882 MONTHLY CALENDAR. [AugU$i. 



attend to such herbs as were not gathered last month, cut 

 off and dry Sage, and other late herbs, 96. Hops will 

 be ripe this month; choose a dry season for gathering 

 them, and attend to them as directed, page 127 ; this is a 

 g*ood season for preparing to make Mushroom beds, in close 

 sheds, cellars or pits ; if the materials be gathered this 

 month, indigenous spawn may be collected next, but those 

 that can procure spawn may make the beds at any time, or 

 they may pursue Mr. NichoPs plan, 116. 



Artichokes will be in perfection this month, and should 

 be cut for use as soon as the scales of the head expand, and 

 before they open in the heart for flowering ; and as you cut 

 them, break down the stems to promote the growth of root 

 offsets, 26. In dry weather hoe and plough between euch 

 vegetables as may have been planted in rows, which will 

 not only Destroy weeds but encourage the growth of the 

 plants. Frequent hoeing in dry weather, will be more bene- 

 ficial than the watering pot. 



Early sown Onions, being now of mature growth, and 

 Full bulbed, should be pulled up in dry weather and exposed 

 to the sun to ripen ; frequently turning them, that they may 

 'harden equally for keeping; then clear them from the gross 

 part of the stalks, and loose outer skins, earth, &c. and 

 remove them to a pl^ce of shelter, 68, 



Continue to gather seeds of all kinds as they ripen, and 

 prepare vacant ground for late crops ; such as Spinach , 

 Shallots, Onjons, ^etticus, &c. 



FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 



Greenhouse plants will need particular attention this 

 month. They should be watered every evening in dry wea- 

 ther, and as soon as the extreme heat of the Summer is past, 

 which is generally by the latter end of this month, or early 

 in the next, preparation must be made for replenishing with 

 fresh compost, and repotting such plants as are intended to 

 be cultivated through the Winter in a greenhouse, light 

 foom, or garden frames. Previous to the commencement of 

 this business, let such compost as is suited to the various 

 of plants, be provided, 



