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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ October, 
^fiowers sown in August should now be pricked out into frames or under hand¬ 
glasses, at a distance of four or five inches apart. The whole of the Potato crop 
should be lifted and housed in dry weather. Carrots^ Parsnips, Beet, Salsafy, 
and Scorzonera should be taken up as soon as the tops indicate maturation, and 
dressed, and stored away when dry. When the Asparagus stems are decayed, 
they should be cut down, and the beds winter-dressed. CauUjiowers, Spinachy 
Peas^ Beans, Scarlet Runners^ and other crops which have done bearing should 
be cleared away. The ground should have a good dressing of manure, and then be 
either dug deeply, trenched, or thrown up into ridges. The surface soil between 
crops should be stirred with a hoe on fine days. Weeds will not now be troublesome. 
Sow : Mustard and Cress weekly, for a regular supply. 
Forcing-Houses. — Pines: These should now undergo a thorough re-arrange¬ 
ment, before the cold weather sets in, and if the beds want renewing wholly or in 
part, it should be done before the plants are fresh plunged. All the plants in fruit 
should be placed in a compartment by themselves, so that a suitable temperature 
may be kept up during the autumn and winter months. The plants for next 
season’s crop of fruit will now have done growing, and these will also do best in a 
separate compartment, as they require a comparatively dry atmosphere, and 
plenty of air and light. The succession plants of all sizes will do well together 
the larger plants should be plunged in the back rows, and the smaller ones 
in the front ones, and if any of them require shifting, it should be done 
before they are re-plunged. Fire-heat will now become necessary to keep up 
the temperature ; from 60° to 65° at night will be sufficient for the 
succession plants, but the night temperature for the fruiting plants should 
not fall much below 70°. The fruiting plants should be liberally supplied 
with water when they require it; the succession plants will do with much less 
at this season. Vines: Keep all the houses containing ripe grapes as dry, cool, 
and airy as possible ; remove all berries the moment they show signs of mouldi¬ 
ness or decay. The Vines in the early house, to be started next month, should 
be pruned at once, if not already done. Peaches: The trees in the early house 
should be pruned, but if disbudding and the thinning of the shoots have been 
properly attended to, little in the way of pruning will now be necessary. Eemove 
the ties of last season, and thoroughly cleanse the trees from everything likely to 
harbour the eggs or larvae of insects ; then give them a dressing of the follow¬ 
ing mixture :—a little soft-soap, sulphur, clay, and tobacco-water, reduced to 
about the consistency of paint ; this should be apphed with a brush. When dry, 
the shoots should all be neatly tied in to the trellis. If any worn-out trees 
require to be replaced with 3 munger ones, this is the proper season to do it. The 
best trees for the purpose are those that have been trained for five or six years. 
These come into bearing at once, and the variety is known, which cannot always 
be the case with younger plants. The plant should be carefully lifted, so 
as to injure the fibres as little as possible, and should not be planted too deeply. 
