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OPERATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. 
The long- continued wet weather has rendered the use of the watering-pot in the open air unne- 
cessary. The cultivator’s attention has been chiefly engaged in keeping the flower-garden free from 
weeds, and staking all the tall-growing kinds in the borders or on the lawn, to prevent the bois- 
terous winds and dashing rains from breaking them down. Several kinds of greenhouse plants, 
also, which had been placed out of doors, have had to be removed again to the house to shield them 
from the severity of the weather. 
Everything in the flower-garden will now have arrived at some degree of perfection, and should 
the weather during this month prove fine, a rich display of flowers may be expected. The various 
kinds of Anagallis, Verbena, and other bedded plants, should be kept constantly pegged to the 
ground, otherwise they are either broken by the wind, or, by being twisted, become shabby for the 
remainder of the season. Freedom from weeds, and general cleanliness, is of great importance ; 
without this the greatest display of bloom is lost, as nothing can compensate for want of neatness. 
Always keep on hand a good supply of Scarlet Pelargoniums, Fuchsias, Cuphseas, Salvias, and 
Verbenas, potted in large pots, and m vigorous growth, to replace any that go out of bloom, or 
become damaged, so that all parts of the garden may at all times be kept in as perfect a sheet of 
various-coloured flowers as possible. 
With as little delay as the business of the month will admit of, progress with the increase of 
young stock for next year’s blooming in the flower-garden, as the season is now fast passing away. 
To make sirne of having a sufficient quantity, it is advisable to make out a list of what is required 
and put in sufficient cuttings that, when struck, one-fourth may be allowed to be lost during the 
winter. Should the winter prove favourable, and a less loss be sustained than usual, the overplus 
will answer to make up deficiencies, and may always be readily disposed of. 
Seeds of different choice kinds of annuals, biennials, herbaceous plants, and others, should be 
looked after, and gathered the instant they are ripe, as if the weather is wet they will soon be lost. 
Pot Hyacinths, Narcissi, and other bulbs, also re-pot if requisite, and in every way encomage 
the growth of Roses, Lilacs, Pinks, and other plants to be forced in the winter ; also look well to 
Camellias, Cupheas, and other winter-flowering plants, which will shortly be in request. 
In frames the young stock for next year should have as much exposure as the weather will 
permit, but they must be secured from heavy rains, and must have every encouragement to grow, 
that the shoots may be matured and hardened before the dark winter months. 
In the greenhouse give free access to the air, and decline syringing, so that the wood may become 
hardened and fitted for winter. 
In the Orchid-house still less shade is required than last month ; diminish humidity, admit air 
freely, but keep up a brisk heat, that the growths may be perfected before the plants are dried off. 
Those kinds which are still in a state of growth, must receive the usual requisites, but with less 
humidity than in the hottest months of summer ; if convenient, it is best to grow them in a house 
to themselves, that their treatment may not interfere with those which are preparing for torpidity. 
In the common plant-stove, decline syringing, but water liberally at the roots ; also give a brisk 
heat, and plenty of air, to render the newly-formed wood firm and hard ; and in every way gradually 
prepare for the period of rest. 
