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Tie up Endive and Lettuce to blancli. Early kinds of Fotatos sliould be taken 
up and housed. Gather the fruit of Tomatos as it ripens, and expose those that 
are not ripe to the influence of the sun, by removing such leaves or shoots as 
shade them. 
Sow: Tripoli Onions .at the beginning of the month ; Lettuces at the beginning of the 
month in vrarm borders to stand over the winter ; Radishes on warm borders; Mustard and 
Cress on gentle hot-bed. 
Forcing Houses. — Pines: Towards the end of the month, if the weather 
should set in cold, a little fire-heat will be necessary to assist the Autumn fruit in 
swelling off and ripening; a high night temperature will not be required, but it 
should not fall much below 70° ; water freely until the fruit begins to ripen. If 
the succession and young plants were all shifted last month as recommended, and 
the beds partly or wholly renewed, the only attention they will now require will be 
merely to give air freely in the fore part of the day, closing up early in the after¬ 
noon, and watering when necesary; fire-heat will not be required, unless very cold 
weather should set in. Vines: Late Grapes will now require constant care to keep 
them in good condition, especially if very wet weather sets in. All outside boi'ders 
should if possible be covered with lights or wooden shutters, to keep them dry; 
light fires in the morning in damp or wet weather; give plenty of air at the 
same time, and spare no pains to keep a dry atmosphere. The vines in the early 
house, to be started in November, may be pruned now. Peaches: The trees in 
the late houses should be well syringed on fine mornings, and have abundance of 
air given, but be closed early in the afternoon warm and dry. The trees in the 
early houses which have ripened their wood may have the leaves removed, and 
be loosened from the trellis. Figs: Give abundance of air, and keep a dry, warm 
atmosphere to mature the wood. Cucumbers and Melons: Look frequently over 
the plants, stop all superfluous growths, and remove decaying leaves. Melons 
approaching maturity should not have much water ; maintain a steady, regular 
bottom-heat by attention to the linings. 
Hardy Fruit Garden.— Continue to gather and store various fruits as they 
ripen on dry days ; too much care cannot be taken to prevent bruises ; and be 
sure that the kinds are ready for gathering. A very simple but sure test for 
Apples and Pears is to cut one, when if the seeds are brown or turning brown 
they may be gathered. Blackbirds and thrushes have been very troublesome this 
season, in consequence of the scarcity of other food. Prepare the Fruit-Poom for 
autumn stores; this apartment should be cool, dry, and not subject to much 
variation of temperature. 
Flower Garden. — Plant Houses: If these have been put in proper order, 
the plants may be got in at once, as the young tender shoots of the summer’s 
growth are extremely liable to be injured by the frost; when they are housed, as 
much air as possible should be given during the day, and even at night, as long 
as the weather continues mild. Soft-wooded Plants out-of-doors should be under 
protection before the end of the month. Zonal Pelargoniums in flower must be 
