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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ September, 
KITCHEN GARDENING FOR SEPTEMBER. 
NCOURAGE the growth of vegetables by frequently hoeing and stirring 
the soil between them. Continue to earth up all advancing crops of 
Cauliflowers , Broccoli , and Winter Greens ; also Celery , when dry. If the 
stems of Onions were laid close to the ground last month, as advised, the 
general crop will now be fit for harvesting; they should be pulled carefully and 
laid singly for a few days to dry, and when fit should be tied in strings, and hung 
up in some dry airy out-house or shed. Cabbages for next spring may be planted 
after Onions, but the ground should have a good dressing of manure, and be dug 
deeply, and the Cabbages should, in the North, be planted before the middle of 
the month ; they will then get established before the dull, short days come on, 
and will be better able to withstand the attacks of slugs and bad weather than 
if planted out later. Continue to clear away Peas, Beans , and other vegetables 
past bearing, and either dig and plant fresh crops, or trench or ridge the ground. 
Take up Potatos when fit and dry, and store away, taking care to pick out the 
diseased ones ; they are going fast in many places, and the loss is likely to be 
very great. Thin the Winter Spinach sown last month to about six inches 
apart, and the Turnips sown last month to about nine inches or a foot apart. 
Prick out the Cauliflowers sown last month as they advance in growth, under 
hand-glasses and in frames. Tie up Endive to blanch, and plant out for a late 
crop on a warm border. Plant out large breadths of the hardy Lettuees sown 
last month on warm borders at the foot of south walls, and other sheltered places. 
Sow Radishes twice on a south border, and Mustard and Cress weekly. 
Weeds have been very troublesome this season, the excessively heavy falls of rain 
and the warm weather causing them to grow amazingly fast, and the saturated 
state of the soil at times making hoeing of very little use. Should the rains 
continue, it will be no easy matter to keep weeds down when the short days 
come on. Keep the hoe constantly going whenever the state of the weather per¬ 
mits. At this season of the year weeds grow apace, and nothing but unceasing 
perseverance in hoeing and cleaning will keep them under.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
GAKDEN GOSSIP. 
UT-DOOR Fruits are almost a failure, as is shown by the reports on the 
State of the Crops recently published by the Gardeners’ Chronicle. From 
Scotland, from Cornwall, from Lincolnshire, from Western Ireland, from 
high lands, from low lands, from the sea-side, from the midland plateau, 
from the light sand, from the stiff clay, from the dry limestone, from sheltered situations and 
favourable aspects, from bleak exposed places, everywhere the tale is alike disastrous. The 
mischief was done, as is so often the case, by spring frosts, the only difference being that this 
season they have been general over the whole country. In February we enjoyed a tempera¬ 
ture more befitting April or May. For four nights only during that month did the thermo¬ 
meter fall below freezing-point; for ten nights in that same month it did not go below 40°. 
Vegetation was thus stimulated into unnatural precocity, to meet w r ith the rudest check. 
The period from May 10 to May 20 was particularly disastrous, from the severity of the frost, 
