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CALENDAR AND INDEX. 



the Summer is past, preparation must be made for reple- 

 nishing them with fresh compost, by repotting them. 

 Previous to the commencement of this business, let 

 such compost as is suited to the various kinds of plants 

 be provided, 81. Those who may have a number of 

 plants in various sized pots, should provide a few new 

 pots a size larger than the largest in use ; the largest 

 plants being shifted into the new pots, leaves the next 

 sized pots for the second-sized plants, and by pursuing 

 this plan of shifting until the whole are done, the 

 smallest pots will be left for such plants as may have 

 been propagated in the course of the Summer. The 

 shifting of plants requires considerable attention and 

 judgment, as some plants, if kept in over large pots, 

 will sustain considerable injury ; therefore, in such 

 cases, where the fibrous roots have not spread around 

 the pot, nothing more is necessary than to rub off a 

 little of the outside mould, and then to substitute fresh 

 compost for the roots to run in. Such plants as may 

 have become pot-bound, and whose roots are matted 

 around the pot, will, in many cases, bear reducing. 

 If the matted roots are carefully pared off, and the 

 plants shifted into good fresh compost, they will soon 

 take root, and grow freely ; but it will be necessary 

 to prune off all surplus branches of the plants, pre- 

 vious to repotting them, and to shade them for a week 

 or ten days. Pieces of tile, or broken pots, should be 

 laid over the aperture at the bottom of the pots, to 

 enable the surplus moisture to drain off, or the roots 

 will sustain injury. 



The flower beds will need attention this month. 

 Water Dahlias and other choice plants in dry weather ; 

 cut down all decayed flower stalks, as soon as the seed 

 is gathered, and pull up annuals as they cease to 

 flower. Plant Oxalises in small pots, 64, and prepare 

 compost for other tender Bulbs to be planted in pots 

 next month. 



