AUGUST. 



7^ 



FIGS. 



Figs will now begin to ripen — those that are too 

 much shaded with leaves, should be exposed to the 

 sun, by pulling the leaves. 



FIJVES. 



Keep your vineyard perfectly free from weeds and 

 litter : w^eeds growing about the vines retard the 

 growth, and injure the flavor of the grapes. Rub off 

 all shoots that have lately appeared ; top the shoots 

 that bear fruit, i. e. nip off the extreme part of each 

 shoot: disentangle any bunches of grapes, and keep 

 the shoots well secured to the trellises. Early fruit 

 will now be nearly ripe. 



BUD TREES. 



Fruit trees may be budded any time this month-^ 

 see the method in June. Shrubs budded last month 

 should be examined, and their bandages loosened. 



STO.YES OF FRUIT. 



Save stones of such cherries, plums, peaches and 

 apricots as you mean to sow for stocks to graft on, or 

 other purposes. 



* AURICULAS, POLYANTHUSES, ^c. 



Sow seeds of these flowers Ihls month, in boxes 

 filled with light rich earth; sow the seed thick, and 

 cover it a quarter of an inch deep. Place the boxes 

 w^bere they will have only the morning sun ; the 

 plants from this seed will flower next summer. — 

 Plants from seeds sown in spring', should be trans- 

 planted into a sheltered border of good light earth, 

 about three or four inches asunder — close the earth 

 round the plants, water them moderately, and if 

 the weather is dry, water them every second day, 

 till rooted. Auriculas in pots must have new earthy 



