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of the Valley and Roses in Pots must get stimulants in the shape of liquid 
manure once a week, and not be allowed to get starved standing or plunged in 
some quiet corner. Chrysanthemums must get staked and well-regulated in growth, 
and watered freely. Tea Roses will now be making rapid growth, which must 
be trained and taken care of, as on these growths we depend, in a great measure, 
for our flowers next spring. In a week or two, a few choice or scarce kinds may 
be budded on the strong sorts, and variety increased ; Isabella Sprunt, Safrano, 
Madame Francois Janin, and Celine Forestier are small-flowered sorts worth 
looking at,— Heney Knight, Floors Castle. 
FRUITS. 
Pines: Eemove stools from which the earliest fruit has been cut, to make 
room for advancing fruiters. Take off the suckers, pot firmly in 8-inch pots, 
and plunge in fermenting leaves in a close pit or frame, where root-action will 
be rapid. Pot successions before they become pot-bound, using good turfy-loam, 
which must be well rammed; water sparingly; keep close, with a little extra 
shading for a few days, and dew the plants overhead twice a day with a fine 
syringe. Encourage plants that have gone out of flower to make new roots, by 
packing fibry turf round the necks, and by the application of tepid liquid manure ; 
syringe overhead, and close at 85°. 
Vines: Thoroughly soak inside borders, and well syringe early Vines from 
which the fruit has been cut, to prolong healthy root and leaf action ; otherwise, 
second growth may set in when the Vines should be at rest. Crapes that have 
to hang through the winter must be well thinned. Give abundance of air, with 
a little fire-heat, to Grapes that are colouring, and give plenty of water to inside 
borders; if well drained, the borders cannot receive too much ' water at this 
season. Many of the modern high-and-dry borders do not receive enough. 
Attend to the roots of young Vines, and keep the feeders well up to the mulching 
by means of frequent surface-waterings with soft or pond water. 
Peaches and Nectarines: When the fruit is all gathered from the earliest 
houses, the trees must be heavily syringed, to dislodge insects and keep the 
foliage healthy. Water inside borders with weak liquid manure, to aid the for¬ 
mation of plump flower-buds. Towards the middle of the month the lights, if 
movable, may be taken off. Succession houses that have commenced their 
second swelling must have copious syringings. Give plenty of air, and close 
early, with sun-heat; keep the shoots well thinned and tied-down in late houses ; 
pinch laterals. Smoke for green-fly, and watch for mildew, which is sometimes 
troublesome in unheated structures. 
Figs : The second crop of Figs will now be making good progress. To insure 
fine quality, the fruit should be well thinned. Tie-in and stop strong growths ; 
water at the roots with tepid liquid manure ; and close early, with copious 
syringings. Maintain a constant circulation of warm dry air in houses where 
fruit is ripening, and insure colour and flavour by full exposure to the sun. 
Young trees in pots for next year’s work must be kept well mulched and fed. 
Cherries and Plums: The treatment recommended for early Peaches also 
applies to Cherries, after the fruit is gathered. Plums may be syringed up to the 
time they begin to colour, using clear, soft water for the purpose. Feed with 
weak liquid manure, and keep free from insects. Attend to tho stopping and 
syringing of young trees in pots intended for next year’s fruiting. Green-fly is 
unusually troublesome this year, and must bo kept in check. 
Hardy Fruits: Attend to the thinning-out and stopping of shoots on all 
