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KITCHEN GARDEN. 
the roof, or part of the roof, inside or out, to 
prevent the sun from burning up, or weakening, 
Fuchsias that are flowering in the green-house. 
The lighter the shade is the better, as a want 
of light draws up the plants, and weakens them. 
THE CONSERVATORY. 
The principal duty here is to remove plants 
past their beauty, and bring in others that ai*e 
in flower ; to trim and train the growing 
branches of climbing plants, permanently 
planted out, and growing up the sides, pillars, 
or trellises. A good succession of Roses, in 
pots, blooming at all the seasons, will be found 
very useful ; Annuals in pots, and choice 
plants from the stove and orchideous house. 
The conservatory should be shaded from the 
hot sun, or the blooms of flowering plants will 
soon fade. Weeds will grow rapidly in the 
borders, and the petals of flowers, and the 
leaves of plants, fall almost hourly ; therefore, 
early in the morning, all flowering plants of any 
consequence should be shaken a little, to bring 
off those blooms which would fall in the course 
of the day of themselves ; and the outer bor- 
ders, beds, and the soil in pits, be cleared of 
them ; the borders and beds be raked, the 
paths swept, all the shelves and stands cleaned. 
It is as necessary for the gardener to clean all 
the surface of a conservatory, as for the house- 
maid to sweep and dust the drawing-room. 
An occasional shower of the dew-like moisture 
which can be thrown over everything by the 
patent syringes, will be found beneficial in 
any long succession of dry weather. Watering 
must be given plentifully, and especially to 
plants which are making their growth, such as 
Camellias, Rhododendrons, and Azaleas planted 
out ; and even more attention must be paid to 
such as are in large tubs and pots standing in 
the conservatory. All decaying flowers should 
be cut off of everything unless seed be wanted, 
for it prolongs the blooming season of many 
subjects that bloom in continuance as they 
grow, and it makes a plant more tidy, even if 
the bloom is all on at one season. Plants that 
are removed from the conservatory after 
blooming must be submitted to the treatment 
recommended for the department to which 
they belong. Some, such as bulbs, to have 
their season of dry and rest ; others to be 
excited and make their growth; for most 
green -house plants rest when they have set their 
bloom for the next year, and others when they 
have done flowering. Pick off all decaying 
flowers, and their seed-pods with them, before 
the latter begin to swell, if you are anxious 
for the growth of the plant : if you want seed, 
they must remain. Give all the air you can. 
THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 
This is a busy month. Weeds grow and 
seed, almost before you think they could 
come up, and both crops and paths want con- 
stant hoeing and clearing. The sticking of 
Scarlet Beans, and Peas, where there is any 
deficiency of support, clearing off the crops of 
Peas that have done bearing, and carefully 
harvesting the haulm under cover, as the most 
valuable litter that can be had, and preserv- 
ing the bean-stalks for earwig-traps, are 
things of course, and too important to neglect 
with regard to particular subjects. 
Peas may be sown again, because they will 
be soon up, and grow fast, and if they tell 
well, they are worth the trouble. The late 
sorts are generally sown, but the early ones 
give better chance of a crop ; if you continue 
sowing very late, they are quicker at maturity. 
Lettuces may be planted out, and others 
sown. All kinds of Salad may be kept up 
the year round, with the protection of a frame 
in winter, and sowing a little each month 
through the year; if some fail, others will hit, 
and rarely two months fail together. Several 
kinds of Lettuce are pretty hardy. 
Potatoes. — This month plant Chapman's 
kidney ; and if you have not got them, get 
them of some authorized agent ; for many 
have been sold that are no more like them in 
nature than a York red is like an early frame. 
They should be planted about the middle or 
end of the month, and treated like other pota- 
toes ; they may be taken up in November, 
and pitted. They eat like a new Potatoe from 
Christmas to May, and even June; and quan- 
tities are sold during the early months for 
new Potatoes. Earth up all the crops of 
Potatoes, to well cover their tubers. 
Spinach. — Sow now the winter Spinach, 
to continue the supply. This will stand the 
whole winter, and is used by picking off the 
matured leaves, from time to time, and not 
by taking the whole plant, as in the round- 
leaved, or summer kind. 
Cauliflowers. — Break down the two or 
three inner leaves of those which show flower. 
The object of this is to keep off the sun, that 
the flower may come white and close. Plant 
out some of the spring sown, to flower in the 
autumn ; hoe between, and earth up, any that 
have been planted out in the later spring months. 
In planting out, Avait for showery weather, or 
give the ground a good soaking all over before 
you plant, as Avell as water them in after they 
are planted. 
Onions may be finally thinned out, and 
must be kept weeded. Some may be sown ; 
although the principal sowing for winter and 
spring drawing must be next month. Let 
the ground you sow on be very rich ; for it 
cannot be too much so. Sow the seed rather 
thickly, tread them well down, and rake them 
even ; when they are sown on a large scale, 
roll them with a small but heavy roller. 
