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cherry-tree, the oak, the sycamore, the willow, the 
maple, and the hawthorn display their respective 
autumnal hues, and jointly impart a rich and most 
varied tinting to woodland scenery. Some of the 
most conspicuous of the multitudinous flowers of 
the month are, in the shrubbery, clematis, honey- 
suckle, passion-flower, pomegranate, spirceas, roses, 
jasmines, broom, bramble, althzas, fuschias, chaste- 
tree, and arbutus; and in the parterre, china-aster, 
Indian pink, convolvulus, dahlia, nasturtium, nigella, 
poppy, sweet sultan, spiderwort, starwort, catchfly, 
sunflowers, stocks, amaranths, African marigold, 
French marigold, colchicum, eampanulas, balsams, 
mesembryanthemums, feverfew, autumnal crocus, 
golden rod, Guernsey lily, capsicum, candytuft, 
zinnia, sanvitalia, mignonette, lavatera, hollyhock, 
larkspur, monkshood, phlox, marvel of Peru, lupines 
veronicas, tricolor, scabious, tuberoses, and a profu- 
sion of others. 
In the early part of September, the bull utters his 
peculiar autumnal cry, the swallow sings, linnets 
congregate, and young broods of goldfinches appear ; 
in the middle parts of the month, herrings are 
caught in vast abundance, the common owls utter 
their dismal ery, the flycatcher disappears, and the 
ring-ouzel, the saffron-butterfly, and the red under- 
wing moth appear; and in the latter part of the 
month, stares congregate, the swallow departs, the 
fieldfare and the woodcock appear, and the woodlark 
sings. Swallows, when preparing to depart, assem- 
ble in large numbers on lofty buildings; they, for 
several successive days, spread their wings and make 
trials of their strength; and, when quite ready, they 
promptly and simultaneously depart, sailing away to 
summer regions, and ‘‘leaving the green meadows of 
England for the myrtle and orange groves of Italy, 
and for the palms of Africa.” In the sunny morn- 
ings of September, the webs of the geometric spider 
are hung on almost every bush; and they collect the 
descending dew into pearly drops on almost every 
thread, and appear, in the play of the sunshine, like 
a work of the most exquisite weaver-craft gorgeously 
gemmed with diamonds. ‘The minute and almost 
microscopic gossamer, alse, fabricates its mimic 
threads, and floats them through the air, or stretches 
them across gardens and fields. 
The Ferm.—Throughout September, all kinds of 
sheep continue wholly at grass. If a regular flock 
be not kept, the annual purchase may be made at 
any of the September fairs. A common system in 
many enclosed districts, where the fences are very 
secure, and the supplies of food are abundant, is to 
buy old crones in September, to put the ram to them 
in October, to sell the lambs as they become fat for 
the butcher, and so to fatten and dispose of the mo- 
thers that the whole may be cleared off in somewhat 
less than a year from the time of buying; but this 
system is, in general, inferior to that of wether lambs. 
Throughout the month, all cows, steers, and calves 
may be kept wholly at grass. Fattening beasts 
should be well looked to, and have food both good 
and abundant; for they are nice in their taste, and, 
if they do not receive ample pasturage of a quality 
quite to their taste, they will cease to. fatten, and 
may even begin to decline. Dairy cows also must 
have plenty of grass, else their milk will be very 
lable to fail; or they may be profitably fed in a yard 
upon lucerne, mown green. Horses must be kept 
at full work; and, during the greater part of the 
_ month, they should continue to receive a portion of 
green food; toward the middle of the month, they 
must be taken from the grass for the night, and kept 
in the stable; and at the end of the month, they 
should cease to receive green food, and begin to be 
fed wholly on hay and oats. ‘* Wheat-sowing,” 
says Arthur Young, ‘‘is a business in which we 
usually stretch a point, and make the ploughs do 
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full work. Both horses and oxen should be kept 
this month to lucerne, &c., mewn every day; they 
will work as well en it as on any other food; but 
while they plough, they must have oats and chaff 
with it; for no grass at this season of the year is so 
nourishing as it was in the summer.” 
The labours of harvest are continued from August. 
If the weather have been rainy, and the soil be cold, 
wet, and backward, wheat should be sown in Sep- 
tember; but if the weather continue dry, or if the | 
soil be comparatively dry and warm, it should not | 
be sown till October. September is the proper time 
for cutting fern and stacking it in the farm-yard ; for 
cutting wheat and rye stubbles, and carting them 
home to the farm-yard ; for the picking of hops; for 
the ploughing of stubble-lands ; for the water-fur- 
rowing of newly ploughed wet fields; for the sowing 
of winter tares; for hoeing late crops of turnips; | 
and for dressing heavy soils with lime. Burnet fields 
and lands of the present year laid down to grass ought 
to be kept intact from the tread or approach of any 
stock. Lucerne will yield another cutting toward 
the end of this month, or early in October. 
The Kitchen Garden.—The produce of the kitchen 
garden available for use in September comprises cab- 
bages, savoys, broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, tur- | 
nips, carrots, beet, parsley, garlic, onions, leeks, 
eschalots, rocambole, radishes, horse-radish, melons, 
cucumbers, mint, mushrooms, pease, beans, arti- 
chokes, burnet, borage, spinach, sage, endive, fennel, 
celery, cresses, water-cresses, chervil, French fennel, 
marigold, marjoram, thyme, tansy, love-apples, let- 
tuces, kidney-beans, purslane, mustard, savoy, and 
rosemary.—In September, sow lettuces, early in the 
month, in warm open ground, and, late in the month, 
in frames; prepare mushroom beds, and provide 
mushroom spawn; transplant lettuces to the open 
ground for early use, and to frames for winter use ; 
transplant, in the third week of the month, into a | 
warm and well-sheltered nursery-bed, the cauliflower 
plants of the August sowing; hoe, earth up, and 
otherwise encourage the cauliflower plants of the | 
July planting; transplant cabbages, savoys, bore- 
coles, and broccoli; prick out into nursery-beds the 
various plants of the cabbage species from the sow.. 
ing of August; plant celery into trenches for a suc- 
cessional winter crop; tie up large endive plants to 
blanch ; transplant endive into a warm and dry situa- 
tion for winter’s use; earth up, tie up, and blanch 
cardoons; thin and hoe the August sowing of spin- 
ach; hand-weed the July and August sowings of 
onions ; thin and hoe the turnips of the August sow- 
ing; and make successional sowings of small salad 
plants on a warm border, or within the radiation of 
a south wall. ; 
The Fruit Garden.—The home-grown fruits avail- 
able for use in September are walnuts, almonds, fil- 
berts, apples, pears, chestnuts, cherries, plums, apri- | 
cots, nectarines, peaches, raspberries, strawberries, 
mulberries, figs, grapes, currants, and gooseberries. 
—In September, regulate once more the shoots of 
vines, apricots, peaches, and other wall-trees; con- 
tinue to protect wall fruit from insects and birds ; 
make new plantations of strawberries; gather apples 
and pears; propagate gooseberry-bushes and currant- 
bushes by cuttings; and prepare, either from spring- 
sown seedlings or from present cuttings, layers, or 
suckers, a nursery of stocks for the grafting and bud- 
ding of fruit trees. ! 
The Flower Garden.—Toward the end of Sep- 
tember, plant select hyacinth, tulip, polyanthus-nar- 
cissus, and other bulbs for early blooming in spring. 
About the middle of the month, begin a successional 
planting of ranunculuses and anemones. In the lat- 
ter part of the month, transplant hardy evergreen 
shrubs, and many kinds of hardy deciduous shrubs. 
In the course of the month, remoye and transplant 
