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VILLA GARDENING : OCTOBER. 
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Nepenthes Siewahtii. 
VILLA GARDENING. 
October* 
S we write, there is the delightful en¬ 
joyment of something like summer 
weather—all the more welcome be¬ 
cause so long waited for. Gardening is now 
something like a pleasurable occupation, for the 
days are warm, and the nights mild and genial. 
Would that it could last so through the month ! 
Well may we echo the appeal of the poet:— 
“ Fade not so soon ! Tho calm, untroubled sky 
Ls fair with colour, and is g’lad with light; 
Still is tho stubblo golden, and the night 
Full of the summer’s perfume. tV’hy 
Should yo that are so fair, make haste to die t” 
A fine and warm October would do much to 
redeem the cold moist character of the summer, 
though it cannot bring back the lost harvest 
of fruit, &c. 
Greenhouse .—If any of the usual occupants 
of this house are still remaining out of doors, 
they should now be housed without delay. If 
it can be done, the greenhouse should be 
thoroughly cleansed on the inside, so that when 
the plants are rearranged for the autumn 
everything may be clean and orderly. It is 
unwise to crowd the plants. We shall ere 
long be having dull and sluggish weather, and 
the more room there is for the air to circulate 
the better. During mild weather a free venti¬ 
lation should be given, and in the event of the 
temperature being as low as 40°, the house 
should be shut up at night while the weather 
keeps dry and mild. Water may be freely 
given to such plants as are in a grow¬ 
ing condition; those that have done their 
work, and are becoming dormant, should be 
kept rather dry, but not diy enough to injure 
them: and when watered, should receive 
enough to thoroughly moisten the ball of roots 
quite through. The plants are greatly benefited 
by going over them occasionally, and picking off 
the dead leaves, removing useless shoots, and 
keeping the surface-soil stirred. A little of 
some manure like Clay’s Fertiliser greatly 
assists to keep in bloom plants of Fuchsias, 
Zonal Felargoniiuns, Ac., that have become pot- 
