KALENDARIAL INDEX. 



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1. Kalendar of animated nature round 

 London. 



In the first week : the sedge-sparrow {Passer arun- 

 dinacea\ the flv-catcher {Muscicapa atricaptlla), the 

 wasp ( Vespa vulgaris), and several species of bee and 

 butterfly appear. 



Second week: the bumet-moth {Sphinx filtpen- 

 dulce) and forest fly {Hippobosca equina) appear j 

 bees swarm. 



Third week : several flies, butterflies, moths, 

 beetles, and other insects appear. 



Fourth week : insects abound ; and singing-birds 

 begin to retire to the woods, and leave off singing. 



2. Kalendar of vegetable nature round 

 London. 



In the first week ; water-lilies {Xymphtea et 

 Nuphar) flower ; also iris pseud-acorus, anthemis 

 cotula, polygonum persicaria, malva rotundifolia, 

 and numerous other plants. 



Second week: the vine, raspberry, and elder in 

 full flower ; also various Scotch roses {Rosa spinosis- 

 sima), broom {Spartium), nettle {Urtica), and wheat 

 in the ear. 



Third week : the orchis, epilobium, iris xiphium 

 and xiphioides, the hardy ixiae and gladioli, and a 

 great variety of garden and field plants in flower ; 

 also the wheat and many of the pasture grasses. 



Fourth week ; some black and red currants ripe, 

 strawberries in abundance ; young shoots of trees 

 and shrubs have nearly attained their length ; oats 

 and barley in flower ; blue-bottle, scabious {Centau. 

 rea cyanus), and numerous others, in bloom. 



3. Kitchen-garden. Culinary veget- 

 ables. 



Sow peas and beans once a-week or ten days. 

 (3601.) Cucumbers for picklers. (4876.) Gourds in 

 the first week. (4211.) Small salads and lettuce every 

 week or ten days. (4078. and 3964. ) Radishes and spin- 

 age in the first week. (3771.) Kidneybeans every fort- 

 night, for succession. (3633.) Endive about the 10th 

 or 24th, for the main autumn and winter crops. 

 (3981.) Chervil twice in the month for summer 

 use, also purslane. (4088.) Cabbages, of quick -grow- 

 ing sorts, for summer and autumn consumption, 

 about the beginning and middle of the month. 

 (3492.) Turnips in the first week, for succession ; 

 and in the second and third week for a full autumn 

 crop. (3698.) Carrots (3717.) twice, for drawing 

 young. Broccoli and borecole, in small portions, 

 for succession, late in spring. (3555. and 3527. ) Onions 

 to be drawn voung. 



To sai>e seed. Mark out cauliflowers, lettuces, Sec. 

 and let them send up their flower-stems. (3553.) 



Protect when and where necessary. (2206.) 



Propagate by bulbs, roots, offsets, slips in showery 

 weather. (1987.) 



Transplant (2079.) the brassica tribe, cardoons, 

 endive, lettuce, and other plants and herbs, also 

 plants reared in hot-beds. 



Routine culture. Tie up garlic and rocambole 

 leaves in knots to check the progress of the flower- 

 stalk. Stick and top peas ; top beans ; earth 

 up finochio to blanch ; also white beet Thin, 

 hoe, weed, and stir the ground as before. Support 

 with stakes, and water as far as practicable j in dry 

 weather. 



Taking crops. (2290.) Cut and dry herbs for win- 

 ter use. Gather ripe seed. Discontinue cutting 

 asparagus at the end of the month. 



4. Hardy fruit department. 



Prune and train the summer shoots of all de- 

 scriptions of wall and trellis trees. (2110.) 



Thin out the summer shoots of fruit-shrubs, and 

 of all fruit-trees, excepting high standards, which 

 do not require this nicety. (2o/6.) 



\Routine culture. Mulch, water, fasten by stakes, 

 weed, hoe, and rake where wanted. Throw nets 

 over cherry-trees and protect the fruit from the 

 birds. Water strawberry plots every day in dry 

 weather, desisting a little as the fruit begins to 

 ripen. 



Destroy insects. Strew sulphur over the mildew, 

 water for the acarus ; direct a stream of tobacco 

 smoke against the aphis and thrips, but depend on 

 your fingers for the thorough eradication of grub?, 

 which, at this season, are by far the most mischiev- 

 ous of garden enemies. (2280.) 



Fruit-room and cellar. As in last month. (2298.) 



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5. Culinary hot-house department. 



Glass case without artificial heai. Raise hand- 

 glasses over cucumbers on props, and train out the 

 runners, in the second or third week. Ridge out 

 melons in good earth, in the last fortnight ; cover 

 with mats till the end of the third week. (3328. 

 and 3329.) 



Hot-beds. Keep up adequate temperatures for 

 ripening the fruits by linings. Reinforce melon 

 ridges with linings. Train, prune, and impregnate 

 as circumstances require. Attend to air, water, 

 shade, and even nightly coverings after cold days. 

 Keep up proper linings to your beds of pine- 

 suckers. 



Pinery.' Attend to what was stated last month. 

 If you want extraordinary large fruit, and do not 

 mind losing the suckers, apply the usual means, 

 viz. heat, water, and removal of all stem and root 

 suckers. (2829.) 



Forcing department. See last month. Keep up 

 successive supplies of kidneybeans, strawberry, and 

 fruit-trees in pots. (3338.) 



6. Flower-garden Open ground de- 

 partment. 



Sow a few hardy and half-hardy annuals for suc- 

 cession, as before. (6507. and 6513.) 



Propagate, by cuttings, such plants as are proper 

 for this purpose, as they go out of flower. Pipe 

 and lay pinks and carnations towards the end of 

 the month. (6406. and 6440.) 



Take up bulbs and other tuberous roots, dry them 

 in the shade and remove them to boxes or drawers 

 in the store-room, wrap the finer 6orts in papers. 

 (6501.) 



Transplant (2079.) annuals in the borders and in 

 pots for autumn and winter flowering. Biennials 

 and perennials may also be transplanted into nur- 

 sery rows at this season, or even where they are 

 finally to remain. 



Routine culture. Mow, weed, hoe, rake, thin, 

 stir, and dress ; and keep up as complete an ap- 

 pearance of polish and high keeping as your 

 strength of men and other means will permit (6191. 

 to 6201.) Shade, shelter, water, and attend to 

 carnations coming into flower. Destroy earwigs 

 and all manner of insects. (2280.) Go round the 

 garden frequently and examine everything mi- 

 nutely, and reflect on what might be done to pro- 

 mote its growth and beauty. To aid you, imagine 

 it to be a garden which you were sent to criticise, 

 and to be paid according to the number of faults 

 you found. Or imagine it your neighbor's garden, or 

 the garden of some one you hate. (7438. and 7439.) 



7. Flower-garden Hot-house depart- 

 ment. 



Glass case without artificial heat. Propagate the 

 dianthus tribe bv pipnigs under hand-glasses and 

 frames. (6406.) 



Hot-beds and pits. Put pots of carnations and 

 pink pipings in gentle heat, it will facilitate their 

 striking. (6406. and 6440.) Do not forget to give head- 

 room to your balsams and other tender annuals, 

 which should now be noble-looking plants. Attend 

 to pots of cuttings and seedlings ; also to young 

 stove plants put into this department for more rapid 

 advancement. 



Green-house. As soon as the mulberry comes 

 into leaf remove the plants to a fit situation in the 

 open air. Some plunge them in ashes ; but the 

 major part set them on scoria, gravel, or pavement, 

 in a partially shaded situation, a cold bottom and a 

 certain degree of shade are essential to their well- 

 doing. (6635.) 



Dry-stove. (6176.) Give abundance of air night 

 and day, but be moderate as to water. Cease to 

 water bulbs soon after they have done flowering ; 

 let them go slowly into a state of hybernation, and 

 then take them out of the pots and dry them. 



Bark, or moist stove. Increase your heat with 

 the lengthening day, and prolonged sun, and by 

 consequence increase the concurring agents of vege- 

 tation. Propagate by the usual means ; save seeds 

 where vou can ; destroy insects, and attend to neat- 

 ness. (6688. to 6705.) 



8. Pleasure-ground and shrubbery. 

 Prune and regulate summer shoots, and take off 



suckers where not wanted to extend the bush or 

 propagate the species. (6190.) 

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