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By giving it a dressing of manure, the manure will, 

 by the very moisture it contains, give latent moisture 

 to the ground below which it could not otherwise 

 possess at such a period and under such conditions. 

 It is a practice (greatly wronged in the omission) 

 very desirable to trundle a wooden roller over quar- 

 ters so dug up, immmediately after dug. Crops 

 of all kinds, transposed to soil so treated, succeed far 

 better at such a season. Judgment and discrimina- 

 tion must be used in connection both with sowing 

 seeds and transplanting winter vegetables. It is 

 always desirable to do both as near to a rainy period 

 as possible, and towards the latter part of each day. 

 Take care not to put plants of the Brassica tribes 

 too deeply into the gTOimd. Just the root-fibres 

 alone should be placed in the ground, and the soil 

 pressed very firmly over them. A watering given to 

 the roots of each will greatly aid in making the 

 soil firm around them, which, aided by the mois- 

 ture, will cause quick root-action. 



Take up, harvest, or store away Shallots, Garlic, 

 and early bulbed Onions. Cut down old stalks of 

 Globe Artichokes immediately the last head is 

 removed from each ; also flower-stalks upon Ehu- 

 barb and Sea- kale, as frequently as they are seen 

 to push up. Take care to keep crops of Scarlet 

 Runner Beans, Vegetable Marrows, Cucumbers, 

 Peas, &c., picked immediately any are ready for use. 

 If left upon the plants they become old, and keep 

 even better in several instances when picked than 

 when exposed to the sun's rays upon the plants, 

 doing the parent plants at the same time an incal- 

 culable amount of injury in regard to their capacity 

 for giving an intermittent succession of crops. The 

 hoe must be used throughout all crops once or 

 twice during the month. See that the necessary 

 quantities of Brussels Sprouts, Kale, Broccoli s, 

 Collards or Coleworts, Cauliflowers, &c., are com- 

 pletely planted out before the end of the month. A 

 successional transplanting of Broccoli and Cauli- 

 flower plants gives also successional supplies in due 

 season, which is an important fact to bear in mind. 



Make sowings of Cabbage for autumn planting, 

 and small sowings of Lettuces, Endive, Turnips, and 

 Spinach. Asparagus-beds are during the month in 

 active growth ; and at no time can greater aid bt; 

 given to the plants in view of forming fine produce 

 the following spring than by giving good manurial 

 waterings at this particular season. Dig up and 

 store away early Myatt Potatoes, planting a few 

 rows of the tubers after having first exposed them to 

 the sun for a few days upon a warm sunny border, 

 in view of securing a few early tubers towards the 

 month of November. 



Dig out Celery trenches, manure them liberally, 

 and transplant Celery therein in successional batches. 



according to the quantities necessary for supply ; 

 give thorough soakings of water, and should the 

 weather be very hot and dry, it will be well to lay a 

 few green-leaved tree-branches across the trenches. 

 Attend to ridge Cucumbers and Vegetable Marrows. 

 Stop the points of all strong-growing shoots, to in- 

 duce laterals bearing fruits to form ; watering, &c., as 

 needful. Nail up Tomatoes, Capsicums, &c., growing 

 against walls, keeping them also well supplied with 

 root- waterings. 



Winter or very early-planted Cucumbers will 

 show signs of exhaustion. If the plants are healthy, 

 cut them well back ; add a layer of fresh soil over 

 the roots, and induce a quick young growth. By 

 these means the whole will be resuscitated, and 

 other good fruit crops will follow. Sow seeds of de- 

 sirable kinds of Cucumbers, to grow into plants for 

 the renewal of such as are house-grown, and which it 

 is well to get planted out and established before dull 

 November weather too nearly approaches. Cut down 

 all superfluous growth on herbs, such as the seedy 

 stalks upon Tarragon, Fennel, Marjoram, Sage, An- 

 gelica, Mint, &c., where any still remains from the 

 herb - collecting and drying process of the latter 

 part of the month of June. By this means young- 

 shoots of merit will be formed in time to stand for 

 winter. 



August. 



It is important that all who desire to secure good 

 beds of winter Spinach should prepare the ground 

 during the first week in the month. Seeds of the 

 prickly or hardier kind should be sown between the 

 10th and 12th of the month. As early in the month 

 as convenient, prepare also a nice bed whereon 

 to sow French or Short Horn Carrots, from which a 

 nice supply of young produce can be secured for 

 early winter uses. An open, sunny aspect, and free 

 sandy soil should be chosen for the purpose. 



Mould up all kinds of winter greens, &c. During 

 the second week sow the main crop of Cabbages, in- 

 cluding Red, for pickling, to plant out in the autumn 

 for the early spring supplies. Make also two distinct 

 sowings of Cauliflower for a similar purpose on the 

 8th and 13th of the month. The result will be a 

 batch of young plants, for transplanting into frames, 

 or under hand-lights, in the usual way. Finish 

 planting out Leeks, earthing the earlier ones up. as 

 they proceed in growth. Make main sowings of 

 winter Lettuces, especially black-seeded Brown Cos 

 and hardy Cabbage. Where Lisbon Onions were not 

 sown as advised last month, make a sowing early in 

 the present. Batavian and Curled Endive, Turnip 

 Radishes, &c., sow also as required. Finish planting 

 out Celery as soon as possible, ground being at liberty 

 for the purpose. Go over the earlier row of Celery, 

 remove all small useless leaves from each plant, and 



