OUR GARDEN CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 4540, 2 December 1889, Page 4

OUR GARDEN CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER.

THE FLOWER GARDEN AND CONSERVATORY. [By A. Fop.sytu.] In the vinery no time should be lost, if the work be not already done, in thinning out the berries. It is a good practica to go over them a second time, and clip out the smallest, so that the bancbcs may be uniform in shape. All through the growing season the fines should be well supplied with water. Many vine 3 arc ruined for the want of water at their roots. Air shoold be admitted on all favorable occasions, but avoid a draught. Tie down and atop lateral shoots as tbey grow. Ia the greenhouse the cineraria? have now past their blooming and beauty, and should any varieties be wonted to perpetuate the stock, they ought to bo planted oat ia a shady place In a mixture of loam and sand. Ttiey will soon throw out suckers or offjboots, and these can readily bo taken off with a little root, and should be put into small pots and shaded for a few days; but those raised from seed make better plants. Calceolarias are also 1 generally over, although In the Immediate neighborhood tbera are still some admirably grown specimens—perhaps the best ever seen here or elsewhere. It is hopad that the grower will send them to the show on Thursdry next, bo that the public may have an opportunity of seeing them. Fachslas are now growing freely, and will ba a feature in the greenhouse for some time. An occasional watering with liquid manure will be of great advantage to them. Show, fancy, and pelargoniums should be well shaded to prolong their fljwerlng. Azileas and camellias, having made their growth, may be stood outside ia a sheltered situation, placing the pots on a piece of slate or other material to keep worm? from getting into them.

Ia the flower garden tho season baa been favorblefor transplanting the various bedding plants. Many of the bulbs that are showing the yellow leaf may be taken up and put into a dry plac?, and covered np with sand or light mould. Their places may be utilised for other things that will be effective in the garden and prolong the display of bloom throughout the Summer. Now is the time to plant out cuttings of dahlias that were struck last month. In doing so dig a hole for each and pat in a spadeful of better mould. When planting it ia desirable to drive the stake in first, so that tbe plant msy not fce injured, as is it often Is where the operations are reversed. The plants should be tied to the stakes to prevent their being broken by the wind. Chrysanthemums should be looked over, with the view of protecting them from the effects of the wind. Soma of the late flowering aorta ought to be shifted into their flowering pots, and towards the end of the montb tbe other varieties may have their final shift*. But this mnst depend entirely upon the purpose for which they are intended; in some placjs it is expected to have a display of flowers throughout the year. Roses are looking well. Where planted in bads a good mnlchlcg of well rotted manure about their roots will be tbe means of retaining moisture and causing the swelling of the buds. The violet it a favorite with everyone, but as rule it ia worse treated than any other plant in tbe garden. Now is a good time to make a fresh plantation by digging deep and well manuring a piece of around in a favorable situation. Take off the runners or offshcots, plant them one foot apart, and give them a good watering. Treated thus violets may be bad all through the winter. Many of the showy annuals may be sown, sncb as the blue oemophila, and these would make a garden look cheerful towards the autumn. Attend to the tying of the flowerine Btems of carnations and nther plants. Neatness and order in tbe Sower garden are requisite at all times, but more especially at thl3 s 333011.