MONTHLY NOTICES. 



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SEPTEMBER. 



Transplant, in any moist or showery weather this month, the 

 perennial and biennial seedlings to their proper situations, with a 

 ball of earth round their roots. 



Propagate fibrous-rooted plants. 



Prepare the spots where you mean to deposit anemone and 

 ranunculus roots any time between the end of this month and the 

 end of October ; and dig all beds and borders which are vacant, 

 to prepare them also for receiving roots and plants next month. 



Transplant peonies, flag irises, monk's-hood, fraxinella, and 

 such like plants, to part their roots and remove each root to its 

 destined position. 



Transplant evergreens. 



Plant cuttings of honey-suckles, and other shrubs. 

 Plant hyacinth and tulip roots for early spring bloom. 

 Plant box by slips or roots. 



Mow grass lawn and walks. Clear away flower stems, and 

 trim flowering plants. 



Sow seeds of bulbous flowers, if not done last month. 



OCTOBER. 



This is a very busy month ; for the garden should now be 

 cleared and arranged for the season. 



Transplant all sorts of fibrous-rooted perennial and biennial 

 plants now where they are intended to remain. 



Put the bulbs into the ground again; and transplant the 

 different layered plants into their respective places. 



Prune flowering shrubs of all sorts. Plant and transplant all 

 hardy deciduous shrubs, and their suckers. 



