GARDENING CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. 
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lielichrysums. — Get them into the house 
before much rain falls ; place them in an airy 
part, and water carefully. 
Leschenaultias should be housed early, 
placing the smaller plants in a rather warm 
but airy place. Water very carefully, but 
mind that the bottom or centre of the ball of 
roots does not get dry, or death will most 
likely result. 
Lilium japonicum (Japan Lily). — Pot any 
that are making a start to grow, and place 
them in a cool frame. Turfy loam and sand 
with a little peat and leaf mould will suit 
them well. Water very sparingly. 
Mignonette. — Sow in pots, and plunge 
them in frames or pits near the glass ; give 
air at all times, in rainy or windy weather by 
tilting the sashes on the side opposite to the 
wind : water very carefully, gradually re- 
ducing the quantity as the weather becomes 
colder. Keep the tree mignonette regularly 
stopped and tied up. 
New Holland Plants, as acacias, hoveas, 
bossiaaas, &c. may be housed towards the end 
of the month, or sooner if the weather prove 
wet. As protection from excessive wet, or 
strong winds, is all that these plants require 
as yet, they should receive all the air that can 
be given them, day and night, until the nights 
begin to get frosty. 
Orange trees. — Protect from heavy rains 
and strong winds, or place them in winter 
quarters about the end of the month. Water 
regularly and thoroughly, but not so often as 
the weather becomes colder. 
Oxalis. — Pot such of the early flowering 
sorts as commence to grow : a mixture of 
sandy loam and peat suits them well. Many 
of the Cape species appear to thrive in fine 
sand. Water sparingly, until they begin to 
grow vigorously. 
Pelargoniums. — Continue to cut down the 
plants, and shift them into smaller pots as 
they go out of flower. Shift those already 
started, using a richer compost as the plants 
acquire size. Regulate the heads by stopping 
and tying out as they advance. Do not stop 
such as are wanted for winter and spring 
flowering after the middle of the month ; but, 
to maintain a due supply, a few should be 
allowed to grow away at intervals of about a 
fortnight, and a little liquid manure should be 
given them occasionally. 
Primulas. — Continue to shift as requisite, 
keeping them close for a few days afterwards, 
and giving little water at first : pick off the 
flowers from such plants as are wanted to 
attain a large size to bloom in winter and 
spring. Use liquid manure occasionally. 
Proteas, Banlisias, Dryandras, &c. should 
be housed before the roots become soddened 
by rain, giving them a cool airy situation, 
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and placing them so as not to be crowded 
together. 
Rhododendrons. — Protect the tender varie- 
ties from heavy rains and strong winds : keep 
them regularly moist, but not wet, at the root. 
Roses. — Prune and regulate any that are 
planted out to pillars or otherwise in the house, 
thinning the least promising shoots. Reduce 
the supply of water to any that have completed 
their growth. 
Salvias. — Give a final shift, and stake and 
tie out the plants to the desired form. Use a 
rich compost, and manure-water occasionally. 
Those in flower should be shaded during the 
hottest part of the day. 
Stapelias. — Place these in a hot dry place, 
fully exposed to light ; water regularly, but 
not copiously. Several of them will be in 
flower by the end of the month. When past 
flowering, the supply of moisture should be 
gradually diminished. 
Tropceolums. — Pot any which may show 
signs of grow r th, but do not excite any that are 
at rest. Use a sandy fibrous loam, and leaf 
mould. Water sparingly at first. 
THE CONSERVATORY. 
Temperature from 60 to 70 degrees by day, 
and from 45 to 50 degrees by night. 
Ventilation.-— Give air copiously in fine 
weather, but close the house eai'ly in the after- 
noon as the evenings get cool. 
Watering. — Apply water with great care 
as the weather gets colder, using it in smaller 
quantities to nearly all plants, and almost 
entirely withholding it from succulents. Sy- 
ringe only in the morning. 
Arrangement, — As many large plants which 
have been out of doors during the summer will 
now require to be housed, attention should be 
paid so to group and arrange them as to 
harmonize in the best way, and to admit of 
the smaller and flowering plants to be placed 
round and among them to the greatest ad- 
vantage. By this means the smaller ones may 
be shifted and re-arranged as often as neces- 
sary, to produce variety, while the tall and 
heavy ones will seldom want to be moved, 
except when a complete change of arrange- 
ment may be desirable. 
General Directions. — Let all plants as they 
are introduced be carefully examined, cleaned, 
surfaced, staked, and re-labelled where neces- 
sary, before they are established in their 
winter quarters. Let all necessary repairs of 
the house be done before the large plants are 
brought in. 
THE PLANT STOVE. 
Temperature, from 75 to 80 degrees by day, 
and 60 to 65 degrees by night. 
Ventilation. — Gradually lessen the amount 
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