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GARDEN NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER. 
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be given during the day, and some should also remain on during the night; 
keep all the lateral shoots well stopped in. The leaves of the early Peaches will 
now begin to fall away; take a birch-broom and sweep them gently off ; it is 
better to do this than to leave them attached to the wood long after they 
have ceased to perform their functions, since they become a harbour for insects, 
and by shading the wood retard its perfect maturation. Give the late houses 
air to the fullest extent during the day, but reduce it at night; keep the shoots 
well tied in, removing all that are superfluous. Reduce the supply of moisture 
to Figs, and give abundance of air when the fruit is approaching maturity. 
This is a good time to repot Cherry trees. Pay every attention now to the 
Strawberry plants intended for forcing next spring; give them liberal supplies 
of water, and pinch off all runners as they appear. Keep up a steady bottom- 
heat to Cucumbers and Melons by renewing the linings with fresh fermenting 
materials ; stir the surface of the beds, but be careful in watering Melons after 
this ; a slight syringing early in the afternoon after a hot day, will be beneficial 
to Cucumbers. 
Fruit-gathering will now require daily attention. Particular care must be 
taken in handling those intended for long keeping. By going over the trees fre¬ 
quently and gathering the ripest fruit first, the size of the others will increase as 
the quantity lessens. Protect fruit on walls from the attacks of wasps and birds. 
Look occasionally over the fruit-trees, and stop or remove all superfluous shoots. 
Commence preparations for new fruit-tree borders. Cut out all the old canes 
from Raspberries , if not already done ; and clear away all runners, and all old 
leaves from Strawberries , forking over the soil between the rows; also make fresh 
plantations. 
The maturation of the growth of Greenhouse plants is an important matter 
requiring every possible attention. If our previous instructions have been carried 
out, the wood should now be in a good ripened condition. Continue to house 
the more tender kinds of plants, washing the pots and searching for worms, where 
their casts appear on the surface of the soil. When housed, all the air possible 
should be given in fine weather, and each plant should be allowed sufficient 
space for the air to play freely around it. Watering must be well attended to, 
as plants after they are housed, especially those in small pots and well rooted, 
dry rapidly when placed on stages and exposed to a dry atmosphere all around 
them. The more hardy plants should be kept out under temporary protection 
as long as possible. Water carefully all the late-flowering Fuchsias , Pelargo¬ 
niums , Salvias , &c., and pick off all decaying flowers and leaves ; with a little 
attention they will make a fine display for some time. Continue to shift Chinese 
Primroses , Cinerarias , Calceolarias , and other plants for spring flowering. Attend 
well to the watering of Chrysanthemums. Pot in turfy loam and sandy peat, 
for forcing early, bulbs of Hyacinths , Narcissi , Jonquils , Early Tulips , &c. ; the 
sooner they are potted the better, as the chief source of success is to get the pots 
