160 MONTHLY CALENDAR. 



Salad, or Fetticus, 63 ; Cress, Rape, &c., every ton days, for 

 a salad, 64; sow Mustard, for the same purpose, 76; sow 

 Lettuce, 73 and 125 ; Onion, to stand the winter, 78 ; Radish, 

 for fall use, 89 ; plant Shallots, 97 ; sow Spinach seed every 

 week or ten days, 98 ; Turnips will sometimes come to ma- 

 turity if the seed be sown the early part of this month, and 

 those sown last month will need hoeing as they progress in 

 growth, 104. 



Continue to gather, dry, and pack Hops as they ripen, 140 ; 

 also all Aromatic, Sweet, and Medicinal Herbs, 108 ; this is 

 a good season to make Mushroom beds in sheltered situa- 

 tions ; they may be spawned with indigenous or artificial 

 spawTi, as may be most convenient. [For directions to pre- 

 serve spawn, &c., see pages 126 and 127.] 



Toward the end of this month, or early m the next, is a 

 good season to increase all kinds of herbaceous plants, by 

 parting the roots, but it should be done in cloudy or wet 

 weather ; at the same time, such herbs as were raised from 

 seed sown in the spring, may be transplanted into separate 

 beds or borders, 106 to 108. 



In this month must be finished all the principal sowdngs 

 and plantings necessary this year; on this account such 

 ground as is intended for principal crops next year, should 

 be well manured previous to planting it. [See Spinach, 98.] 



Cucumber vines should be looked over, and the fruit 

 gathered as it becomes fit for pickling, as a very slight frost 

 will destroy Cucumbers, 66. 



