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neath their skins, being very much • Aromatic Herbs may still be planted; 

 wrinkled ; they erect their tails whilst gather for drying and distilling. — Arti- 

 feeding, and are stretched out at full chokes, break down, &c. — Aspara^us- 

 lengtli in reposn, or lie sleeping coiled beds, weed. — Balm, plant ; gather for 

 up on the leaf; they are feeding about drying. — Borage,sow. — floreco/e, plant, 

 three weeks, after which they descend , — Brocoli, plant, b. — Cabbages, plant 

 to the ground, and enter the earth, 1 out. — Cardoons, earth up. — Cauli- 

 where they form a cocoon, silvery in- /lowers, late, plant. — CcZ^r/ac, earth up. 

 side, in which the larva eventually be- i — Celery, plant. — Chervil, sow. — Cole- 

 comes a pupa. In summer they remain worts, sow for, b. ; plant. — Corn Salad, 

 only three weeks in this quiescent state, ! sow. — Cress, sow. — Cucumbers, plant 



but the autumnal ones lie buried through 

 the winter." — Gard. Chron. Hand- 

 picking is the only mode of removing 

 the caterpillars. 



ATHAN'ASIA. Seventeen species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Sandy loam. 



ATH EROSPERM A MOScAa/a. Green- 

 house evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



ATHRIXIA capensis. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light 

 loam. 



ATRAGENE. Five species. Hardy 

 deciduous climbers. Cuttings. Com- 

 mon soil. 



ATRIPLEX. Three species. See 

 Orach . 



ATTALEA. 

 Stove. Seed. 



Palms. 



Seven species, 

 Rich loam. 



AUBRIETIA. Three species. Hardy 

 evergreen trailers. Division and cut- 

 tings. Light soil. 



AUCUBA japonica. Evergreen 

 shrub, hardy in the middle states on 

 light dry soil. The leaves, if exposed 

 to the sun during winter, are liable to 

 injury. Cuttings. Common soil. 



AUDISERTIA incana. Hardy ever- 

 green shrub. Seed. Common soil. 



AUDOUINIA capitata. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy 

 peat. 



AUGUST. This is a glorious month 

 in the middle states ; towards its close 

 the extreme heat of summer has sub- 

 sided, the mornings and evenings are 

 cool and pleasant; the luscious peach, 

 and pears, and plums are in full sea- 

 son, and one really feels as if he could 

 compromise for August the year round. 



The various departments now re- 

 quire the following work to be at- 

 tended to : — the directions for the 

 kitchen garden are specially intended 

 for the middle portion of the Union. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Alexanders^ sow. — Angelica, sow. — 



or sow, b. — Dill is fit for gathering. — 

 Earthing-up, attend to. — Endive, plant ; 

 blanch, &c., the advancing crops. — 

 Fennel, sow and plant. — Finochio, 

 earth up. — Garlic, take up. — Hoeing, 

 attend to. — Kidney Beans, sow, b. — 

 Leeks, plant, b. — Lettuces, sow, plant 

 out. — Melons, attend to. — Mint, gather 

 for drying. — Mushroom-beds, make ; at- 

 tend to. — Nasturtium Berries, gather. — 

 Onions, gather. — Parsley, sow, b. — 

 Peas, sow, b. — Radishes, sow ; gather 

 pods for pickling. — Rape (edible rooted), 

 sow. — Rochambole, take up. — Seeds, 

 gather as ripe. — Shallots, take up. — 

 Small Salading, sow. — Spinach, sow. — 

 Stir between plants in rows, &c. — 

 Turnips, sow at intervals, through- 

 out the month, &c. — Turnip- Cabbage, 

 plant. — Weeding and Watering, at- 

 tend to. — Wormwood, plant, b. — To- 

 matos, plant for late crop. 



ORCHARD. 



Budding, done in July ; loosen the 

 bandages, if on more than three weeks ; 

 remove shoots from stocks ; budding 

 may be done in most fruit, b. — Fig 

 Trees, train in closely to let the fruit 

 have the full benefit of the sun ; but do 

 not prune. Nectarines, look over ; re- 

 move useless shoots; train in close; 

 water plentifully or the fruit will drop. 

 Nets, spread over fruit to protect it 

 from birds. — Peaches. — Vines, look over 

 again and clear from useless shoots, &c. 

 Wasps, destroy by luring them into 

 bottles. 



FLOWER GARDEN. 



Anemones, SOW. — ^nnua/s, stick ; wa- 

 ter ; clear from decayed leaves, &c. 

 Auriculas, shift into fresh earth ; water; 

 keep in the shade; seedlings prick out; 

 sow. — Biennial seedlings, transplant. 

 Bu/6ows-rooted flower-seeds, to obtain 

 varieties, sow. — Bulbotis roots, remove 

 or transplant ; remove and plant offsets; 

 (Autumn flowering), plant. — CarTiation, 



