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lancifolium will now bo expanding beautifully, and should bo immediately transferred to the Conservatory. The compost 
heaps of all sorts should be sometimes turned about to get sun-baked, and brought into good condition for Autumn and 
Winter potting; also now is the time to cart in a fresh supply : scrub and wash dirty pots, and store them away for futuro 
use. 
Forcing Fruit House, Pineries. 
If it is not already done, it is now quite time to give a final shift into fruiting pots of all the be9t successions for early 
fruiting next season ; be sure that the drainage is perfect, and make a liberal use of rough lumps of charcoal, both amongst 
the drainage and also amongst the compost ; the bed will require to be renovated by the addition of fresh material and 
thoroughly turning over ; be careful to watch how the bottom heat works, as it sometimes gets too high after this operation ; 
a range ot 80° as a medium will bo quite enough. Keep up a good supply of atmospheric moisture, and abundance of air 
when the weather is right. Use great caution in syringing whero plants arc fruiting, so as not to wot the young fruit just 
setting. Remove all suckers from fruiting plants, with the exception of such as will be required for keeping up the stock. 
Vineries. 
Assist the late vines with a little fire heat, to perfect the fruit and ripen the wood ; stop all superfluous growth, nnd give 
them plenty of ventilation ; see that the roots do not want for water up to the colouring-point ; after that keep the border 
dry. Continue to cut out mouldy berries, and if wasps are now troublesome, nail the elastic hexagon netting over all the 
ventilators, using broad tape round the odges, as before advised. 
Peach Houses. 
The principal operations here will be confined to such as tend toward ripening the wood, which must be secured by a 
constant and free ventilation ; be sure that the borders aro kept dry, so as not to induce a second growth. Continue the 
application of water and liquid manure to Eigs, now swelliug the fruit, but only up to the ripening point, when, to secure 
flavour, they must be kept thy. 
Pits and Frames. 
Keep a large supply of good fermenting materials in a constant course of preparation, for the formation of new beds 
and for keeping up the heat of the linings to late Cucumber and Melon frames. Prepare also materials for successional 
beds of Mushrooms ; spawn such as are ready : this should be done at a temperature of 80°. See that the bods do not 
want for water, nnd, when necessary, give a good soaking, but do not be always dribbling a little at a time, as it only 
rots oil' the young Mushrooms. 
SEPTEMBER. 
Kitchen Garden. 
The harvesting of the general crops of Onions will now claim attention ns soon ns they are ready to pull up, which may 
bo ascertained by tiying a few : let them be carefully lifted and laid out to harvest under cover ot a shed, if it is in a wet 
time. When the ground is cleared, let it be well manured and trenched in preparatory to planting with Cabbages, to stand 
through the winter. Thin out the Spinach sown Inst month, leaving the plants six inches apart, and stirring the surface 
after thinning. Earth up all advancing crops of Broccoli, Winter Greens, and Cabbages ; also continue the earthing of 
Celery when the foliage is quite dry. Tie up Endive and Lettuce to blanch, and transplant Endive twice this month — in 
the beginning for the principal supply, and at the end for late crops. Prick out Cauliflowers into nursery beds to strengthen 
them for the hand-glasses ; keep up the sowing of Radish and small salading. 
Fruit Garden. 
Next month is the proper time to make new plantations of Eruit Trees, and it will condueo very much to their well-doing 
if the stations can be prepared this month, so that the ground may settle a little before planting: the first great essential 
is thorough drainage, the next to have the necessary composts in good condition, that is, well aerated and incorporated ; 
throw up a good-sized mound, as the trees should be planted generally abovo the level. Trees wliicli have a rampant, 
luxuriant, and unfruitful growth, may be root-pruned by the end of the month ; this root-pruning is a very useful help 
to the fruit-cultivator, and is applicable to all strong growing Fruit Trees. When the fruit i9 all taken from the Peach 
and Nectarine trees, give them a good syringing, and if at all mildewed, dust them with sulphur while moist. Remove 
runners nnd weeds from Strawberry beds, but do not cut off the old foliage ; prick up the spaces between the plants lightly 
with a fork : keep down weeds, and stir the soil amongst the newly-planted beds. Put in cutting of Currants and 
Gooseberries as soon as the leaves turn colour. 
Flower Garden. 
Towards the end of this month or the beginning of next, sow Hardy Annuals to stand through the winter ; the following 
may be safely recommended : — Nemophila discoidalis, insignis, and maeulata ; Gilia achillia.'folia and tricolor ; Clarkia pul- 
chella and alba ; Platystemon californicus ; Erysimum Perowskianiun ; Godetia tenella, Lindleyana, and rubicunda ; Col- 
linsia verna, tricolor, multicolor, and bartsisefolia ; Limnanthes Douglasii ; Bartonia aurea ; Callichroa platyglossa ; Silene 
compacta; Virginian Stock; Lupinus nanus; Cyanus; Eucharidium granditlorum ; Sanvitalia procumbens ; Eschscholtzia 
crocea and californica, and Lcptosiphon androsaccus : with the abovo a great display may be made in the Spring. Autumn- 
flowering Roses must bo supplied with liquid manure. Commence the planting of Narcissus, Crocus, Anemones and 
Aconites as soon as the places aro vacant. Stake and fasten securely Salvias, Dahlias, Asters and other Autumn-flowering 
plants. Get in a good stock of cuttings of free-rooting bedding plants in storo pots to stand tlirough tiro Winter. Pre- 
pare beds for Pansies. Plant out Pinks : pot off rooted layers of Picotee and Carnation, and plant the rest in nursery 
beds. Pick off dead seed-vessels from Scarlet Geraniums and Verbenas, and indeed try and make the most of all the late 
bloom by the constant removal of unsightly refuse, and attention to neatness. 
Plant House, Conservatory. 
The operations of this month in this department will not materially differ from the last. Every exertion must bo 
