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iHE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



[Sept. 



SEPTEMBER. 



TRANSPLANTIN'G FLOWER GARDEN PLANTS. 



Those plants which may have been originated from seeds, 

 cuttings, or by other modes of propagation, may now be 

 planted out ; the strongest where they are to remain to bloom, 

 and the weaker or superabundant ones into nursery-beds, to 

 gain strength, and to serve as a reserve-stock for future sup- 

 plies. Advantage should be taken of moist days for this pur- 

 pose ; indeed, it is in all cases better to defer planting a few 

 days, than to plant when the ground is too dry and the sun- 

 shine powerful ; no artificial watering is equal to the watering 

 of nature. 



PROPAGATING HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



Continue the propagation of these plants either by the pro- 

 cess of the division of the roots, or by sowing seeds which 

 have been saved during the season. Some of the more rapid 

 growing sorts may be propagated by cuttings, but the sooner 

 in the month that this operation is performed the better, in 

 order that the plants may be sufficiently rooted before vege- 

 tation ceases. Such plants as may be out of flower, and whose 

 flower-stems are decaying, may be divided at the root ; and, 

 if sufficiently strong, planted out, where they are perma- 

 nently to remain. 



PLANTING BULBOUS ROOTS. 



Towards the end of this month, beds should be got ready 

 for the reception of hyacinths, tulips, ranunculuses, ane- 

 monies, &c., where they are to be planted in masses. For 

 this purpose, the ground should be dug or trenched two feet 

 deep, breaking the mould fine, and laid out in breaths of con- 

 venient dimensions. When the beds are ready, the roots 

 should be planted in lines across, and at depths according to 



