THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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Pompone chrysanthemums may still be increased. Either the tops 
mav be struck for pot blooming, or shoots of eight or ten inches in 
length may be layered into five-inch pots, and removed when mode- 
rately well established. Dwarf plants of the pompone and lilliputian 
varieties are very useful for decorative purposes at the end of the 
season, and are adapted to purposes for which large bushy plants 
would not be so suitable. The large flowered kinds do not bear to 
be stopped so late as the pompones. 
Geeenhouse.— Show and fancy pelargoniums that have been 
trained out and pruned should be repotted as soon as they have 
broken regularly. Put them into the smallest pots into which their 
roots can be got, so as to allow of a series of shifts till they are once 
more in their blooming-pots. Young plants and greenhouse shrubs 
should be well hardened now, before going to their quarters for the 
winter. Let camellias and azaleas have plenty of sun and little 
water. Summer-struck geraniums, achimenes, and fuchsias, may be 
got into bloom now, to keep up a display till Christmas. Shift all 
forward stock required to bloom early. Cinerarias should now be 
strong, and must have no check ; see that they are kept clear of fly, 
for they are very subject to it. A cold pit is the best place for 
them. Whatever needs potting pot at once. Late shifts result in 
deaths during winter. All plants winter best when their pots are 
full of roots. 
Stove. — All specimen plants in free growth must have attention 
now to secure a perfect ripening of the wood before the season 
closes. Let everything have now as much sun as can be borne with- 
out injury, which is best done by removing the shading from part of 
the house, and there placing whatever is likely to bear the exposure. 
Use water freely on the paths and beds, to keep up a moist atmo- 
sphere, and give air at seasonable times liberally. Plants to be used 
for autumn and winter decoration ought now to be in a thriving 
condition ; if any want a shift, attend to it at once. Stop young 
plants of Euphorbia, Aphelandra, Justicia, Poinsettia, Ixora, Aischy- 
nanthus, etc. As the month progresses, shut up earlier, and give 
less and less water to the roots of plants, and especially those which 
should be going to rest. If we have a period of dull, chilly weather, 
use fire-heat, for a chill will do more harm now than in a month or 
two hence, when vegetation will be in a state of repose. 
Oechid House. — Orchids in full growth must have moisture and 
heat sufficient to maintain them in health, but the judicious cultivator 
will not often have to light a fire this month. Those going to rest 
to be encouraged by removal to a cooler part of the house, where 
they must have less water, but be kept plump by frequently sprink- 
ling the paths and stages. This is a good time to separate pseudo 
bulbs for increase of stock, and to pot on small plants to get them 
established before winter. Orchids that have been a long time in 
the same pots need top-dressing with fresh material. Shut up at 
four till the third week of the month, and then shut up at three. 
After shutting up, syringe gently with water of the same tempe- 
rature as the house. 
Fruit Gaeden. — To keep the fruit as long as possible, throw 
August. 
