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winter supply should now be sown; when up, 
keep the plants as hardy as you can, as they 
will withstand mildew much better if grown 
hardy when young, and will make much longer- 
lived plants. Peach-house. —As the wood be¬ 
comes ripened, which may he known by its 
assuming a reddish brown tinge and the leaves 
becoming yellow, take off the sashes and fully 
expose the trees. The late houses should 
have the foliage attended to to keep down 
insects and assist the ripening process, until 
the trees, as above, will bear exposure. 
Pinery. —The best grown plants should now 
be potted into fruiting-pots if not done, for the 
earliest supply next spring; use pure loam, 
and well drain the pots ; they will then take 
water often without its injuring the soil. A 
portion of the stock may remain for two or 
three weeks longer to keep up a succession. 
Suckers and succession plants will also require 
potting, and may have at this season a good 
shift, as they will grow freely from now to 
the end of October, and should not be potted 
again. Vinery. —The late crops should be 
kept growing by a moist atmosphere. Keep 
down insects, and apply fires to Muscats on 
wet days. The sashes may now be taken 
from the earliest-forced houses, as the wood, 
by this time, will be well ripened, and the foli¬ 
age be beginning to decay, and of no further 
use for supplying nutrition. 
KITCHEN GARDEN. 
The main breadth of Cabbages should be 
sown at once on well-prepared soil ; the old 
dates used to be about the 12th, but any time 
from the 1st to that date will secure you good 
plants, not liable to run to seed. A supply of 
Cauliflowers for standing over the winter in 
frames and hand-glasses should be sown 
between the 20th and the end of the month, 
and the true Bath Cos, and some good hardy 
Cabbage Lettuce, at the same time. As the 
summer crops of Peas, Beans, Cauliflowers, 
and Potatoes are cleared off, fill up every 
available space with Coleworts, "Winter Greens 
Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli, &c. Greens of all 
kinds will be more than useful next spring. 
Turnips, for winter, may be sown up to the 
middle of the month; also Spinach and a 
few Horn ^Carrots. Earth up the forwardest 
Celery. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
The flower garden will now be in full beauty, 
and, as great attention is now paid to arrange¬ 
ment of colour, any defects in composition, or 
the substitution of newer and better plants 
should be carefully noted, and stock procured 
for next season. Variety is often more pleas¬ 
ing than the mere display of colour ; we can¬ 
not therefore too strongly insist on the 
employment of herbaceous plants, as well as 
of the different shades of scarlet, blue, and 
yellow. For certain situations the primary 
colours are indispensable, as, for instance, 
when there are large spaces of grass adjoining 
the beds, tc counteract the effects of which 
warm colours are decidedly required; but for 
a general garden, containing a number of 
beds, and especially if on gravel, more variety 
than is usually seen will prove more agreeable 
to the majority of persons. The great beauty 
and order of a flower garden depend much on 
the training and management of the various 
plants, whether growing in beds or on walls, 
trellis, vases, &c. Let everything be kept, 
therefore, to its proper limits as to training, 
the grass kept close, and the gravel free from 
weeds and frequently rolled, and you will go 
far towards making your garden perfect. The 
propagation of plants for another year should 
commence as soon as the cuttings can be 
spared. There is no better plan for all the 
scarlet and variegated Geranium class than 
putting the cuttings in on well prepared 
sandy soil on a south border, or indeed in any 
open place, fully exposed. Verbenas strike 
equally well the same way, with the addition 
of a hand-glass over them. 
FLORIST’S FLOWERS. 
Auriculas. —These plants must now receive 
attention, after lying dry and comparatively 
dormant for the last two months. The plants 
will now require to be shaken out of the old 
soil, and repotted, using moderately rich but 
well sweetened soil, to ensure a good growth 
during autumn and bloom next spring. 
After repotting keep the plants rather close in 
a frame or pit for some little time ; give air by 
degrees, and in proportion as they draw root, 
until they can be entirely exposed to the air, 
excepting to heavy rains, to which they should 
never be subjected.' Aphides must not be 
allowed to infest them, or dead foliage to re¬ 
main on the plants. Carnations and Picotees .—- 
Watering must be carefully attended to ; this 
and cutting away dead foliage are the only 
requisites this month. Dahlias. — Water 
freely during dry weather, and in addition 
give the plants a good sprinkling overhead 
every evening, after the sun has left them. 
Go over the plants regularly twice a-week, 
and remove all superfluous small shoots and 
buds; this must be done with care and judg¬ 
ment, only cutting away a little at a time, 
leaving large varieties full for a time. Secure 
the side shoots by tying them to stakes, in 
doing which draw them away from the centre, 
to prevent weakness by overcrowding of the 
shoots. Earwigs should be got under as much 
as possible, to prevent the annoyance gene¬ 
rally occasioned by their disfiguring the finest 
blooms. PinJcs .—These should be planted 
into beds that have been prepared for them, 
as soon as sufficiently rooted. The beds should 
have been trenched and mixed with good 
rotten manure, and some loam if the soil is 
light. By early planting, Pinks winter better 
and produce larger flowers. The remainder 
of the stock should be planted out in spare 
beds much nearer together. Look well after 
the grubs, so very destructive to the young 
plants at this season. 
