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time. Cuttings of the China, Tea-scented, and Bourbon kinds, 
struck in July and August, should be potted separately into a 
mixture of peat and loam. Look well to the Auriculas, and see 
that the drainage of each pot is perfect, and that worms do not 
ascend into them ; if flower-stems make their appearance, allow 
them to rise their full height before plucking; seedlings sometimes 
require a rather full exposure to sun to check over-luxuriance. 
Get them into winter quarters before the autumn rains occasion 
any injury, allowing plenty of air. 
Florista. 
CALENDAR OF FRUIT AND FORCING GARDEN 
OPERATIONS. OCTOBER. 
Fruit Garden. Take advantage of all favorable weather to 
secure the crops of late fruit, gathering only when perfectly dry, 
and removing them at once to the fruit-room. Morello cherries, 
netted up for late use, should be occasionally looked over, and 
any dead or decaying leaves removed; the same with currants 
and gooseberries, which, if matted close up, should be occasionally 
opened so as to get thoroughly dry. Peaches, vines, figs, and 
all other wall-trees should be cleared of their leaves as soon as 
any quantity of them part easily from the boughs, so that the 
sun and air may have free access to the young wood, to harden 
and ripen it thoroughly. The trees may also be unnailed, espe¬ 
cially figs, so as to allow of their branches being brought together, 
and matted up in case of severe weather. Remove the old stems 
from raspberries, so as to expose the suckers freely to the atmo¬ 
sphere, tying them so that they do not get broken over. 
Keep the fruit-room as cool, dry, and airy as possible, removing 
all litter, or spotting or decaying fruit as soon as perceived, so 
that damp of every description may be avoided as much as pos¬ 
sible. Decaying fruit, in particular, should be entirely removed 
from the room, and used as soon as possible: it ought to be 
noticed long before it is only fit to throw away. 
Where walls are in want of repair, the trees may be entirely 
unnailed, and the stopping and dressing of the walls be proceeded 
with, taking care so to tie up and protect the trees, that as little 
