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from all young shoots which will not be wanted next 

 year. Trim off the tops of stocks on which grafts have 

 been established, and remove the grafting clay and 

 bandages. Protect your cherry trees by netting. Wa- 

 ter strawberries if the weather be dry and hot, or else 

 the fruit will ripen too fast, and be therefore diminutive 

 in si^e. Tie up some of your finest cauliflowers for 

 seed, and sow some cauliflower seed early in the month 

 for a late autumn crop. Sow also Knight's green 

 marrow pea and mazagan beans for the same purpose ; 

 also brocoli seed for next winter and spring, and tur- 

 nip seed for a full winter crop, and continue to sow all 

 other ordinary successions. Thin onions, carrots, tur» 

 nips, &c. — transplant celery — put out slips of pot- 

 herbs — water abundantly ; lettuces in particular will 

 start in dry weather, unless regularly watered. Strew 

 the young leaves of cauliflowers among them at night 

 if you desire to catch slugs, which otherwise may de- 

 vour your lettuces ; these destructive creatures will 

 gorge on the former vegetable in preference, and re- 

 pose under its leaves towards morning, when they 

 may be taken. Keep the hoe and fingers going, else 

 weeds will overpower you, and attend to the grass and 

 gravel walks constantly. 



J^ursery — Continue to propagate by layers and 

 cuttings, and hoe between the rows of seedlings, and 

 attend to the summer training as to form. 



JULY. 



Stove and Greenhouse^ ^c, — " Examine the pots, 

 and if the soil or drainage is not in a proper condition, 

 shake the mould away from the roots and repot them 

 in light soil. Sandy loam is better for wintering de- 

 licate stove plants in than composts containing either 

 peat or leaf-mould ; some kinds of peat are very liable 

 to get soddened in a close stove in winter, but in 

 frames and greenhouses nothing suits better. In 



