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the necessity of amputating,' large branches during any period of the 

 tree's growth. 



Woods. — Clean up the tops and lops of the summer cuttings ; 

 and if practicable, get the timber, and all other heavy cartings, done 

 while the rides and roads are dry and hard. "Where this work is 

 left until the autumn and winter, the mischief done to the road- 

 ways is not easily remedied, and the effects are not easily rubbed 

 out. 



Tkansplanting of Conifera} and various evergreens may be 

 successfully performed during this month, and in August, while in 

 their luxuriance, if the work is done with sufficient care. Plants 

 of almost any size may be successfully transplanted by suitable 

 apparatus, some of wdiich have been in use for many years, and 

 proved their efficiency in various parts of the country. 



Nursery. — The chief injunction is, Keep down weeds, and 

 remove them to the rubbish or compost heap as they are hoed 

 and raked from the ground. Hand -weed seed-beds, and keep the 

 hoe going amongst the nursery stock. Untie and re-secure grafts, 

 and rub off all undergrowths. Turn over pits of hawthorn, 

 mountain ash, holly, and other seeds, to enhance their regular 

 decomposition, and maintain them in a wholesome state. Bud 

 ornamental trees towards the end of the month, and slacken and 

 retie the ligatures in about ten days or a fortnight afterwards ; and 

 in about a fortnight later they may be removed altogether. 



Compost heaps should be turned over to hasten decomposition. 

 If largely composed of earthy matter, lime should be freely incor- 

 porated with the mixture ; but if of weeds and other vegetable 

 matter, a lavish mixing of salt is very beneficial in destroying the 

 vitality of noxious seeds, and insect eggs, and converting the com- 

 pound into an excellent fertilizer. A. Pateesox. 

 Paultoxs, Eomsey, Hants 



SCOTLAND. 



THIS is still the season of the year when as little disturbance as 

 possible should be given to the breeding and general game 

 covert. iSTot a few late broods are yet unhatched, and young 

 pheasants especially should not be disturbed. The hen pheasant at 

 best, and under the most favouring circumstances, is by no means a 

 good and affectionate nurse, like the partridge and grouse, and has 

 therefore all the less need of being distracted or alienated from her 

 young. The forester's work should therefore be so far arranged that 

 little or no disturbance be given to the preserve till at least the end 

 of the montli. 



