THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GDIDE. 
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THE GAEDEN GUIDE FOR SEPTEMBEB. 
Kitchen Garden. - — Where onions have been cleared off, is 
generally the best place for cabbages for spring nse, because the 
ground having bt en well-manured for tlie onions, is in good heart, 
and yet, so far relieved of manure by the onions, there will be no 
fear of a rank growth, such as will cause the plants to suffer from 
frost. Plant out, as spaces become vacant, first digging deep and 
leaving the surface rough. The planting, however, must be firm, 
and damp weather should be chosen for it. It is too late now to 
sow any more winter greens or onions, and if the stock is short, it 
will be better to get a supply of plants than waste time and patience 
in sowing. Thin winter spinach to six inches from plant to plant ; 
thin the rows of lettuce that are to stand the winter : but not 
severely, because, in the event of severe frosts, the plants protect 
each other, if somewhat close together ; on the same principle, 
broccoli and cauliflowers left to risk it in the open ground, should 
be not more than fifteen inches apart each, and the ground for them 
should not, at this season, be very rich, or they may suffer in severe 
weather. We generally plant the spring broccoli without manure, 
and in the spring, as soon as they commence their new growth, 
give them regular waterings with bouse sewage, and so secure fine 
heads ; cabbages we treat the same, so as to avoid the necessity of 
manure in the autumn, which renders them tender in exposed situa- 
tions. Earth up celery as the rows require it, in dry weather, but 
if not well grown, give plenty of liquid manure, and postpone the 
earthing-up till the plants have made good substance. This is the 
best time to form new beds of horseradish, the crowns to be planted 
fifteen inches deep, and six inches apart, in very rich and well 
trenched soil. Continue to sow saladings, and gather seeds as fast 
as they ripen. Potatoes to be taken up as the tops wither ; carrots 
and beet-root may remain till the frost cuts off the foliage, and no 
longer, but parsnips may be left in the ground, trenched out as 
wanted for use, unless the ground is required, in which case, store 
them in sand. 
Flower Garden. — Plant out pinks and carnations, and rooted 
cuttings of herbaceous plants. The beds of seedlings must be 
looked over and thinned, and the thinnings planted in fresh plots of 
newly-dug, and firmlj'-trodden ground. This month commences the 
season for planting bulbs. The first lot of hyacinths and tulips 
should at once be got into pots, and plunged in coal-ashes, or coarse 
sand, so as to quite bury them, and keep them only moderately 
moist, and as much as possible free from the action of the atmosphere, 
so as to induce a root action before the foliage is produced. Hya- 
cinths may also be planted in beds and borders, but tulips should not 
be put in the open ground till next month. A very eliective way of 
using hyacinths is to put them in patches of seven, one in the middle 
and six round it, every separate patch to be of a different colour. 
Cuttings of bedding-plants may still be taken freely, but there 
should be no delay, or they may not be well rooted before cold 
weather sets in. This and next month are the best times for striking 
September. 
