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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



the house should be thoroughly cleaned, and any 

 painting, glazing, or other work that may he necessary 

 should be completed. 



Greenhouse;. 

 The principal work to be here attended to is to get 

 the plants into their winter quarters. The houses 

 should be thoroughly cleaned first. Begin with the 

 more tender and choicer kinds about the middle of 

 the month: the hardier sorts may remain out of 

 doors until the end of the month if the weather be 

 fine. See the pots are well washed, and the plants 

 neatly tied before they are housed. Avoid crowding 

 the plants ; each one should have sufficient space for 

 the air to pass freely around it. When the plants 

 are housed give all the air possible both by night and 

 by day, reducing it only when unfavourable weather 

 renders it necessary. Attend carefully to the water- 

 ings. Plants that are in small pots, and that have 

 plenty of roots, when housed and placed on stages 

 or shelves dry very rapidly, owing to the thorough 

 circulation of air to which they are exposed. 



Stove. 



The principal thing requiring attention here, is 

 the maturing the growth of all tender plants ; to 

 facilitate this, much less water should be given than 

 hitherto, and in fine weather all the air possible 

 should be given. The specimen plants that have 

 done flowering should be cut over, and carefully 

 examined for insects, which, are generally very 

 troublesome at this season. Give the young growing 

 plants plenty of room. Fire heat will not yet be 

 necessary, but it will be well to close-up the houses 

 early in the afternoons. 



Flower Garden. 

 The greatest attention will now be required to 

 keep everything in the best possible order, so as to 

 keep up the present beauty and appearance of the 

 flower garden as long as possible. The turf, grave], 

 and edgings of all kinds will require almost constant 

 attention. Pick-off daily all faded flowers and dead 

 leaves ; remove all rambling and straggling growths, 

 and secure well all climbers and tall-growing plants, 

 as Hollyhocks, Dahlias, &c, to prevent them from 

 being injured by the winds. Continue to put in 

 cuttings of all kinds of "bedding plants," but the 

 sooner all kinds of Geraniums are in the better. 

 Verbenas, Calceolarias, and similar things will do 

 well later, though it should not be put off too late, 

 as a night's frost would be fatal to many. Hooted 

 cuttings of Phloxes and other herbaceous plants 

 should now be planted-out, also seedling Hollyhocks. 

 Pleasure Grounds.— All large evergreens may be 

 safely transplanted any time during the month. 

 Leaves will now begin to he troublesome. Keep the 

 grass and walks well swept and rolled. Cut the 

 grass with the machine in dry weather. 



Forcing. 



Fruit.— Tine Apples.— As soon as all the summer 

 fruit are cut, the house should he got ready for the 

 plants that are to bear fruit early next year. The 

 plants for this purpose ought to have had their final 

 shift in July, and should now have the pots well filled 

 with roots ; on this account the bottom heat should 

 not exceed 85°. Autumn fruit will now require liberal 

 supplies of water, a tolerably moist atmosphere, and 

 a temperature by night of at least 70°, and by day 

 80° to 85°, with an increase of 10° or 15° by sun heat. 

 Give air freely in the forenoons, but close-up soon in 

 the afternoons ; this will save fire heat, which will 

 not yet be necessary unless the nights be very cold. 

 The succession plants will now be making rapid, 

 vigorous growth, and should have a liberal supply of 

 water and an abundance of air, especially in the 

 forenoons. See the bottom heat is regular, and does 

 not vary much either above or below 85°. The night 

 temperature should not get below 65'. Vines.— The 

 early forced houses should still be at rest. Prune 

 that intended to be started next month. Pipe Grapes 

 keep cool and dry. Slight fires are indispensable for 

 all late crops ; abundance of air must be given. 

 Grapes ripened by the end of the month will be 

 everything in flavour and quality that the most 1 



fastidious palate can require, and with proper care 

 and attention they will keep so until March. Late 

 Grapes ripened without fire heat and with little ven- 

 tilation will be deficient in flavour ; and in a sunless 

 season like the present, the wood and buds will be 

 soft and imperfect, and assuredly lead to disappoint- 

 ment another season. Teaches and Nectarines. — 

 The early-houses should now be in a state of perfect 

 rest ; remove the lights off the late-houses, so that 

 the trees may have full exposure to the weather. 

 FiffS. — When the fruit are all gathered, syringe the 

 trees well; give plenty of air, and no more water 

 than is absolutely necessary. Cherries. — As these 

 are all plunged they will not require any watering 

 after this ; they should now be left go into a state of 

 rest. Strawberries.— These should have the greatest 

 attention now. Give them liberal supplies of water, 

 and pinch-off all runners. If we now get good, 

 strong plants, with well -formed crowns, the forcing 

 will be a very easy matter. If you do not get good 

 plants now, better not to attempt forcing, for it will 

 only disappoint. Cucumbers and Melons. — Spare no 

 pains to keep all the bearing plants as healthy as 

 possible. See they have sufficient bottom heat; water 

 when necessary, and give plent3 r of air in fine weather. 

 Late Melons do best on trellises. Late Cucumbers 

 must have plenty of heat and air, water when neces- 

 sary, and the shoots must be kept well thinned-out. 



Hardy Fruit. 

 Peaches and Nectarines. — Go over the trees, and 

 stop and nail-in any shoots that require it. Remove 

 any leaves that shade the fruit. Attend to gathering 

 the fruit as it ripens. Apricots. — Pinch-back and 

 nail-in shoots. Plums and Cherries.— Protect from 

 wasps and birds. Pears and Apples. — Gather as ihey 

 arrive at maturity. The greatest care and attention 

 is required in gathering fruifc for keeping. Go daily 

 over the trees, and gather only as they ripen. All 

 fruit should be laid singly on shelves in the fruit- 

 room, which should be cool and dry. Strawberries.— 

 Young plantations may still be made. If not already 

 done, all the runners on the hearing plants should 

 be cut off and cleared away, and a good dressing of 

 rotten dung put around the plants will be of great 

 advantage to them. — M. S. 



Kitchen Garden. 



Encourage the gnrwth of all kinds of vegetables by 

 frequently hoeing and stirring the soil between them. 

 Attend regularly to the earthing-up of Celery in dry 

 weather. Take up Potatoes, and store away when 

 dry. The winter Spinach sown last month should be 

 well thinned-out. When Onions are fit they should 

 be pulled, dried, strapped, and hung up in a cool, 

 airy place, where they are safe from frost. Plant a 

 good* breadth of Cabbages for spring use. Cauli- 

 ftowers.— Prick-out into frames and in sheltered 

 places to stand over the winter. Lettxir.es. — Plant on 

 warm borders at the foot of south walls and other 

 sheltered places. i?»«ti>e.— Tic.-up to blanch. Peas, 

 Beans, and all other vegetables dene bearing clear 

 away, and either dig and fresh plant or ridge the 

 ground. Late Turnips.— Continue to thin and hoe. 

 Herbs. — Cut and dry if not already done. Autumn 

 weeds are difficult to get rid of, especially in wet 

 weather. Nothing but unceasing perseverance in 

 hoeing and cleaning will keep them down. — M.S. 



Roses in Pots.— There is little to do at present 

 among Roses in pots. The plants forced early will 

 be all but at rest; from them water should be with- 

 held, or, even better, the pots should be lifted from 

 the ground and laid on their sides under a north 

 wall, or in some other shaded situation. Later plants 

 still growing should be looked over, and if any gross 

 shoots are discovered pushing from the base or any 

 part of the plant, destroy them, if the plant is already 

 sufficiently furnished with good shoots; but if the 

 plant is thin or ill-balanced, they may be let grow to 

 any given point that may appear desirable, and then he 

 stopped. These late plants mustsiill be watered oc- 

 casionally, and be kept free from aphis and mildew 

 by the usual appliances. If the flowers hey produce 

 are not wanted, pick them off in the buu state. — 

 William Paul, Nurseries, WalHiam Cross. 



