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GARDENING FOR PLEASURE. 



now be sown. Ruta-baga turnips sown last month will need 

 thinning. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Greenhouse and Flower- Garden.— Towards the end of the 

 month in many sections, the more tender plants will require to be 

 put in the greenhouse, or housed in some way, but be careful to 

 keep them as cool as possible during the day ; they would be bet- 

 ter outside yet if it was safe to risk them. Cuttings of all bedding 

 plants may now be made freely, if wanted for next season, as the 

 young cuttings rooted in fall make % better plants for next spring's 

 use than the old plants. This is true of what is known as bedding 

 plants, such as geraniums, fuchsias, verbenas, heliotropes, etc., etc. 

 But with roses and other plants of a woody nature, the old plants 

 are usually the best. Holland bulbs, such as hyacinths, tulips, 

 etc., etc., and most of the varieties of lilies may be planted this 

 month ; see detailed instructions under Holland Bulbs. Violets 

 that are wanted for winter will now be growing freely, and the 

 runners should be trimmed off as recommended for strawberries 

 last month. Seeds of pansies, daisies, mignonette, sweet alyssum, 

 candytuft, etc., should now be sown in the early part of tbe month. 



Fruit-Garden. — New plantations of strawberry plants may 

 now be made from the runners that have been layered in pots ; the 

 sooner in the month they are planted, the stronger they will be for 

 next season ; these plants will soon make runners that must be 

 trimmed off to throw the strength into the crowns for next season's 

 fruiting. Attend to raspberries and blackberries as advised last 

 month,- if not then done. 



Vegetable Garden.— Seeds of cabbage, cauliflower, and let- 

 tuce to raise plants to be placed in cold frames, should be sown in 

 this latitude from the 10th to the 20th of this month ; the main 

 crop of spinach or sprouts that is wanted for winter or spring use, 

 should be sown about same dates. Celery may now have the 

 earth drawn to it with the hoe preparatory to earthing-up by the 

 spade. Onions that were not dried and harvested last month, 

 must be done this, or it will be too late. The early or flat sorts of 

 turnips may yet be sown the first week of this month. 



OCTOBER. 



Greenhouse and Flower-Garden. — In almost all northern 

 localities, all tender plants yet outside should be got under cover 



