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newly-planted fruit-trees, watering abundantly in dry wea- 

 ther. Remove from raspberries and strawberries all suck- 

 ers and runners that are not wanted. 



Forcing. Attend to the cultivation of the melon and 

 cucumber frames, regulating the air, heat, moisture, and 

 shade, according to the state of the plants ; keeping them 

 free from insects; thinning and training the vines; also 

 renewing the dung-linings when necessary. Continue the 

 planting of fresh beds, raising more young plants from 

 seeds and cuttings for late crops ; the cuttings producing 

 less luxuriant but more fruitful plants. Go on with the 

 usual culture of the pinery ; give abundance of heat and 

 water, and try to keep down all sorts of insects. The 

 grape-vines and peach-trees will require attention, accord- 

 ing to the progress they have made, in regulating the young 

 shoots, thinning the fruit, and tying up the shoulders of 

 such clusters of grapes as hang loosely, or are of a large 

 size. G-ive frequent washings with the engine to the 

 foliage, and a good supply of water to the borders ; also 

 abundance of air. Plant out basil. Plant pumpkins and 

 pickling cucumbers, under hand-glasses, on dung ridges, or 

 in those frames that have been used for early vegetables, 

 most of which will be cleared off by the third or last 

 week. 



Green-house, fyc. Turn out hardy plants about the 

 middle, and the more tender at the latter end, of the 

 month; retaining a part of the finest and most showy 

 plants for the decoration of the green-house during the 

 summer and autumn, when the regular inmates are chiefly 

 placed abroad in the garden. Sow tender annuals for suc- 

 cession, potting and shifting those sown at an earlier pe- 

 riod, and removing them from the frames to the green-house 

 or the conservatory as they come into flower. Continue to 



