Aug.] the FRUIT GARDEN. 465 
to some palates, and perfectly resembling in taste and flavour, and 
somewhat in appearance, the Sisymbrium nasturtium, or water- 
cress. 
Lima and Carolina Beans. 
Hoe and clean between the hills or rows of Lima and Carolina 
beans, and cut oft" any runners that are found to trail on the surface 
of the ground, which only tend to rob the bearing vines. 
Southern States. 
In the southern states, particularly the Carolinas and Georgia, 
this month being the commencement of their rainy season, it is 
common to sow cauliflowers, cabbage, carrot, parsnep, onion, leek, 
and endive; and in short, the general variety of seeds that are sown 
in the middle states in the months of March and April. These 
kinds arrive there at a tolerable degree of perfection before their 
winter sets in, which is so very mild as scarcely to injure any of their 
esculent crops; and such of them as do not come to maturity before 
winter attain it early in spring. 
Dung-hills and Weed-heaps. 
The dung-hills should, during the summer months, be kept free 
from weeds, for if the seeds of such are permitted to ripen and fall, 
the dung when carried into the garden will poison the whole ground. 
The manure produced by the heaps of weeds taken out of the gar- 
den, should not be introduced therein again, until it is three or four 
years old, lest the seeds which happened to ripen should stock the 
ground afresh. 
THE FRUIT GARDEN. 
The care of your wall and espalier fruit trees, &c., being the 
same in this month as directed in the former, page 439, 1 refer you 
thereto to avoid repetition. 
Should any of the shoots be displaced by winds or other acci- 
dents, let them be immediately made fast again in a secure and 
neat manner. 
Fig-Trees. 
The wall and espalier fig-trees will now be ripening their fruit; 
they should be kept neatly trained, but the knife must not be used 
except to the fore-right and other irregular productions, as it is 
from the young shoots of this season's growth that you are to ex- 
