336 FOREST WORK FOR THE MONTH. [Sept. 



f'oREST Work for the Month. 



ENGLAND. 



THE pleasant month of August having passed with its high 

 summer temperature and fleeting thunderstorms, we now 

 enter upon the alpha of the autumn (quarter, which is generally the 

 most healthy month in the year ; and although the temperature 

 recedes very much, it occasionally proves the hottest month in the 

 year. The summer months this year have been hot and dry ; 

 therefore we may expect the heat imbibed and stored up in the 

 earth during the summer, will shed its influence upon September, 

 and induce a temperature little short of average summer heat. 



The rainfall is variable during this month in the different sections 

 of the country. Last September the amounts registered at the 

 under-mentioned places were as follows : — 



At Greenwich, rain fell upon 12 days, to a depth of 2-09 inches. 



„ Bristol, „ 19 „ 1-99 „ 



„ Edinburgh, „ 18 „ 2'36 „ 



„ Glasgow, „ 21 „ 3-51 „ 



The record of Greenwich was slightly below the average of the ten 

 years 1871 to 1880. 



Plantations. — Continue preparations for early planting, as 

 previously recommended, and look through last season's plantings, 

 and see that the plants are not choked by rank vegetation. Ever- 

 greens may now be transplanted successfully, if the operation is 

 carefully performed, and the plants shifted with good and compact 

 balls. Should the weather be very dry, copious waterings may be 

 necessary. Endeavour to have the temperature of the water you 

 use for this the same — or warmer — than that of the soil to which 

 it is to be applied. Pruning should be continued in plantations as 

 previously directed. Where some necessity demands that large 

 branches should be amputated from the bole of the tree, this is a 

 favourable time for performing the operation, as the wounds will 

 readily begin the process of healing before the activity of the trees 

 decline into the stupor of winter. 



Fences. — Clean young hedges, and continue switching where a 

 neat appearance has to be maintained. Those trimmed towards 

 the end of the month seldom require further cutting during the 

 season. 



