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ihe sun ; turn them often, and when perfectly dry, 

 clear the seeds from chaff, ^c. after which lot them 

 lie a few days in a dry place, before you put them 

 up. Keep them in a dry room, in small drawers or 

 l-aper bag^. Save such melon seeds only as sink in 

 water. 



AROMATIC PLANTS, 



Cat the decayed stems of lavender, hy<:^op, savorj^. 

 kc, also straggling shoots, to make them form neai 

 beads of strong young shoots. Moist weather is the 

 best to perform this w^ork. 



CHERVIL AXD SALAD. 



Latter end of this month sow lamb lettuce (often 

 known b}^ the name of corn salad) and chervil, for 

 fall use — sow them in drills or broad cast, and rake 

 them in. The corn salad when it comes up, may be 

 thinned to three or four inches apart. 



CUCLV^IBERS. 



In dry weather, water 3^our cucumber beds three 

 or four times a week — gather the frait as it be- 

 comes ready for use, and keep the plants clear froni 

 weeds. 



TUBMPS. 



This is a proper time to sow turnips for a fall 

 crop. Sow them in wet weather, on ground well 

 dug — tread in the seed, and rake the ground after 

 treading. 



In dry weather, hoe and thin the turnips sown 

 last month, when the rough leaves are about an 

 inch broad ; leave the plants about eight inches 

 apart, or double that distance, if large field turnips. 

 Some radish seed may be sown, mixed with turnip 

 seed. 



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