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especially with east winds. Continue to bud stone-fruit 
trees for orchard-house and pot culture. Thin out weak spray 
on all bush trees, and fore-right shoots on wall fruits. 
Maiden trees intended to be trained should be stopped, to 
make them into side-shoots, as a whole season’s growth is 
thus saved. 
August. 
“You sun-burn’d sicklemen, of August weary, 
Come hither from the furrow, and be merry.” 
Winter greens claim the first attention, and it is necessary 
to ensure at once a good supply, and a variety. By this time, 
Scotch kale, Brussels sprouts, broccolis, savoys, etc., ought to 
be strong, and where they have been planted between rows of 
peas, to stand the winter, should now be looked over, and 
every other plant taken out, to make fresh rows if they are at 
all crowded. Cabbages of most kinds may be sown in the second 
week of August ; Shilling’s Queen, Sprotborough, West Ham, 
and Bed Dutch ought to have a place in every garden. Sow 
also prickly spinach on slopes in rich soil, and plenty of hardy 
green Hammersmith, and black-seeded cos lettuce. Sow 
cauliflower from the 7th to the 20th, to keep over winter in 
frames. The summer -sown endive will now’ be strong enough 
to plant out on slopes or raised beds. Give plenty of water, 
alternately with liquid manure, to celery, and do not earth it 
up until it is well grown, the earthing being only to blanch 
it for use. Give plenty of water to broccoli and cauliflower 
beds, and top _ scarlet runners. In good open situations, 
vegetable marrows for a late supply may still be planted. Use 
grass mowings to mulch the ground between crops that are 
likely to suffer from drought. Hoe between the rows of pota- 
toes in dry weather. The foliage, where it remains green, 
should be injured as little as possible ; those that are casting 
their haulm may be taken up. Earth up leeks ; thin out the 
rows of parsley, so as to get rid of every plant not well curled. 
Throw nets over fruit bushes to keep off the birds, and give 
a little shade to keep a few bunches hanging for a late supply. 
Put wasp-traps about vines and peaches, or stick a few lumps 
of loaf-sugar among the branches, and as long as there is any 
sugar left they will not touch a single fruit. Nail in all good 
shoots on wall trees, that they may have the heat of the u r all 
to ripen them. Encourage in every possible way the ripening 
