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CALENDARIAL INDEX. 



Clean and prepare your gTound where your eai'h'' crops of peas, spinage, 

 caulillowers, and cabbages grow, and ail other vacant spots, to cultivate there- 

 on such plants as are proper to supph^ your table, in autunm and winter, with 

 later-g-rown productions. You may continue to sow crops of small salading 

 every eight or ten daj-s, as dhected iii former months} but they should now be 

 sovvn on shady borders, or else be shaded by mats, occasionally, from the mid- 

 day sun, and frequentl}- watered, both before and after the plants appear above 



f round. You may now plant out yo\ir celery plants in trenches, 74, unless you 

 ave alread}^ performed that operation, as directed last month. About the mid- 

 dle of July, and from that time to the end oi" the first week in August, you may 

 sow turnips, 292. ThJn and transplant such lettuces as were sown last month, 

 and sow more lettuce-seed in tiie beginning, middle, and last week of this 

 month, in order to have a constant supply for the table, 191. Sow likewise 

 radishes, 261, and hi the last week of this month a good crop of spinach may be 

 sown for autumn use 3 it will not then be so liable to rim to seed as in the pre- 

 ceding months. It is a good practice to sow early kinds of cabbag"es, 60, about 

 tliis time, for a supply of young greens during autumn. Collect all kinds of 

 seeds as the}- ocme to maturiLy, cutting oti' or pulling up the stems with the 

 seeds attached, as they ripen. Spread tliem in some airy place under cover, 

 turning" them now and then, that the seeds niay dry a»^d harden gTadually, and 

 be carelul not to lay them so tliick as to hazard their heating and feniienting. 

 When the}' are sufficiently dry, beat out and clean the seeds, and deposit them 

 in bags or boxes till wanted. Give water to such plants as require it, but let 

 this be always done in the evening, tiiat it may be of use to tlie vegetables be- 

 foi-e the sun shall cause it to evaporate. 



You may now inoculate or bud \'our fruit-trees, 165, and, where it can be 

 done without inconvenience, it will be well to turn svvine into your orchard to 

 eat the fallen and decayed fruit, and thus destroy the insects which it contains. 

 If, ho^^^ever, this caiuiot well be done, or 3 011 have not swine in sufficient num- 

 bers to devour all ycur fallen fruit, it v»-il] be well to gather and carry it fi'om the 

 ground before the insects, which inliabit it, make their way into the earth, ana 

 make you destructive visitations another season. 



AUGUST. 



Keep all yoiu- crops clear from weeds, using the hoe where safe and conve- 

 nient; otherwise make claw-hoes of j-our hands, and weed-extractin»" nippers of 

 your thumb and fore-fingers. Pull up the haulm of peas, beans, 6^c., and re- 

 move it to your compost bed 3 bury it between rows of plants, or throw it, to- 

 gether with ail weeds, &,c. to 3-our swine, that 3'our premises may have a neat 

 appearance. Cut such herbs as are now in fiower, to distil, or to dry for win- 

 ter use, being careliil to do it when they are dry, and spread them in a dry, 

 shady place 3 for, if they are dried in the smi, they will shrink veiy- much, turn 

 black, and prove of little value. Your dung-hills and compost- heaps should, 

 during the summer montns, be kept free from weeds 3 for if the seeds are per- 

 mitted to ripen and fall, the dujig, when carried into the garden, will dissemi- 

 nate weeds innumerable. Attend to plants set out for seed, and put stakes 

 •to such as need support. This month, as well as the latter part of July, is the 

 proper season for inoculating or budding, 165. M'3Iahon sa3-s, ^''Cherries, 

 L>Iums,or an}' other fruit-trees, may be budded in August, if the bark parts free- 

 ly froi.-i the stock. Pears ought to be inoculated the early part of the month, or 

 while the sap flows freely; but the peach, nectarine, almond, and apple, will 

 -succeed any time between the first of August and twentieth of September, 

 ^ros'ided the stocks are young and vigorous."' 



Preserve peach, plum, cherry, and apricot stones, &:c. to sow for raising 

 •stocks to bud and graft on. These may either be sown immediately, or kept in 

 common garden earth or moist saud. But it will be necessary to sow them 

 before the stones open, and tlie radicles begin to shoot 3 otherwise many of thena 

 will be broken or torn in tiie process of sowing. Every day tiiey are^kcpt ou 



