, feeding, and affording 
Sufficient seed should always 
n : few. 
Е other crops, 
tos, #0 
ing ripe 
wasps and flies, I have found it necessary to place 
muslin over the очин as wasps are very 
troublesome this year. 
