80 MONTHLY CALENDAR. 



If dry warm weather, it may be necessary to water such 

 flowering shrubs and roses as were planted in the Spring ; 

 and if Dahlia plants could be watered two or three times a 

 week, it would be beneficial to their growth. Give regular 

 sprinklings from the rose of a watering-pot, or syringe, to 

 shrubby plants in general, but particularly Camellias, Orange 

 and Lemon trees, &c., in order to keep them in a healthy 

 state. 



Such bulbous roots in pots, whose foliage have withered, 

 should be kept dry until the period of regerminating, 182 

 and 212 ; others may be taken up as soon as ripe, after 

 which the offsets may be parted off, and both these and the 

 parent bulbs dried for planting in Autumn, 181. 



The flower garden should be kept weeded and watered, 

 and the seeds gathered as they ripen ; apply neat rods to 

 tall-growing and running kinds of plants. Nip off curled 

 and dead leaves, and destroy insects. 133. 



Orange and Lemon trees may be budded at any time 

 this month, and those which were headed down in the 

 Spring, should be examined, and all superfluous shoots 

 must be pruned off" with a sharp knife, leaving only the 

 strongest ; the tops of which should be pruned off to pro- 

 mote their branching. Myrtles, Oleanders, and such other 

 plants as may have been headed down in May, will need 

 similar treatment. 



Carnations, Pinks, Panseys, Running Verbenas, &c. 

 may be layed this month for propagation, 151 and 154 ; 

 many kinds of cuttings, as Geraniums, Roses and exotic 

 shrubs, may still b planted with success, 166. 



FRUIT DEPARTMENT, 



Thin the fruit of Apricot, which will be good for pies and 

 tarts, 274 ; thin Nectarines, also such Peaches and other fruits 

 as may be desired in full perfection, 310. 

 ' Defend choice fruits from birds and insects, such as wasps, 

 flies, &c. ; the birds may be kept off by nets, and the insects 

 may be decoyed and drowned, by placing phials of strong 

 liquor, honey, or sugared water near the fruit.. 



