Sll. THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. [^'^"g* 



HERBS. 



Continue to cut or gather all sorts of pot and medicinal 

 herbs, as directed in July, according to the season and their 

 state of growth. 



WORK TO BE DONE IN THE CULINARY GARDEN. 



Hoe, weed, thin, and stir the surface among all crops ; 

 water, shade, and attend to neatness and order ; clear off all 

 crops, as soon as they are exhausted, in order that the garden 

 may always present a neat and orderly appearance. As slugs 

 and other vermin will be now making deplorable ravages among 

 crops of young plants, a constant attention is required to sub- 

 due them. Those seeds which are ripening should be gathered 

 when dry, and after being properly hardened, laid by for use 

 in a dry airy seed-room. 



Some seeds retain their vegetative properties better when 

 kept in the pods or seed-vessels, until they are to be sown in 

 the spring ; these, when perfectly dry, should be hung up in 

 bunches in an airy shed out of the reach of frost. Accord- 

 ingly as the crops are removed, let the ground be cleared of 

 the refuse, either by hoeing and raking, or rather by rough 

 digging, which will give the garden a much neater appearance, 

 besides very much improve the soil by exposure to the atmo- 

 sphere. Where evergreen hedges are attached to the culinary 

 garden, this is a proper season for clipping them, and when 

 the box edgings require renewing or mending, that may also 

 now be done with every prospect of success. 



