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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. Sow also prickly spinach on slopes in 
rich soil, and plenty of Hammersmith cabbage 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, 
alternating with liquid manure, to celery, and do not earth it up 
imtil it is well grown, the earthing being only to blanch it for use. 
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 sufler from drought. Earth up the earliest 
rows of celery and leeks ; thin out the rows of parsley, so as to get 
rid of every plant not well curled. Remove decayed leaves from 
cucumbers and gourds, to prevent the growth of moulds and fungi 
about them in damp weather, and take cuttings, or sow seed, for 
cucumbers to fruit during winter. 
Flowee Gaeden. — After the middle of the month commence to 
propagate bedding plants for stock ; of geraniums, ripe hard shoots 
make the best plants. Fuchsias come best from the points of young 
growing shoots. Strike verbenas and petunias from the points of 
young shoots. Herbaceous plants may also be struck in quantities 
to keep over winter in frames, such as pansies, dielytras, double 
wallflowers, double Canterbury bells, double feverfew, and holly- 
hocks. Keep dahlias and hollyhocks well supported, and put stakes 
to chrysanthemums before their heads become heavy, as a protection 
against storms. Pompones may still be struck for blooming in pots. 
Plant out pinks and carnations in nursery beds, in well-manured 
loam. Give plenty of water to chrysanthemums, with occasional 
doses of strong liquid manure. Seed of pansies may be sown, as may 
also most hardy annuals, to stand over winter for early blooming 
next spring ; the latter should be sown thick, on poor, dry, hard 
ground, to induce a stubby and hardy growth. Some seed should be 
saved for a second sowing in September, as, in the event of protracted 
warm weather, such as we had last year, some of the first sown may 
bloom this season. The sorts to sow now are calliopsis, clarkia, col- 
linsia, godetia, larkspur, lupinus, nemophila, nolana, French poppy, 
and dwarf schizanthus. There is still time to raise a stock of hardy 
perennials for next season, but not a day should be lost in getting 
in the seed. The most useful are antirrhinums, delphiniums, dian- 
thus, geum, hollyhocks, Indian pink, lupinus, phlox, potentillas, 
silenes, sweet-williams, and wallflowers. Those already up in seed 
beds should be examined and transplanted, before they are drawn 
through being crowded. Plants left for any length of time to 
spindle are likely to perish in winter, and never can make such good 
specimens as those that have had plenty of room from the first. 
Continue to bud roses and fruit trees, choosing damp, dull weather 
— they take best just after heavy rain. In budding on the Manetti 
stock, enter the bud, just above the collar, close to the ground, the 
proper mode of planting afterwards being to sink the base of the 
bud below the surface, so that the rose will root as well as the stock. 
