The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

HORTICULTURE.

KITCHEN GARDEN.—Take advantage of the present
dry state of the ground to get celery earthed up, first
thoroughly soaking the lines with manure water, also
apply quicklime where slugs are troublesome'. On
heavy soils it is sometimes necessary to surround the
plants with sand or sifted ashes to prevent their rot-
ting off in winter, which they are apt to do if surrounded
with soil that holds much water. Where anything of
this kind is necessary it will be advisable to defer earth-
ing up till later in the season, as frequent soilings of
this sort would be very troublesome. Also pull onions
where ripe, and get them dried while the weather is
favourable. Thin young crops of turnips, spinach, &c.
before they become weakly and drawn, through stand-
ing too closely together. Stir the surface of the soil
deeply among growing crops, to admit air to the roots
and keep down weeds.—Let nothing suffer from want
of water, especially recently planted strawberries ; these
will be benefited by liberal applications of manure
water. Get spare ground manured and dug or trenched
for another crop whenever time can be spared for this
kind of work.—Gardeners' Chronicle.

FLOWER GARDEN.-The stock of cuttings should be
carefully looked over to see that nothing has been
omitted, and that a sufficient quantity of everything is
in a promising state for mating nice stocky plants
before winter, and if it is found that the stock of any-
thing is insufficient, not a day must be lost in getting
in cuttings, for it is already late in the season
for this kind of work, and it will be well to bear
in mind that plants of things which are at all difficult
to winter rooted after this season may be considerably
thinned before spring, and also that they will not be
sufficiently strong to furnish many cuttings for spring
propagation; and consequently to provide a larger
quantity than would have been necessary had the cut-
tings been put in a month ago. But if there is a re-
serve stock of strong plants hi pots, which is a safe
practice where there is a large quantity of bedding
stuff required, and proper convenience for growing
them and propagating in spring, these will furnish a
large quantity of cuttings next March, which will form
equally good plants by turning out time as cuttings
put in now. In the case of such things as ageratums,
heliotropes, and dwarf lobelias, it is useless wintering
young stock, as these grow so freely in heat, and are
so easily propagated from soft cuttings that a few good
sized old plants which require but little room or atten-
tion in winter will furnish spring cuttings, that
plenty are got in at once, so as to provide while it can
be done against the risk of being short of stock at
turning out time. See, however, where there are not
plants to furnish spring cuttings, that plenty are got
in at once, so as to provide while it can be done against
the risk of being short of stock at turning out
time. Attend to the potting of such cuttings
as are sufficiently rooted, and give every after
attention to these in order to get them well established
before winter. Sow hardy annuals in the reserve
ground for transplanting to assist in furnishing an
early display next season, for which they are exceed-
ingly useful.