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ning and also at the end of the month ; a few early cab 

 bages, to replace the last sowing in August ; red cabbages 

 and savoys in the last week. Sow also early horn carrot : 

 Dutch turnip ; onions for a full crop in light soils, with a few 

 Scotch leeks. Sow chervil, fennel, and lettuce for succes 

 sion, with radishes and round-leaved spinach, twice in tho 

 course of the month ; small salads every fortnight. 



Plant Jerusalem artichokes, garlic, horse-radish, and 

 early potatoes; in the last week,* full crop of early cab 

 bages on light soil. All sorts of fruit-trees may still be 

 planted ; strawberries about the end of this month or next. 

 Transplant for seed, if not done before, all the brasica 

 tribe, including cabbage, cauliflower, turnip, &c. ; also car 

 rots, onions, beet, celery, endive, leeks, and parsnips. 

 Transplant to the bottom of the south-aspected wall a 

 few of the peas sown in November for the first crop. 



Prune apricots, peaches, nectarines, and plums, before 

 the buds be much swelled; also apples, pears, cherries, 

 gooseberries, currants, and raspberries, before the end of 

 the month. Finish the dressing of vines. Keep the fruit- 

 room free from spoiled fruit, and now shut it close, admit 

 ting as little air as possible. 



Forcing Department. Plant out melons and cucumbers 

 on hotbeds and in pits, sowing more for succession. Sow 

 carrots, turnips, and early celery ; cauliflower to be after 

 wards planted out. Sow tetragonia or New Zealand spin 

 ach in pots. Plant early potatoes on slight hotbeds. Con 

 tinue the forcing of asparagus, rhubarb, and sea-kale. 

 Pine-apple plants require little air or water at this season, 

 except young plants in dung-frames, which ought to be kept 

 free from damp. Shift fruiting plants by the middle of the 

 month, if not done in August. Continue the forcing of all 

 sorts of fruits. Those who have not commenced sooner, 



