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SEASONABLE GARDENING HINTS-SEPTEMBER. 
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stood out-doors should be placed under glass ; they should have abundance 
of air day and night except in stormy weather, and great attention should 
be paid to watering them, as plants, whose pots are full of roots, when 
placed on the stages of the greenhouse dry up very soon, and if not properly 
attended may suffer considerably before they show it. 
As the flower garden has improved much since the late rains, every 
attention should now be given to neatness in tying up all tail-habited 
plants that are still growing, and cutting down decayed ones. All decaying 
flowers and leaves should be removed as soon as they are perceived. As 
Pelargoniums will now be making free growth, cuttings can be easily got 
without disfiguring the beds ; they will strike freely in pots or boxes set on 
a south border, if put in at the beginning of the month. The seeds of 
Calceolarias, Petunias, Salvias, Pentstemons, Antirrhinums, and numerous 
other flowers, may now be gathered. Some Winter Aconites, Crocuses, 
Snowdrops, and other bulbs may be planted. The heat and drought have 
been very unfavourable for blooming Eoses, but have produced well-ripened 
wood. After the fine rains of the last month we may look for a gay bloom 
in the autumn. 
The present season has been a most unfortunate one for many of the 
summer crops. Peas and Beans that in an ordinary season would be in full 
Rearing the whole of the present month have been over several weeks ; whole 
breadths of Carrots and Turnips have disappeared; Onions are in general 
miserably small; Cauliflowers have refused to head—in fact vegetables of 
all kinds have suffered, except such as have been almost continually sup¬ 
plied with water. Every endeavour should now be made to have an abund¬ 
ance of autumn and winter crops. Celery having grown rapidly since the 
rains of last month, attention should be paid to earthing it up as it advances 
in growth. Cauliflowers have grown well; those planted as late as the 
12th of last month will head if the autumn be not very severe. Brussels 
Sprouts, Borecoles, and Broccolis have grown much, and promise to be fine. 
Turnips are growing rapidly; those sown as late as the 8th and 10th of 
August will bulb this autumn. Kidney Beans have done well since the 
rain. Endive and Lettuce have grown well. Large breadths of hardy 
Lettuce should be planted for winter and spring use. Spinach is growing 
well; it" should be well thinned, and the hoe should be run often between the 
rows. Large breadths of Cabbages should be planted on well-prepared ground 
at the beginning, and again about the end of the third week in the month. 
Herbs should be cut, dried in bunches, and hung up in a dry airy place. 
The hot season has been favourable to fruit trees. The wood ought to 
be well ripened this season, and will be where proper attention has been 
paid to the disbudding and thinning of the shoots. The crops of all kinds 
of fruit have been plentiful and fine here, and the crees promise well for next 
