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either allowed to remain out, subject to the evil effects of the 
autumnal rains, or they are crowded into one house while 
another is being finished, and the work is done in an irregular 
manner. 
During this month Gesneraceous plants exhibit their greatest 
splendour; they require a liberal supply of moisture, and should 
be placed in a shaded part of the house. Climbers, also, are at 
their best. Keep them regulated in a free, natural manner. 
Much may be done by shifting and otherwise encouraging such 
plants as appear disposed to form another growth, though care is 
necessary not to continue it too far into the approaching dark 
weather; on the other hand, those which have completed their 
seasonal advance should be allowed to sink gradually into their 
hybernatory state: of this latter class, bulbous-rooted plants 
and Cacti are usually the first to cease growing. Several 
Orchideae, also, assume the resting state this month. Water should 
be gradually withheld as soon as it is apparent they have done 
growing, as it is most important that they are not excited to 
a second growth at this advanced period. Cut down plants 
that have done flowering; and any re-potting that may be 
necessary had better be done at once. Seeds of stove-plants 
generally succeed if sown this month. Cuttings may still be 
taken with every chance of success. Regulate the temperature 
of the house the same as for last month. 
Greenhouse. Geraniums should be headed back in the 
early part of the month; and re-pot them at the same time. The 
pots they are placed in for the winter should be somewhat 
smaller than those in which they have bloomed: the cuttings 
will strike readily now if planted in a shaded border and covered 
with a hand-glass. Fuchsias, and indeed all soft-wooded plants, 
may be increased in the same manner with the greatest facility 
at this season. The various kinds of Cacti usually grown in the 
greenhouse will be much benefitted by being placed in the open 
air for three or four weeks, selecting for them the most sunny 
spot of the garden: this ripens their new stems, and greatly 
assists the formation of flower-buds for next year. The re-pot¬ 
ting of such plants as require it should be proceeded with im¬ 
mediately after those in the stove are completed. It must be 
understood, we do not recommend anything like a general 
re-potting, but only to such as, from having been placed in large 
