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Celery.—Plant out for main crops for autumn 
and winter supply. Water abundantly. Earth 
up early crops when the plants are dry, taking 
care that the soil is kept from the heart of the 
plants. 
Chicory. —Remove any plants which have run 
up to seed. 
Cucumbers.—W ater those on ridges with water 
not colder than 60° to 65°; therefore spring-water 
should not be employed till it has been exposed 
in tubs to the heat of the sun, or otherwise raised 
to the proper temperature. 
Endive.—Sow in the middle and end of the 
month, and for the principal winter crops and 
for planting out for lifting into pits for winter 
use. 
Garlic.—Take up when the leaves begin to 
decay, dry in the sun, and store in a dry 
place. 
Kidney-Beans.—A few rows may be sown 
early in the month for a late supply. 
Leeks.—Plant out and hoe. 
Lettuce. —Sow Brown Cos and others for 
autumn and early winter use, and for lifting 
for pits for winter use. Plant out successions. 
Onions.—Take up and dry Potato Onions. 
Pursley.—Sow about the middle of the month 
for winter and spring use. Remove flower- 
stalks. Thin Hamburg to about 9 inches 
apart. 
Peas.—The latest sowing should be made in 
the first week. Stake and hoe between the rows 
of advanced crops. 
Potatoes.—Earth up where not before done. 
Radishes.—Sow successions in a cool situa- 
tion. 
Rocambole. 
way as Garlic. 
Salsafy.—Thin and pull up plants that have 
run to seed. 
Take up, and treat in the same 
winter and spring crops as soon as possible. 
Scorzonera.—Thin and pull up plants gone to 
seed. 
THE GARDENER’S ASSISTANT. 
Harpy-FrRvuIt DEPARTMENT. 
Continue to reduce the shoots of wall-trees as 
previously recommended. Spur-leaves, and those 
at the bases of the shoots of Pear-trees, should 
be of a healthy dark-green colour. This cannot 
be the case if they are shaded by superfluous 
shoots. Therefore, where several shoots spring 
from nearly the same point, cut them clean out, 
with the exception of one or two, and these 
may now be shortened to six eyes. This applies 
to Apples, Pears, Plums, and Cherries, with 
the exception of the Morello, which bears next 
year on the shoots formed in the present. 
Continue to lay in succession shoots of Peach 
and Nectarine trees, and shorten to 3 inches 
spurs having fruit at their bases. If any shoots 
are becoming over-vigorous, stop them to a suit- 
able lateral for forming a weaker leader. Other 
laterals should be cut back, but not closely to 
the shoot from which they spring; for, if closely 
cut, the bark of the shoot is apt to become 
blotched. The laterals should be cut. back a 
little above their first pair of leaves. Syringe 
after 4 p.m.; and apply snuff or powdered to- 
bacco-leaves for the destruction of green-fly, and 
sulphur for mildew as soon as it appears. 
Borders, especially those well drained, will 
require to be examined; if dry, they must be 
watered. If the surface be mulched with long 
dung, it will render less water necessary, and 
enrich the soil and contribute to the swelling 
of the fruit. Rain, when it falls heavily, is 
apt to run off by the surface from smoothly- 
raked sloping borders. This should be pre- 
vented by forking, or furrows may be made 
lengthwise. 
Bud, in the first place, Cherries and Apricots; 
then Plums, Peaches, and Nectarines, and other 
_fruit-trees, as the buds are fit and the stocks in 
Savoys.—Finish planting out the principal | 
supporting of grafts. 
Shallots—Take up when the leaves begin to _ 
decay, dry in the sun, and store in a dry_ 
place. 
Spinach.—Make a successional sowing. 
Tomatoes.—Pinch off the tops. Thin and 
train the shoots. 
Turnips.—In warm localities sow the main 
winter crop in the first fortnight. Hoe and 
thin sufficiently advanced crops. 
Vegetable Marrows.—Peg down the long shoots 
so that they may root at the joints, and con- 
tinue longer in bearing. 
proper condition. Attend to the untying and 
The pyramidal and bush 
form of trees of both Apples and Pears have 
become very popular generally. They form 
handsome subjects when they are laden with 
fruit. Layer Strawberry runners for forcing; 
all runners not required for forcing or for new 
plantations should be cut off as they push, or _ 
say once a week. 
ForRcING DEPARTMENT. 
Mushrooms.—In most places natural Mush- 
rooms are abundant in September; it will 
therefore not be necessary to make up beds 
earlier than required to give a successional 
