A YEAR'S GARDENING 



SEPTEMBER lo 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Continue to give attention to the 

 Heaths. Examine each plant and see that it is well drained, with 

 no stagnant water at the roots, as a preventive of attacks of 

 mildew. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Plant out another batch of Cab- 

 bages, allowing for the larger kinds a distance of about 2 feet 

 each way between the plants. 



Flower Garden.— Flant out the young Pansy cuttings which 

 have rooted well and prick out the seedlings which are suiificiently 

 advanced. 



SEPTEMBER 11 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Now is a suitable time for beginning 

 to plant Crocuses for indoor decoration. Choose a few good named 

 varieties and plant some to-day in pots, seed-pans or shallow boxes 

 filled with rich hght soil. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Plant out another batch of Cauli- 

 flowers for the winter. 



Flower Garden. — Prick out the seedlings from the open-air sow- 

 ing of Polyanthuses and Auriculas, planting them into a bed of good 

 soil and in a shady situation. 



SEPTEMBER 12 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Pot up a few roots of tuberous Ane- 

 mones, putting them i or 2 inches deep in good soil, with the 

 eyes upward. Place them in a frame where they are secure from 

 frost and water them plentifully when they begin to flower. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Plant out some of the Endive, 

 choosing a dry and weU-drained situation. 



Flower Garden. — Continue the work of pricking out Polyanthus 

 and Auricula seedlings. 



SEPTEMBER 13 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Re-pot the Agapanthuses and place 

 them in a frame to winter. The plants are gross feeders and there- 

 fore need to be re-potted annually m well-manured loamy soil. Take 

 care not to injure the roots. 



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