Orchard

Composts, prepare. - Dress borders by forking, so soon as fruit is gathered. - Gathering of Apples and Pears to store commence, e. - Grapes, bag, to protect from wasps, etc. - Layers and cuttings may still be inserted. - Leaves, be careful not to injure or remove from Wall Trees. - Nets, spread over fruit trees, to protect from birds. - Plantations, intended, prepare ground for, by trenching, etc. - Planting may be commenced, e., in some kinds of Apricots, Peaches, etc. - Strawberries, plant in moist weather; clean old beds; pot for forcing. - Stones of fruit save, to sow for stocks. - Vines, remove straggling useless shoots. - Wall-trees, generally, look over and train as required. - Wasps, entrap in bottles, etc.

Hot-House

Air, admit freely every day. - Bark-beds, renew. - Bulbs, plant, b. - Composts, prepare. - Dress the plants regularly. - Earth, give where required. - Leaves, wash; remove decayed, etc. - Pines, shirt, if neglected before., b.; attend to bottom heat; water every third day. - Propagate by offsets, seeds, slips, and suckers. - Shifting neglected before, complete, b. - Succulents, replace under glass. - Watering generally is required two or three times weekly.

Green-House

Air, give very freely to plants returned into house. - Camellias, bud. - Earth, give fresh. - Geraniums and Myrtles planted in borders, return into pots, b.; cuttings, plant, b. - Glass, Flues, etc., repair, before the plants are moved in. - Oranges and Lemons, remove into house, e.; thin fruit. - Prune and dress as the plants are removed. - Roses, pot for forcing. - Seedlings and other young plants, if well rooted, transplant, b. - Succulents, remove into house, b.; shift into larger pots. - Suckers, layers, cuttings, etc, may be planted. - Tender plants, generally remove into house, e. - Water is not required so freely.

Serapias

Three species. Stove orchids. Division. Light sandy soil.

Seringia

Seringia platyphylla. 'Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings. - Sand, loam, and peat.

Serissa

Serissa foeida. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Serpicula

Serpicula repens. Greenhouse herbaceous creeper. Division. Common soil.

Serratula

Saw-wort. Twenty-nine species. Hardy herbaceous perennials, annuals, and biennials. The former, seeds or division; the latter, seeds only. Common soil suits them all.

Serruria

Thirty-four species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings, taken off at a joint. Light turfy loam, with a little sand.

Sersalisia

Sersalisia sericea. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Sesbania

Twelve species. Stove annuals, biennials, or evergreen shrubs. The latter increase by cuttings; the former by seeds. Loam and peat suits them all.

Sesuvium

Four species. Stove annuals and herbaceous perennials. Partly dried cuttings. Sandy loam and Peat.

Sethia

Sethia indica. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Turfy loam and peat.