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portant should the weather be dry. Sow beet, brocoli, 

 melons, Brussels sprouts, cucumber, lettuce, endive, 

 okra, parsley, pumpkins, radish, rhubarb, round spinach, 

 tomato, tobacco, carrots (large sowing), leek, cabbage, 

 cauliflower, chervil, turnip, parsnip, &c, &c. Plant 

 out horse-radish, rhubarb, herbs, seakale, asparagus, 

 Jerusalem artichokes, ginger, &c. Keep the crops 

 clear of weeds, and destroy plants infested with aphis. 

 Those which are slightly attacked wash with Gishurst 

 Compound. 



Orchard. — Every effort should be made to com- 

 plete the transplanting of fruit trees, as many casual- 

 ties, and much labor in watering and shelter, will be 

 caused if the early growing kinds have to be removed 

 after this month. Any work left over from last 

 month should be completed. Keep the land clean, 

 and the surface open to receive the dews and showers. 

 Look over the orange trees, and, if troubled with the 

 aphis, syringe them well with a solution of Gishurst 

 Compound. Young orange trees showing too much 

 bloom, it should be carefully removed by sharp-pointed 

 scissors, and the tree have a dressing of liquid 

 manure to encourage foliage. They often die back 

 after excessive blooming. Dress the vines with lime 

 and sulphur in the morning when the dew is on them. 



Farm. — Clean the crops put in last month. 

 Plant potatoes, white and yellow maize, rice, yams, 

 &c. The sweet potato can best be sent to distant 

 parts by forwarding the tuber at this season, to be 

 planted when it arrives at its destination ; the suckers 

 will soon appear, and can be planted out. Sow 

 sorghum and tobacco in seed beds. Silk-worms will 

 now require constant attention, feeding them frequent- 

 ly with young and tender leaves. Hoe up potatoes 

 before, the tops are too high, by drawing the earth 

 towards them at each side — but not to a sharp ridge, 

 or it will throw the rain off instead of allowing it to 

 rind its way to the roots. 



