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TILE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 



As ong as the weather continues fine the plants will 

 do best out of doors ; but if it set in wet or frosty the 

 plants will he better under coyer. See that every plant 

 is thoroughly clean and neatly staked before it is taken 

 in. After they are housed give abundance of air in 

 fine weather, and attend careiully to the watering. 



Greenhouses. 

 Hard wooded Plants.— Give air freely night and 

 day as long as the weather continues fine. Get the 

 houses thoroughly cleaned and repaired if wanted. 

 Also see that the heating apparatus is in good working 

 order before the plants are housed. "Whilst the wea- 

 ther continues fine the plants may remain out ; but as 

 we very often have stormy weather about the 2otu, 

 it is better to have all the more tender plants housed 

 before then. They should be well cleaned and neatly 

 tied before they are taken into the house. See that 

 the drainage is perfect. If a temporary structure 

 of any kind could be erected to protect the more hardy 

 plants until the end of October, it would give more 

 room for the choicer kinds of plants. When the plants 

 are all housed they can scarcely have too much air 

 night and day in mild weather. Many of the plants, 

 especially those in small pots, when staged and ex- 

 posed to a thorough circulation of air, will dry very 

 rapidly, Watering must, therefore, be well attended 

 to, Soetwooded Plants; — Telargoninma.—ThoBe 

 shaken out and put into small pots last month will now 

 be making fresh roots freely, and will require a shift 

 before the roots get too matted. Use a compost of 

 turfy loaui and rotten dung, with a little sand. Alter 

 they are potted they will not require much watering 

 for a little time, but they should have all the air 

 possible. Those cut back last month should at once 

 have all the soil shaken from them, and be put into 

 smaller pots and treated as the earlier ones. Cine- 

 rarias.— Continue to shift all plants that require it 

 into larger pots. Set them thin, that they may have 

 a free circulation of air about them. Water carefully, 

 and give plenty of air. Calceolarias.— When, the 

 suckers that were potted-off last month begin to fill 

 their pots with roots, they should have a shift into 

 larger ones. Shift seedlings as they require it. Water 

 carefully in the forenoon, ard give plenty of air in 

 mild weather. Fuchsias— The early-flowering plants 

 that are done blooming should now be kept rather dry 

 and be left to go to rest Let. them have lull exposure 

 to sun and air to ripen the wood. Attend well to the 

 watering of plants in flower. Pat in cuttings. 



SlOVE. 



Maintain a drier atmosphere, and give plenty of ak- 

 in fine weather that the young growths of the plants 

 may get properly matured before the winter. Water 

 carefully, and it should be done in the mornings that 

 it n ay evaporate before the house is closed.. All 

 plants should now be got into their winter quaiters, 

 and they should be set sufficiently apart for the air to 

 pass freely around them, and let the finest specimens 

 have the best places. Pot-off all cuttings that are 

 rooted, that they may get established before the 

 winter. 



Flower Garden. 

 Go daily over all the beds and pick off all faded 

 flowers and dead leaves, and trim and regulate all 

 rambling shoots. Keep all the edgings in proper order. 

 M ow the grass frequently. Sweep and roll t he walks, 

 and spare no pains to keep all things in order. Push 

 forward the propagation ot all "bedding-out" plants 

 as quickly as possible. Scarlet and other Geraniums 

 that are rooted should be potttcl-off at once and kept 

 rather close for a week or two until they begin to loot 

 into the fresh soil, when they should be exposed as 

 much as possible to bardc n them for the winter. Plant- 

 out rooted cuttings of hardy perennials. Sow at the 

 beginning of the month hardy annuals for spring- 

 fiowering. Pleasure Grounds.— 'lhis is an excellent 

 time to plant evergreens. Attend regularly to the 

 mowing of the lawns and the sweeping and rolling of 

 the walks. 



Forcijsg. 



Frtjit,— Tine Apples.— If the plants bearing fruit 

 for the autumn and winter supply have bten all got 

 together in one house, as recommended last month, 



they can now have proper attention. They should 

 have a high and rather moist temperature, with a 

 bottom heat of from 80° to 85°, and a top heat of from 

 70 p to 75° at night and from 80° to 90° by day. They 

 should have liberal supplies of water until the fruit 

 approach maturity, when it should be withheld. The 

 plants tor early fruit next season should now be put 

 into their winter quarters. Renew in part or entirely 

 the materials for bottom heat if it be not supplied by 

 pipes, and plunge the plants, allowing a good space 

 between them, and take care to keep them near the 

 glass. See the bottom heat on no account exceeds 9u°, 

 otherwise it will do serious injury. Give the plants 

 liberal supplies of water. Ventilate freely in fine 

 weather, and keep a night temperature of about 

 70°. Give succession plants plenty of air in tine 

 weather and liberal supplies of water, and see they 

 have a bottom heat of about 85°. Vines— Those in 

 the early-house shortld now be pruned. In all houses 

 where the crops are cleared endeavour to get the wood 

 well matured. In houses where Grapes are ripening 

 give plenty of air, and in wet weather fire heat will 

 be necessary. Vineries containing ripe Grapes must 

 be kept cool and dry. Peaches and Nectarines.— 

 Remove the sashes off the late-house, and whilst they 

 are off they may be painted if they require it. Give 

 the trees lull exposure to sun and air. When the 

 leaves on the trees in the early-house begin to lose 

 hold, draw a broom lightly over the shoots. This will 

 remove the leaves, which can then be gathered, and 

 the house can be made clean. Figs.— Water must 

 now be given sparingly, otherwise the tree will con- 

 tinue growing too late and the wood will not get 

 properly ripened. Ventilate freely night and day. 

 Cherries.— Shift any that may require it. straw- 

 berries.— Attend well to the watering of these, and 

 pinch off all runners as they appear. Melons. — With- 

 hold water from fruit thirt is ripening. Keep a steady 

 bottom heat of 84° to plants that are swelling their 

 fruit Water freely when they require it, aud give 

 plenty of air. Do not let the shoots get crowded. 

 Cucumbers.— Vay every atteniion to late Cucumber 

 plants, that they may get a strong vigorous grow th 

 bef'ote the winter. Give them abundance of air in 

 fine weather, and liberal supplies of water when they 

 require it. If wet weather should set in, a littie fire 

 heat will be necessary to keep the night temperature 

 from falling below 05°. Pay great attention to the 

 bottom heat, which may range trom 80° to 85°. Plants 

 in bearing should have liberal supplies of manure 

 water. 



Hardy Fruit. 

 Attend carefully to the protection of all ripening 

 fruit, and to the gathering of it when fit. Earwigs, 

 wasps, flies, and woodlice are great pests to ripening 

 fruit, and if not destroyed will generally spoil the 

 finest: therefore spare no pains to trap and destroy 

 them. Look frequently over ripening fruit, and turn 

 aside any leaves that shade it. Gather fruit in dry 

 weather, and remove them carefully from the tree by 

 lifting each fruit gently upwards. Go over all the 

 wall trees, and nail-in or pinch off all shoots that 

 require it. Stratvberries.— Make fresh plants and cut 

 off all runners if not already done. 



Kitchen Garden. 

 Hoe and stir the soil between the crops in dry 

 weather. Attend regularly to the earthing-up of 

 Celery, also to the blanching of Lettuces and Lndive. 

 Thin W T inter Spinach, and hoe between the rows. 

 Potatoes— Take up in dry weather and store away 

 when fit, taking care to put none away that are 

 diseased. Cauliflowers. — Those sown in August 

 should be pneked-out into frames and on sheltered 

 borders, about 3 inches apart, to stand over the winter. 

 Owio?i*.-Takeup, dry, and when fit strap them and 

 hang them where they can have plenty of air and 

 ^ here they can be kept sate trom trost. Parsley — 

 'that sown early, if cut back at the beginning of the 

 month, will soon make fresh growth, which will stand 

 the winter better than the hist growth, which is 

 generally too succulent. Late Turnips.— Ihin well, 

 and keep the ground between the rows well stirred. 

 Clear away all decaj ing crops, and keep every place 

 as clean as possible.— M. S. 



