THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
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state than before the crop was gathered, but it must not be kept 
too dry. 
For the first fortnight or so after gathering the last portion of 
the crop the trees should be syringed once a day, and the evening 
should be selected for the work. Afterwards, two or three times a 
week will suffice. If the trees should happen to be infested with 
green or black fly, fumigate the house two or three times, allowing 
one or two days to elapse between each operation. Tobacco, or 
tobacco-paper may be used ; the latter is the cheapest when it can 
be obtained of good quality. In using tobacco-paper, if there is no 
fumigator at hand, take a flower-pot eight inches in diameter, make 
a hole on one side, about an inch above the bottom, then put a few 
red-hot cinders in it, and over these a layer of dry brown-paper. 
AVhen the latter is fairly alight, and bursts into a flame, add a 
handful of dry tobacco-paper, and then proceed to fill with the 
latter damped sufficiently to insure its burning slowly. If the 
material is lighted properly it will not require blowing after it is 
placed in the house. It must, however, be watched from the out- 
side, for if it bursts into a flame and continues to flare for a few 
minutes, it will soon do a considerable amount of mischief. When 
it burns through, the proper course is to stir up the unconsumed 
material, and damp it slightly ; but if the house is only partly filled 
with smoke, a little additional material may be added. 
The general management of grape-vines does not differ materially 
from that advised for fruit trees generally. They must have full 
exposure, a moist soil, and an occasional syringing overhead. More- 
over, the laterals which pusli after this time should be allowed to 
grow unchecked, unless they become too crowded, and in that case 
they may be thinned out. It is a serious mistake to remove, at 
this stage, those as fast as they make their appearance, for they are 
promotive of a healthy root action, and materially assist in the 
formation of the buds. Even previous to the grapes being cut, the 
laterals may be allowed to extend themselves with a considerable 
degree of freedom ; and it may be safely said that it is altogether 
wrong to rub every one oflT when an inch or so in length, and con- 
sequently should not be practised. 
CULTURE OP THE ONION. 
is not generally understood that the year of the onion 
begins in August, although it is everywhere known that 
the year of the spring bulb ends in August. The estab- 
lished rule for onion growing is to sow in March, and 
take up the crop when ripe ; and the time of ripening 
so much depends upon the season, that the storing of onions begins 
in some years in the middle of July, and in others is deferred 
until far into September, or even October. What we have to say 
on this part of the subject may be new to many of our readers, but 
is not, in the proper sense of the term, new at all. We intend to 
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