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CALENDAR1AL MEMORANDA FOR SEPTEMBER. 
Wall fruit-trees still require looking over, to displace supernu* 
merary shoots, and keep the leaders close to the wall. If the crop of 
peach-houses are over, expose the trees to the open air; and if insects 
have attacked them during the ripening of the fruit, they should be 
well and repeatedly drenched with water or soap-suds. So all trees 
on the open walls suffering from insects, should be often and forcibly 
washed with the engine. If fruit drop from the tree before it is ripe, 
it is an indication that the tree is in want of water at the root; this 
defect admits of a certain, though a laborious remedy, viz. watering the 
borders. 
Strawberries planted or potted last month, will require copious 
watering to keep them improving, before the cold of winter sets in to 
check their growth. 
Flower Garden. —The flowering plants of the stove, the green¬ 
house, and conservatory, as well as all those in the borders, beds, or on 
the stages of the flower garden, all require particular attention in 
watering, propping, and perfect cleanliness. Decayed flowers, stems, 
and leaves should not be seen, far less w r eeds, or any irregularity of 
growth, which would convey an idea of wildness or neglect. If there 
be any seedlings of biennial or perennial flowers too crowded, they 
should be thinned or transplanted. If slips, cuttings, pipings, or 
layers are sufficiently rooted, they should be removed to the beds or bor¬ 
ders where they are intended to flower, or planted in pots, as the case 
may be. Carnation layers and pink pipings require particular atten¬ 
tion, as well as all other sorts raised in the same way, and intended to 
flower next year. Auriculas should be freed from dead leaves, the 
surface of the pots freshened up, a little fresh compost added, and if 
any require shifting, it may now be done. The seeds of anemones, 
ranunculuses, &c, may still be sowed in pans or boxes, if not done last 
month. Dahlias are now in full beauty ; and the Chinese chrysanthe¬ 
mums, whether in pots or in the open air, require frequent watering, 
and not only at the root, but over the leaves ; the latter, though quite 
flaccid by the sun’s heat, quickly revive on being sprinkled with water. 
Seeds of fine annuals, or other flowering plants now ripe, should be 
gathered and saved. As the time is coming on for housing the green¬ 
house plants, the house should be got ready in time for their reception. 
Of late years, indeed, we have had scarcely any frost before Christmas; 
but there is no trusting to the weather in this changeable climate. We 
have known green-house plants killed, and many seriously injured by 
frost which happened on the 5th of September, we think, 1794 or 5. 
Better it is, therefore, to be too soon than too late, especially as the 
