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SEPTEMBER — FIBST WEEK. 



shapes. If placed or plunged in a little bottom heat they 

 will break again, and continue blooming till Christmas. 



Lilium lancifolium. — Supply them cautiously with 

 water, as advised for Balsams, and shade the flowers from 

 bright sunshine, to prolong their beauty. When they 

 have done blooming, to be removed to the foot of a south 

 wall or fence to ripen their growth. Water to be given 

 sparingly until their tops show signs of decay, when they 

 may be laid on their sides till potting time. The same 

 treatment is recommended for Gladioli and plants of 

 like habit. 



STOVE AND ORCHID-HOUSE. 



Some judgment will now be necessary to arrange the 

 plants that are finishing or have completed their season's 

 growth in the coolest part of the house, where they 

 should be freely supplied with air, and rather cautiously 

 and sparingly with water. While others in free growth 

 should be encouraged with warmth and moisture by 

 giving but very little air and a liberal supply of water 

 during very fine sunshiny weather. 



FORCING-HOUSES. 



When the fruit in the early houses is gathered, the 

 great object should be to ripen the wood. A certain 

 degree of attention is necessary to be given by exposing 

 them to light and air, and preserving the leaves from 

 injury, as it is upon their healthy action that the future 

 crop depends. 



Cherries. — Trees in tubs, or large pots, if intended for 

 early forcing, to be removed to a cool, and plunged in an 

 open airy, situation, to continue the regular root action, 

 upon which much of their future success will depend. 



Figs.— Withhold water from the borders where the 

 second crop of fruit is ripening. Trees in tubs, or large 

 pots, intended for early forcing, to be treated as advised 

 for Cherries. 



Peaches. — If mildew attack the trees before the 

 leaves have performed their necessary functions, dust the 

 affected shoots with sulphur. Trees in pots to be treated 

 as recommended for Cherries. 



Pines. — Take advantage of fine weather to encourage 



