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OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 
Annuals of various kinds may now be advantageously sown ; they must be 
sown in small pots, as they will require a frame for protection during- winter : so 
treated, they will flower early and well in spring-. 
Bulbous plants. The kinds that have done flowering should now be dried 
off ; others, that are showing flower, should be introduced to the forcing-house. 
Carnations. Pinks, &c., propagated as directed last month, will now require 
potting ofl" ; they must have the protection of a frame in the winter, which must be 
set in a sheltered situation, and a floor of ashes laid within for the pots to stand 
upon to keep the roots dry. Seedlings planted out last month will be infested by 
slugs, &c. ; these must therefore be guarded against. 
Calceolarias may be successfully propagated from cuttings in the early part 
of this month. Cuttings struck last month should be potted as soon as possible. 
Chimonanthus fragrans layered last month should now be examined, if 
rooted, detached from the parent, and in a few days removed altogether. Cuttings 
should also be potted oiF this month, and they will get established before the grow- 
ing season closes. A few cuttings might be now put in with success. 
Greenhouse plants. Cuttings now put in will succeed. 
Mignonette. A little seed immediately sown will come in well before the 
main winter crop, the seed of which must be put in by the middle of this month. 
Orange and lemon trees, budded last month, must now be attended to. 
Rockets, &c., cut down last month, will furnish a good stock of cuttings which 
may now be successfully put in ; they take well in sandy soil ; if a glass is placed 
over them they will root sooner. 
Verbena Tweediana continue to propagate, also the other kinds should now 
be increased ; they must be preserved in a frame or greenhouse through the winter: 
little water will salt them best, for if allowed to get wet for any length of time 
they are likely to damp. Calceolarias^ Petunias, and other stock intended for the 
flower border next spring, will require the protection of a frame or greenhouse: 
they must have a liberal supply of air when the weather is favourable, and be kept 
close in cold windy, frosty, or rainy weather, observing to give the water with a 
cautious hand, and they will stand well, make good plants and flower freely in 
flower garden borders next season. 
