SEPTEMBER — SECOND AND THIED WEEK. 



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Peaches. — We will suppose the trees to be now fully 

 exposed to the air night and day, and will, therefore, 

 require but little attention, except an occasional washing 

 with the engine, to remove insects and to allow the 

 foliage to perform its functions to a natural decay. If a 

 blank in the house is to be filled up, it may be done as 

 soon as the crop is gathered from the open wall ; and the 

 crop to be expected from the same tree next season will 

 depend upon the care with which it is removed, as there 

 will be sufficient time for the wood to be ripened and the 

 tree to make fresh roots, and to get sufficiently established 

 before winter. 



Pines. — "Where young stock is grown in dung-pits, 

 care to be taken by giving air freely in favourable 

 weather, to avoid growing the plants weakly in a close 

 and warm temperature, and by a sufficient command of 

 heat from the linings to allow a little air to be given at 

 night and on cloudy days. 



Vines. — All long growths, whether bearing or not, to 

 be stopped, as it is getting too late for them to be bene- 

 fited by the foliage made after this period of the year. 

 A gentle fire in damp weather is useful to keep the 

 atmosphere dry when the fruit is ripe. The bunches to 

 be frequently and carefully looked over and all tainted 

 berries removed, and the foliage kept free from insects. 

 Fire heat is also necessary where the fruit is not yet ripe, 

 and where the fruit is cut it is sometimes necessary to 

 keep the atmosphere dry and rather warm, to ripen the 

 wood. 



THIRD WEEK. 



GREENHOUSE and conservatory. 

 Finish housing the greenhouse plants, and give them 

 as much air as possible ; for if air is too sparingly ad- 

 mitted at this season, when many of the plants have not 

 finished their growth, it will cause them to produce weak 

 and tender shoots, which will be very liable to damp off' 

 at a more advanced period when the inclemency of the 



