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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ October, 
will evaporate more moisture than the roots can supply, and the young shoots 
will be injured by shrivelling. Plant Baspberry-canes, and propagate Gooseberries 
and Currants. —J. Powell, Frogmore. 
VEGETABLES. 
As is the month of September to the agriculturist, so is that of October to 
the horticulturist,—the harvest season. Many crops, not alone in the way of 
vegetables, should be taken up and stored away, or harvested, during the month. 
Where the Onions have not all been secured, this should now be done without 
delay. Other crops, such as Carrots , Beets , Scorzonera , Salsafy, &c., should 
also be taken up ; but in the case of these we do not recommend that it should 
be done too early, as should the weather prove fine and open, there will still 
remain a little time for growth ; besides which, the later it is possible to perform 
the operation, so much the shorter will be the time the various products will require 
keeping. In taking up, they should each be carefully handled, and divested of their 
leaves with as little injury as possible to the crowns. Cutting off the leaves 
should therefore be dispensed with, in the case of the Beet especially, as the 
necessary manipulation may be performed by simply twisting them off with the 
hands. In regard to the other roots referred to, this will be found more difficult, 
and it may be necessary to cut them across, in doing which, be careful not to cut 
the solid crown itself in any degree, as this invariably predisposes to decay. Such 
crops may, as is customary, be stored away in bins, and covered over with sand, 
or very dry open and gritty soil, but Carrots will keep equally well, if not 
fresher and better, clamped in the open ground, in precisely the same way as 
potatos are clamped, and we have kept Beet in a similar way. 
Large breadths should now be planted, in sheltered sites and thickly, of 
Endive , Lettuce , seedling Cauliflowers , &c. : these for the very early spring 
supplies ; plant the Endive deeply. Both the Lettuces and Endive planted early 
last month, especially the latter, should now be tied up for blanching, or have 
some kind of protection placed over them, as the hearts are soon injured by slight 
frosts. Persevere in destroying all Weeds which exist amongst permanent crops. 
Spinach , which is the most valuable of all winter crops, must be kept 
constantly hoed in its present young state. Take care to thin it out moderately, 
because if it be left at all thick at this season, the crop will become too weak 
generally to be able to withstand the frosts that ensue. Should symptoms of 
mildew exist on any—and it sometimes attacks it at this time—dust the beds over 
with lime or with sulphur. Where large seedling plants of Cabbage are in hand, 
it may not be too late to make another successional planting. Dig over all vacant 
ground as opportunity offers.— William Earley, Valentines. 
JUNIPERUS CHINENSIS AUREA. 
S HIS is a sport from one of our finest evergreens, the Juniperus chinensis. 
It occurred in the Milford Nurseries, near Godaiming, where the parent 
f plant is now growing. It is not a feeble side branch that has produced 
this extraordinary plant, but the whole of the top is golden yellow, which 
may in some measure account for the constancy of the variegation and the free 
growth of the plant. Mr. Young has a large number pf young plants taken 
from this sport, varying in height from 6 in. to 5 ft., and not one of them shows 
any tendency to go back to the original green colour of the type, while they 
