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KALENDARIAL INDEX. 



2. Kalendar of vegetable nature round 

 London. 



In the first week : melilot (Trifolium officinale), 

 rue (Ruta graveolcns^, yellow succory (Picris hiera- 

 cioidcs}, and burdock (Arctium lappa), in flower; 

 the bread-corns ripe. 



Second week : wild cUry (Salva verbenacea], mea- 

 dow-rue (Thalictrum flavum], ploughman's spike- 

 nard (Conyza squarrosa), and various other natives, 

 in flower. 



Third week : the mallow (Malva\ lavatera, holly- 

 hock (Alcca rosea], and lobelias, among the garden- 

 flowers, and the polygonums and potamogetons 

 among the wild plants, now in blossom. 



Fourth week : the autumnal crocus (Colchicum 

 autumnale], aster, solidago, senecio paludosus, teasel 

 (Dipsacus futtonuiri), and various other plants, in 

 flower ; the earlier varieties of all the hardy kernel- 

 fruits ripe. 



3. Kitchen-garden. Culinary veget- 

 ables. 



Sow (2071.) turnip for 'a main crop, in the first 

 week; but sowings made after the 15th seldom 

 fully succeed (3698.); make frequent sowings of 

 small salading, radishes, and lettuce (3760.) : the 

 latter for autumn and winter crops. Parsley may 

 now be sown for winter and spring use, this being 

 the most natural season for sowing biennials. (4282.) 

 Some of the large sorts of cabbage, in the first 

 week, to come in in the autumn of the following year 

 and subsequent winter ; and early sorts in the first 

 week, for coleworts next winter and spring. Spin- 

 age, in the first or second weeks, for a main winter 

 crop. (3775.) Carrots in the first and third weeks 

 for drawing young in spring. (3718.) Endive and 

 corn-salad for winter and spring ; chervil for a late 

 crop ; onions for a full winter crop ; angelica, fen- 

 nel, scurvy-grass, and blessed-thistle for next year. 

 Cauliflowers twice, in the third and fourth week, 

 for crops, to stand over the winter, in sheltered 

 borders, or under frames. American cress, in the 

 last fortnight, for a spring crop. 



Propagate (1987.) by slips and cuttings, where ne- 



Transplant (2079.) as in last month, and include 

 leeks, perennial herbs, &c. 



Routine culture. Displace the suckers from such 

 artichoke heads as you would grow to the greatest 

 magnitude ; stick peas and runner kidneybeans ; 

 earth up the brassica and leguminous tribe, and po- 

 tatoes in so far as requisite. Land up celery, endive, 

 white beet, finochio, &c. for blanching. Hoe, thin, 

 weed, stir the surface, water, shade, and attend to 

 neatness and order ; and clear off all crops the mo- 

 ment they are done with. (2367.) 



Taking crops. (2290.) Take up the alliaceous 

 tribes as before; gather pickling cucumbers; cut 

 herbs ; gather ripe seeds. 



Destroy insects. (2276.) 



4. Hardy fruit department. 



Plant (2077.) strawberries, as directed for last 

 month. 



Prune (2573.), regulate, train, and otherwise 

 arrange the summer shoots of all fruit-trees as 

 directed for last month. 



Routine culture. Hoe, rake, weed, and stir the sur- 

 face under gooseberry compartments, and in general 

 under and around all fruit-trees. Where fruit is 

 beginning to ripen, be very moderate in thinning 

 the leaves. Mat up small fruits on north walls, in- 

 tended to be preserved till late in autumn ; water 

 spring-planted trees in dry weather, also strawberry- 

 plants in blossom and fruit. Dress strawberry-beds 

 that have done bearing. (4726. and 4727.) 



Take (2290.) gooseberries and currants, with the 

 fruit-scissors or tongs. Apricots and such wall- 

 fruit as is ripe with the fruit-gatherer. (See figs. 141. 

 to 152.) 



Destroy (2276.) insects; the acarus will now be 

 your greatest enemy. 



5. Culinary hot-house department. 



Glass case without artificial heat. Sow long prickly 

 cucumbers for a late crop, to receive the aid of arti, 

 ficial heat in October and November. Sow in pots, or 

 make layers or cuttings for the same purpose. (3185.) 



Hot-beds and pits. (2678.) Recruit the linings of 

 melon-beds, and prune, train, weed, water, and im- 

 pregnate all the cucumis tribe. 



Mushrooms. Search for spawn, in cow -pastures 

 more especially, and take care of it when hot 

 (3410.) 



Pinery. See last month. 



Forcing-houses. (2696.) Most of the forced peaches 

 will now be gathered ; fully expose the trees, unless 

 you have so great a proportion of grapes under the 

 rafters, or running along the top of your trellis, as 

 to render it worth while to keep the sashes on to 

 ripen them. It is however better never to have 

 them together in such contending proportions. 

 Cherry-trees and others in pots, and of whkh the 

 shoots are ripe, should be put in a state of hy- 

 bernation, by removal to a cold cellar, or shaded 

 border. This will fit them better for a succeeding 

 early artificial spring. 



6. Flower-garden. Open ground de- 

 partment. 



Sow (6346.) auricula and other primula seeds in 

 pots and boxes, so as to admit of winter protection. 

 These seeds come up stronger now than if kept till 

 the following spring; and, though they will not 

 flower sooner than the second spring after sowing, 

 yet they will then flower much stronger than plants 

 just a year old. (6347. to 6349.) Mignonette, stocks, 

 and other annuals in pots, for prolongation through 

 the winter. (6486.) 



Propagate (1987.) by all the usual means. This 

 is now the best time for taking off rooted slips of 

 the auricula : the Lancashire florists will never 

 touch these till the third day of this month, when 

 their florists' sales commence. (6369.) 



Take up bulbs and tuber roots of the few plants 

 which had not ripened their stalks before, as of the 

 martagon and red and white lUy. 



Plant dried offsets of bulbs, as these from their 

 small size and tenderness, rather suffer froin being 

 long out of the ground. Plant autumn-flowering 

 bulbs and Guernsey lily. (6315.) 



Transplant (2079.) most sorts of biennials and 

 perennials, and your latest sowings of annuals and 

 half-hardy annuals intended for the borders. 



Routine culture. Prepare composts. Hoe, dig, 

 rake, stir, weed, thin, shade, shelter, prop, stick 

 sweetpeas, and other climbers. Water, and gather 

 seeds ; mow verges and glades where they exist in 

 the flower-garden, according as you find they re- 

 quire it, 



Store-room. (1704.) Look once a-month at your 

 roots and seeds ; and gather, dry, clean, and store 

 up seeds as they ripen, attending to name and date 

 each packet or bag accurately. 



7. Flower-garden. Hot-house depart- 

 ment. 



Glass case without artificial heat. See last 

 month. 



Hot-beds. (2678.) Attend to such cuttings as are 

 forwarding in these, and to late crops of tender an- 

 nuals. Prepare successions of tender annuals for 

 the green-house. 



Green-house. (6211.) Attend to your tender an- 

 nuals ; and do not forget creepers, and vines, and 

 such plants as being planted in the ground cannot 

 be turned out. (6647. to 6651.) 



Dry-stove. (6176.) About the end of the month, 

 it will be safe to replace such plants as you had ven- 

 tured in the open air. Any you put in cold-pits, 

 may remain a month longer. (6663. to 6668.) 



Bark, or moist stove. (6214.) See last month. At- 

 tend to creepers, climbers, and vines, also aquatics, 

 which, if you have a proper aquarium, will now be 

 in great perfection, and highly beautiful. (6180.) 



8. Pleasure-ground and shrubbery. 



Plant (2077.) evergreens towards the end of the 

 month ; water, mulch, and shade, for some days, if 

 very delicate sorts. (2098.) 



Prune evergreens (2110.) ; roses for forcing. (6559. 

 and 6560.) 



Routine culture. Hoe, rake, weed, &c. as before. 

 Prepare ground for planting ; dress gravel and grass 

 as in June and July. 



Form and repair lawns, by turfing or sowing. It 



now an excellent season for sowing lawns. See 

 that you make use of the proper grasses, according 

 to the soil and situation. Attend to gravel walks. 

 (1957.) 



9. Trees. Nursery department. 



Fruit-trees, (20SP.) Finish budding of the late v?.. 



