CALENDAR A.ND INDEX. 



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SEPTEMBER. 



Such greenhouse] plants as may have been repotted, 

 and pruned in the course of the last month, should be 

 looked over, and if they have taken root, they should 

 be exposed gradually to the sun, and watered mode- 

 rately in dry weather. If any of the Greenhouse 

 plants were planted in flower beds, they should be 

 taken up and pruned early in this month, and then put 

 into suitable sized pots. Half hardy Perennials, such 

 as Carnations, Daisies, Primulas, Lilies, Hydrangeas, 

 &c. should be taken up, divided carefully at the roots, 

 and then put into moderate-sized pots, and attended to 

 as before directed for Greenhouse plants. 



Many hardy kinds of flower seeds may be sown this 

 month* 17 and 23, This is a good season to propagate 

 all kinds of hardy Perennial plants, by parting the 

 roots ; and those that were raised from seed in the 

 Spring, may be planted in the regular flower beds, 

 in cloudy or wet weather, 22 and 23. Plant Crown 

 Imperials, 48 ; Ixias, 60 ; Lachenalias, 61 ; Lilies, 62 ; 

 Ornithogalums and Oxalises, 64. Some species of the 

 Persian Cyclamen are worthy of cultivation in pots ; 

 the varieties, Coum and Persicum, will bloom in a 

 Greenhouse or warm room, from January to April, if 

 planted in a good light compost early in this month. 

 The foliage of these plants is of a dark green velvet 

 colour ; and the flowers of the variety Coum are of a 

 deep crimson colour ; those of the variety Persicum 

 are of a delicate French white, tipped with pink, and 

 their fragrance is similar to that of the wild rose. 



OCTOBER. 



In the early part of this month, preparation must be 

 made for the housing of Greenhouse plants. Previous 

 to this being done, let the room or Greenhouse be 

 white-washed with lime ; which will prove pernicious 



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