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CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. 
supported by stakes. Gather early apples and pears, filberts, 
quinces, and all ripe fruit as required. 
Forcing Garden. Continue the general treatment of last 
month as regards the admission of air to ripe grapes and other 
fruits arriving at perfection, taking advantage of every fine day, 
but being careful to exclude damp of any kind. If the suc¬ 
cession pines were not shifted last month, no time should be 
lost in completing the operation ; fruiting plants should have a 
brisk steady heat maintained about them. The peach-house may 
be thrown open as soon as the young wood is thoroughly ma¬ 
tured, and by the end of the month the trees may be loosened 
from their supports and well cleaned; pruning had better be de¬ 
ferred for the present. Cherries, figs, raspberries, &c., in pots 
and tubs, which have been forced, or are intended for the 
purpose, should be shifted or top-dressed as occasion may 
require. 
Cucumbers and melons require much attention to keep them 
healthy, in consequence of. the continued dull weather; a lively 
heat in the beds is most essential, and to secure it, the linings 
must be turned and newly-made as the temperature of the 
frames is found to decline. Water very cautiously, even among 
growing plants; the ripening crops of melons will not require 
any, unless very hot weather ensue ; such of the fruit as will not 
come to perfection may be cut green for preserving. Attend to 
the potted strawberry plants in hot weather ; they must not suffer 
from drought. 
A few French beans may be sown near the end of the month, 
to furnish a dish about Christmas. Provide as many eight-inch 
pots as there will be room to accommodate, drain, and half fill 
them with fibrous loam; sow five or six beans in each, and set 
the pots in a cold frame. They will require to be treated with 
plenty of air at first; but, as soon as dull weather occurs, must 
be taken to the stove. 
Rhubarb for the winter supply should be potted or prepared 
for placing in heat, and the first crop of seacale should be covered 
towards the end of the month. Begin to sow small salads, to 
be raised in heat. 
