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i mixed, for tlie plants will not endure much heat at 
this early season. If dung alone has to he used, 
be sure and not use it too liberally; better only 
partially cover the pots, if it heats violently; if not, 
add more as required. 
d- - Celery requires but little attention this month, 
save that the latest may want some earthing-up. 
Level down and dig the ground from which tho 
early Celery has been taken up, in order that it 
may have the benefit of what frosts we may have; 
for that purpose, autumn diggings may be deep. 
e. -This being late JlrocoU planted between rows of 
1 Peas, will now begin to look a little more uniform, 
and since the removal of the Peas have attained a 
more sturdy growth. Nothing is necessary, save to 
take away any dead or unsightly leaves, until a 
later ])eriod, when something must be done to 
enable them to stand the winter better. Laying 
j them down on one side is a very good plan; but 
next month will be soon enough for that. 
/.--This being planted with Cahhaye-plants, in part, it 
will be prudent to look that the slugs do not eat 
them off at this season. Treading the ground firm 
around the plant when it is dry, and hand-picking 
olf the marauders a few times, with now and then 
dustings of lime, will keep them down. Dig any 
I other vacant ground that may be set at liberty, 
I adding dung as may be requii’ed. 
I y. -The C(trrnis being stored away will leave a space 
at liberty for future operations; if, therefore, the 
j)osition of this plot be a good one, a row or two of 
Peas might be put in about the middle of the 
month, or they might bo sown on the border at 
that time ; at all events, let the ground be dug or 
ridged as early as possible, and on the approach of 
severe weather, a few roots of Beet or Parsnipts 
might be taken up for use during its continuance. 
The same might be said of Celery, keeping it, as 
well as the roots, in some cool place. Covered over 
with sand or earth, it will keep fresh for several days. 
li. -This being mostly Turnips, Endive, and Lettuce, 
tho first-named requires no comment. Endive, 
liowever, will want blanching, by covering the 
heads over with a board, or, what is better, a basin, 
or heavy saucer. This being done some days, the 
plants might be taken up with a ball, and carried to 
some sheltered place for use in bad weather, when 
it will keep some time. iMhice will not endure 
such close _ tying, but it will bear removal to a 
sheltered place. 
' Kitchen-garden Borders. —A sheltered place must 
be selected for planting a bed of Cauliflower-plants, 
which must be done by the 1st of the month. Hooping 
over with sticks, and some mats or oil-cloth thrown over, 
will protect the plants very much in winter. Use some 
lime in preparing the ground, and give a sharp look-out 
for slugs, which prey very much on this article. Sow a 
row or two of Peas on a nice south border, and, if needs 
be, the same of Broad Beans; about the middle will do 
for both. Examine tho crops of Ijettuce, beds of Seed- 
liny Cahhayes, American Cress, and other tilings; and 
where the worms or slugs have done any damage, let it 
be at once repaired. A few Potatoes may also be 
! planted this month ; and all Herbs, or other jiermanent 
crops, will want more or less dressing now; even the 
' Edyinys may be thoroughly put in repair, and everything 
else done that is necessary to make a good appearance; 
always keeping in mind that the borders are the most 
i conspicuous parts of the garden, and, consequently, a 
more than ordinary care is necessary to their well-being. 
Fruit-trees. —The Aj) 2 de, Pear, and other trees may 
be pruned as soon as the leaf is so far ripened as to fall 
easily. Peach-trees had better remain until February, 
and also Apricots ; but Gooseberries, and Currants, and 
all hardy fruits, might be done at once; and, where 
wanted, new plantations might bo made, or, if needs be, 
old fruit-trees may be cut down, piior to grafting in 
spring; but in tbo matter of Pears, it is not prudent to 
work old trees, as they often die six or eight years after¬ 
wards, or just when they are coming into bearing again. 
Walks and Edgings. —This is a good time to renew 
both; but if the making or repairing of walks was left 
until much of tho autumn wheeling and other rough 
work was done, so much the better, especially as the 
prevalence of leaves, &c.. Hying about, renders it diffi¬ 
cult to keep up a tidy appearance in a now walk at this 
season, and these disorderly things are easier collected 
from an old walk than a new one. J3ut the amateur will 
see an article on “ Walks” in another place of The 
Cottage Gardener. 
FuuiT-Hoojr.—'J’his will, of necessity, be more crowded 
now than at other times; but a little care in giving air 
on all occasions, and removing anything and everything 
likely to create decay, will materially assist in keeping 
the fruit from hastening on to a premature ripeness 
and consequent decay. Pears decay fast when once 
they begin; but the room they leave must be made 
available to the others which are too thick. Do not 
cover up anything, and let the room be as sweet as a 
dairy. 
Frame. —This being filled with such potted plants as 
are useful for window decoration, care must bo taken to 
prevent damp and decay from making iuroads on them. 
Afyrlles, Coronillas, Acacias, Veronicas, and such-like 
hard-wooded plants, are not easily affected; but Cine¬ 
rarias, Geraniums, especially the Hcarlet and Variegated 
varieties, are very susceptible of damp; these had 
better, therefore, have a place in the sitting-rooms, if 
possible, or at least in some dry place, secure from frost, 
ft will also now be advisable to cover up tire frames at 
nights; and when sharp frosts set in, let the covering 
be of sufficient thickness to resist it. 
HocKERY. —If this had a good dressing last month, 
but little is wanted this, save to remove any tree-leaves, 
or other litter, which the autumn winds may have blown 
in; and any plant which seems likely to usurp more 
than its allotted space might be now curbed, or entirely 
taken out, and riew ones introduced. For Rock-work, 
the new Gheiranthus Alarsliallii is an excellent acqui¬ 
sition. The compact habit of the plant (a perfect half¬ 
globe of deep, glossy green) makes it an ornament, 
whether in flower or not. I'he Cineraria Alaritima is 
also useful as a white-leaved plant; but, unless the 
place is large, avoid fast-growing things, as Periwinkle 
and the like, as they overgrow everything else, and look 
bad in winter. 
Flower-garden. —The summer-flowering plants of 
Geraniums, &c., being no longer ornamental, may be at 
once removed, saving only some plants of shrubby 
Calceolaria and Cupliea, which, perchance, may stand 
tho winter. Fuchsias, of course, only want cutting 
down, and several other things may now be subjected to 
the same treatment, if not done before; and several 
plants, as Phloxes, Asters, Camyyanulas, &c., which have 
outgrown their proper bounds, may bo reduced to a 
suitable size; only, it is better not to cut away all the 
young outside portions, but to cut away the central part, 
and leave the side that is placed nearest to where the 
plant ought to be. This being done, some manure must 
be laid on the beds, and they may be then dug, it being 
supposed that the tree-leaves, &c., being all off by this 
time, and as the beds are in a conspicuous place, they 
must be made to look agreeable at all times. Bulbs 
may now be planted in patches where the summer¬ 
flowering plants have been removed from, and any other 
plants from the reserve-beds in the Kitclien-garden 
border brought to fill them up with, so that they may 
look as if stocked for winter; thick they need not be, 
