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OPERATIONS IN THE FLOWER-GARDEN FOR 
SEPTEMBER, 
Azalea cuttings, planted in July, will now probably require potting off. 
Camellias, if wanted to flower early, should be taken into the greenhouse the 
end of this month, or beginning of October. Grafting and budding, too, are often 
performed upon them at this time, but we prefer the spring season. 
Carnations, layered last month, will require potting off. This is also a good 
time for preparing the composts, &c. 
Calceolarias, cut down in July, will begin to flower about the end of the 
month. Place them in an airy part of the greenhouse. 
China Roses. — Cuttings now put in under a handglass, on a south-east or 
south-west aspect, strike very freely, and should be potted off in the spring; but 
the cuttings become fine plants in much less time when they are planted in the spring. 
Chimonanthus Fragrans may still be increased by layers and cuttings. 
Cyclamen Persicum, if not turned out of the pots into a sheltered border, let 
it be done as early in the month as possible. 
Cactuses of all sorts should now be taken into the greenhouse. 
Greenhouse Plants, of several kinds, may still be propagated by cuttings. 
Mignonette to stand the winter in pots ; if not sown last month, should be 
sown as early as possible. 
Orange and Lemon Trees may still be propagated by cuttings. 
Pink Pipings put in last month and July, if properly struck, should be trans- 
planted in beds to remove in the spring. Pot off a quantity of one-year old plants 
to force. 
Ranunculuses planted in frames towards the end, will flower from Christmas 
to the middle of January. 
Ten Week Stocks, sown in pots early in the month, and sheltered in frames, 
will flower early in the spring. 
Primula Sinensis.— -Cuttings of this plant may be put in about the end of 
the month. 
Ipomopsis Elegans, now sown, will probably make finer plants than those of 
any other season. 
Isotoma Axillaris.— The seeds of this plant may be sown, to flower the 
following May. 
Hyacinths may be planted the middle of the month. 
Schizanthus.— T he various species may be sown early in the month. 
