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the yonng plants, which may be set as soon as the rains hold off. 

 This may be expected early in the month, but as the heat is 

 great, care must be taken that they do not grow too luxuriantly : 

 to prevent this, frequent transplantation is the most effectual 

 check. For cauliflowers the soil can hardly be too rich : when 

 the plant attains strength, dried fish pounded and applied to the 

 roots will be found beneficial, water must be liberally supplied, 

 and the beds frequently flooded. Trenches, eighteen inches 

 deep and twelve or fifteen wide, should be dug for celery, and 

 the young plants put in about eight inches apart. The soil 

 should be rich but light, and in positions where the black earth 

 prevails, a mixture of sand will be found advantageous. To- 

 wards the end of this month and the next, transplanting must 

 continue. 



Sow peas if in a favourable situation, artichoke, beans, carrots, 

 spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce of sorts, and early sallad- 

 ing : attend to strawberry plants, and prune all your fruit trees 

 moderately. 



Strawberry runners, which, during the heavy period of the 

 monsoon have been placed in baskets, should also be now 

 planted out in beds. These, as well as the vegetables, will 

 require shelter from the sun as they attain strength : additional 

 manure must be applied, and they should be flooded at least 

 every other day. When they begin to produce blossom, straw 

 or hay should be placed under them : it keeps the ground 

 moist, and preserves the fruit from being injured by the water. 

 Towards the middle of the month open the roots of your rose 

 bushes, and do not water them for ten or fifteen days ; cut the 

 plants to within a foot of the ground, and at the expiration of 

 the above period cover the roots well with rich manure and fish, 

 and water abundantly. Lettuce plants should now be put out, 

 and the first crop of potatoes planted. The best plan seems to 

 be to place the cuttings, which should each have at least two 

 eyes, on the sides of ridges ; these should be about a foot apart, 

 leaving a trench between them for watering, which should not 

 be more frequent than every third day ; the root requires three 

 months to bring it to perfection, but in six weeks yonng potatoes 



