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CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER. 
its full size. Succeeding crops should be planted in sheltered 
situations : the same remarks apply to lettuces. 
A good deal of sowing has to be done this month. Cauliflowers 
occupy the first attention—those sown last month will want 
pricking out on a warm border, and a second crop should now 
be sown, for if the others are a little too early, they produce no 
heads. Two sowings of lettuce should be made, the first imme¬ 
diately, for winter use, and the other at the end of the month, to 
stand over till spring. Onions for transplanting should also be 
sown on a warm border, and along with them a few frame radishes, 
together with corn and small salads. If the previously sown 
spinach does not wear a promising appearance, it will be best to 
sow again, rather than run any risk as regards the supply. Where 
such things as angelica, chervil, dill, and borage are grown, the 
seeds should be sown now ; and plantations of all pot-herbs may 
be made with better success than at any other season. The exist¬ 
ing plants of this kind should be cut down and their tops dried 
for winter use. 
A further succession of leeks should be put out, and the first 
planted may be earthed as they become large enough. A pre¬ 
judice appears to exist against this plant without any real founda¬ 
tion. Many persons fancy them to be strong flavoured, though 
they are decidedly milder than the onion, and for soups or other 
dishes of the kind are greatly to be preferred. Tomatoes must 
be kept well thinned, and the shoots secured in their places, that 
the fruit may be encouraged to ripen. Capsicums in the open 
ground must have every assistance towards the same end. The 
ridge cucumbers appear to he suffering this season from some in¬ 
explicable disease, whose first symptoms are the sudden and entire 
death of the plant. Several have come under our notice in various 
places that have been apparently in excellent health in the morn¬ 
ing, and by night have presented nothing but a shrivelled mass. 
The cause is not understood, but we would use extreme caution 
in the application of water. The branches must be spread as far 
apart as possible, and the foliage kept moderately thin. 
The press of business at this part of the year is generally great, 
but it must not cause any neglect in the extirpation of weeds, 
many of which flower in this month, and, if not carefully removed, 
will create an immensity of labour in the following spring. 
