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after this must be used very sparingly. Take advantage of any spare 
time to repot and tie any specimens which may require this attention, 
and use every effort to have the plants neat and trim before ihe house 
is made up for the winter. After housing the plants give air freely, 
and keep the atmosphere rather dry. Stove .—Many of the principal 
ornaments will have done blooming, but care should be used to get the 
wood of such things as Echites, Ixoras, Allamandas, &c., well matured, by 
exposing them freely to light and giving a rather sparing supply of water 
at the root, just sufficient to keep the plants in health, but not to encou¬ 
rage their making more growth; and every care should be used to keep 
the foliage clear of insects, and plants ripening their wood should, where 
possible, be removed to a house where a drier atmosphere is maintained, 
and where this cannot be done, place them together at the driest end of 
the house. Continue to repot all young growing stock; keep them 
clean, and encourage free growth by a moist atmosphere and careful 
watering at the root. Also attend well to all plants intended for winter 
decoration. 
Hardy Fruit .—Look over early Pears, and watch their ripening, as 
the generality of the early kinds require gathering before they are ripe; 
for if allowed to hang too long and ripen on the trees, the flavour will 
be greatly deteriorated, and the flesh dry and spongy. It is a good 
plan to go over the trees at different times, and gather them as they 
approach maturity, and store them in a cool room. The earliest 
dessert Apples are best gathered from the trees as they may be required 
for use. Judging from appearances, wasps are likely to be very 
troublesome during the present month; therefore, use every means 
to destroy them, as well as every other insect that is likely to damage 
wall fruit, trapping them, as before advised. Late Peaches should 
have a good soaking of water at the root in dry weather, and wash the 
trees occasionally till the fruit is ripening. Remove a portion of the 
leaves that cover the fruit, so that it may have full exposure to sun and 
light. As soon as any Peach trees are clear of the crop, go over them 
and clear away all dead leaves and useless shoots; afterwards wash 
them with the garden engine. Protect late Plums with hexagon net 
or tiffany, to preserve the fruit from flies and wasp, for use late in the 
autumn. Cut out the old canes, and tie up the bearing shoots of 
double bearing Raspberries. Water with liquid manure if the weather 
is dry. Continue to clear Strawberry beds from all weeds and runners. 
Dress and fork the ground between the plants, as before advised. This 
is a good time for making new plantations. If any plants are required 
for spring planting, the runners had now better be planted out a few 
inches apart in nursery beds. Forcing Ground .—Late Melons will 
not require much water after this time. Keep up a good heat if there 
is any convenience to do so, that plenty of air may be given through 
the day, otherwise make the best of sun-heat. Cucumbers bearing in 
frames should have the linings renewed when the heat declines; thin 
and stop the shoots so that they do not get matted together. Water 
with liquid manure once a week, and cover the frames with mats when 
the nights are cold. Those sown last month should now be planted 
