The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-20 00:00:00

GARDEN OPERATIONS FOR THE ENSUING

WEEK.

KITCHEN GARDEN AND ORCHARD.
In-door Department.
PlNERY.—Occasional fires will now be necessary to all the
houses, but especially where fruit is swelling off or ripening.
Its application must of course be governed by the state of
the weather, and by the temperature of the bark-bed. If
this still retains a strong heat, and the theimometer in the
house indicates 65 degrees, or upwards, in the mornings, arti-
ficial heat will be better dispensed with ; but if the tempe-
rature of the bed is found to be falling rapidly, which will
probably now be the case where a small quantity only of fresh
tan was added at potting time, slight nightly fires, and occa-
sional waterings of the surface, will be required to restore
and prolong it. Vessels of water on the heating apparatus
must not be forgotten when fires are made. Be moderate in
giving air now, and always shut the houses up warm. Plants
become drawn more through want of light (that is, through
being set at too great a distance from the glass) than from
want of air. Water in small quantities will be frequently
required by growing plants ; and if there is not a tank in the
house, the chill should be taken off by other means.
VINERY.—The pruning of vines intended for very early
forcing ought not to be longer delayed. In consequence of
neglect in this particular, we—have known vines break in
autumn before they were pruned. A kind of scale (Coccus
vitis) is frequently troublesome in vineries, by dirtying and
thereby disfiguring the fruit. We have in vain tried to de-
stroy it by a thick wash of lime and sulphur : possibly a so-
lution of glue, laid on with a brush after peeling the old
wood, would be more efficacious.
PEACH-tiotisE.—lf not yet done, let the sashes be re-
paired, washed, and painted, in readiness for putting on the
house before cold wet weather sets in. The pruning and
tieing of the trees, and the top-dressing of the borders in
the house, might stand over till a wet day after the lights
are put on. Attend to the trees in the late house as before,
till the wood is perfectly matured.
CHERRY-TREES in pots and tubs ought to be prepared for
forcing by taking off the surface soil and replacing it with
fresh nutritious compost. These trees do not generally need
much pruning, but it will be advisable to look over them
and remove any useless shoots.
CUCUMBERS AND MELONS.—Let growing plants be kept
warm as directed last week. In ridging out cucumber
plants for pit culture, take care that the soil is rough and
porous. Different eminent growers recommend different
composts. One that is generally accessible, and in which
cucumber plants will thrive well, is good turfy loam mixed
with about a third part of leaf-mould, adding a little sand if
the loam be naturally heavy. A trellis for training the
shoots upon will be found much preferable to allowing them
to trail over the damp earth. Plants in pots in the pine-
stove should be dewed over the foliage when the hoase is
closed.

Out-door Department.
GREEN HERBS are in some places required in the depth
of winter; some plants of everything likely to be in demand,
should, therefore, be potted in readiness for removal at any
time to a warm house. Parsley roots might be planted in
boxes, or in the border of a forcing house, and chervil might
be sown in boxes. A few pots of sweet basil should like-
wise be sown.

BROCCOLl.—Continue the removal of the extra plant.
Some of the latest sorts might be put on a north border ; in
which situation their flowering will be retarded a week or
ten days i❑ spring.
CABBAGES.—PIant from the August sowing. The small-
est plants should be pricked out into nursery beds, to be
transplanted in spring.
CAULIFLOWERS.—If the plants sown in the end of August
have come up thickly, the largest of them should be pricked
out to strengthen, previously to their removal to winter
quarters.
CELERY.—Earth up in succession a sufficiency for winter
consumption. That meant for spring use, need not be
meddled with till next month, when on a dry day it may be
finally earthed at once.
LETTUCE.-11 the weather should continue open during
the autumn months, the Lettuces sown in the middle of
August will become too large and succulent to bear the frosts
and cutting winds of early spring ; it will therefore be proper
to make another sowing, either on a dry and sheltered bor-
der, or under the protection of a frame. As these must
furnish the table till the produce of the first spring sowing
comes, sorts of proved merit should be selected.
SPINACH.—Thin the growing crops.
SUCCORY.—Thin the last sown plants, and encourage
their growth by occasionally hoeing among them.
Orchard.—Gather Apples and Pears as they ripen, bearing
in mind that Pears which keep only a few weeks should not
be too ripe when gathered, or they will become mealy. As
wall-fruit is now getting more scarce, extra pains will be
necessary to preserve Golden Drops, Imperatrice, and other
late Plums, from wasps and flies. Continue to shift straw-
berry plants from their fruiting pots. If an insufficient
number has been prepared, some strong runners from the
open ground may be planted, three in a pot, for the latest
crop.