A CALENDAR 



SEPTEMBER i 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^See that the summer shading of the 

 greenhouse is partially withdrawn and that the climbers on the roof 

 are sufBciently thinned to admit light and warmth from the sun. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Take a general look round the vege- 

 table garden and consider what arrangements have yet to be made 

 for the winter and early spring crops, lest you discover, when too 

 late, that something has been omitted. 



Flower Garden. — Prepare a small bed, in a suitable situation, of 

 good sandy loam for the planting of Dog's-tooth Violets — beautiful 

 in their spring floweiing and compact foliage. 



SEPTEMBER 2 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Look to the ventilating arrangements 

 in the greenhouse; a well-ventilated, cool house is especially im- 

 portant at this time of year to enable the wood of the plants to ripen 

 and fit them for the winter. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Weeding must not be neglected; 

 to allow the weeds to scatter their seeds brings much future labour. 

 Begin to-day to make a thorough weeding among all the cro^. 



Flower Garden. — Plant the bulbs of the Dog's-tooth. Violet in 

 the bed prepared yesterday. To get the best effect plant rather 

 closely and use botii the white and red varieties. 



SEPTEMBER 3 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Begin to be more sparing in watering 

 the plants in the house, as not rapid growth but continued flowering 

 and maturing of wood are now the cluef objects in view. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — CcHitinue the work of weeding and 

 hoeing, rooting up the weeds by hand where necessary (sec 36th 

 August) and sturing up the soil round the roots of the plants. 



Flower Garden. — ^Now is a good season of the year for plemting 

 bulbs in the open. Put in some Alstroemeria to-day, giving them 

 a dry soil and a sunny position, and planting them some 9 inches 

 deep. 



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