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Turnips. — A few white globe may be sown, if the 

 weather is wet, 



Guinea-corn should be planted out in all spare 

 land ; it will grow in any soil, and is a valuable crop 

 for fodder. 



Sweet potatoes. — Put down all the springers and 

 slips that you can obtain ; they will give a good crop 

 in September. Plant them on ridges, as they do 

 better — the ridges eighteen inches apart, the slip 

 one foot. 



Melons. — Clean and trench the vines as they run, 

 and nip off the tops of the shoots, which will make 

 them spread and put out more fruit ; dust them over 

 with a little soot and ashes. 



Bud and engraft sweet orange or healthy young 

 Seville orange or lemon trees. Keep the roots con- 

 tinually watered, and the grafted buds moist in dry 

 weather. 



Work foe JrNB. 



Plant early crops, such as sweet potato slips and 

 Nigel's bird's-eye . peas for a full crop. Plant oats, 

 Guinea-corn, in rich ground, and not too thick ; 

 collect grass-seeds as they ripen; bud orange and 

 other trees ; transplant arrowroot. 



Remarhs, — This is a busy time in getting up the 



