464 THE ORCHARD. [Aug. 
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 garden, 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 438, I refer you 
thereto, to avoid repetition. 
Should any of the shoots be displaced by winds or other accidents, 
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 fm*e-right and other irregular productions; as it is 
from the young shoots of this season's growth, that you are to ex- 
pect fruit next year; and these bearing principally towards their 
extremities, ought not to be shortened. Lay in the shoots regu- 
larly, not across one another, and let them be well secured, for the 
wind and rain have great power over them, on account of their 
broad leaves. 
Budding. 
For the budding necessary to be done in this month, see the 
Nursery department. 
THE ORCHARD. 
Such of your standard peach, and other trees, as are over- 
burdened with fruit, and likely to break down, should be supported 
with substantial stakes; to which, the pending branches ought to 
be bound by strong hay-bands, taking care to place part thereof 
