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early in the month for the last time ; plant out brown 

 Dutch lettuces — taking precautions against the ravages 

 of slugs — and brocoli for successions in spring. 



J^\rsery. — Keep the young trees free from over- 

 hanging boughs, and give them exposure and room. 

 Shorten laterals, if growing too freely, and leave no 

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SEPTEMBER. 



Stove ^ Greenhouse^ ^c. — Examine the earth in the 

 pots, and see that the drainage is free. The woody 

 plants have done growing, therefore ventilate to ripen 

 the wood ; water early ; keep slight fires in the stove- 

 house if the weather require them. The mid-day 

 sun will not now injure the greenhouse plants, because 

 their great excitability is over. Bring into the 

 house the tenderer plants that are out, leaving the 

 hardier until the coldness of the season renders their 

 continuance out of doors hazardous ; put fresh mould 

 on the top of the pots brought in ; shift Chrysanthe- 

 mums into flowering pots ; remove every vegetable 

 matter that is decaying, else the effluvia produced by 

 it will be pernicious. 



Keep fires sufficient to prevent the late grapes from 

 being injured by dampness. 



If new trees are wanted for the peach-house to re- 

 place others, you may now bring them from the nursery 

 or garden, old enough to produce next year ; by plant- 

 ing them early, their growth is checked, and the wood 

 ripens for the ensuing crop. Change the earth in 

 which you plant them after other peach-trees as well 

 as you can, without injuring the fibres of those in the 

 same neighbourhood. 



Pits and Frames, — Continue to propagate, and 

 expose the cuttings that have rooted to the weather, in 

 order to make them hardy. Put Heaths and Fuchsias 

 under frames, to guard them from heavy showers. 



