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the season, will sow peas again this month. On- 

 ions which have attained their full size and are be- 

 ginning to change to a yellow color, should have 

 their tops bent down to the earth, which prevents 

 the vigor and juice from running all into the stems. 

 The vines of the cucumbers should be disposed in 

 straight lines, and the earth carefully dug about the 

 stems of the plants. When the weather is hot and 

 the ground very dry, the young crops and the plants 

 lately transplanted, should be watered. 



The flower garden continues in its glory, in- 

 creased, if any thing, by the later Roses, the Pinks, 

 Carnations, Larkspurs, Feverfew Coreopsis, Phlox- 

 es, Canterbury Bell, and many others. The plants 

 should be kept neatly tied up to sticks, and the 

 flower beds neatly weeded. They require con- 

 stant attention, as the weeds as well as the flowers 

 know this is their growing time. Flowers which 

 have been kept in the house during the winter, are 

 thought by some persons to be improved by being 

 set out in the garden, the pots sunk into the earth. 

 It is often advantageous to them to take them (at 

 least the common kinds, such as roses and the 

 more hardy geraniums,) from the pots, and place 

 them in the ground during the hot weather. Dou- 

 ble pinks and carnations may be propagated by 

 layers. They can also be increased by piping, 

 which is done by cutting off the sprouts entirely, 

 and setting them in small pots, which, if covered 

 by a tumbler, will form roots. An immense num- 

 ber of varieties of carnations and pinks are cultiva- 

 ted by florists. 



AUGUST. The weeds grow so fast at this sea- 

 son of the year, that they require constant atten- 

 tion. Young weeds must be cleared from the beds 



