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GARDENING CALENDAR FOR JULY. 
Plums. — Many kinds bear best on the 
young wood ; provide accordingly : give a 
final thinning to the fruit. 
Raspberries, if not ripe, will be much bene- 
fited by a good watering of clear liquid 
manure. Do not damage the suckers which 
are to form next year's bearing shoots. 
Strawberries. — Special attention is requi- 
site now to get a stock prepared for forcing ; 
indeed, upon attending to this early, much of 
the success depends : lay the runner into three 
inch pots, and on the runner place a stone to 
keep it steady ; use a soil of rich loam, with a 
little leaf mould, or very rotten manure : they 
may be laid into larger pots at once. Cover 
up the ripening fruit from birds ; and those 
to be used for preserving must be gathered 
perfectly dry. 
Vines. — Forward, by exposing the fruit as 
much as can be to the influence of the sun ; 
and take away all the after growth, in the 
form of laterals, &c. 
THE FORCE\G-GARDEN. 
General Directions. — The late crops will 
be at their utmost luxuriance, and a gradual, 
not sudden pruning must be attended to. 
Those houses and places where the crops are 
being cleared, must have continued drought, 
until all the fruit is gone ; when in some I 
cases, a thorough syringing, and a throwing 
open must take place ; in others, a cutting 
back to force for another crop. In all cases, I 
take the outline of treatment from what nature !, 
gives ; and if possible, assist and improve I 
upon it ; and, although, in a certain sense, we | 
cannot surpass nature, yet, from certain arti- ! 
ficial adaptations, we can aid her, and we may 
be sure she will amply repay all our toils. 
Apricots. — Temperature, from 60 to 80 \ 
degrees by day, and 55 degrees at night. ' 
They should be ripe ; gather them in the 
morning : hang up Avide-mouthed bottles half 
full of sugared beer, to entrap wasps, ants, &c. ; 
they require to be cleaned occasionally. When 
the fruit is cleared, expose the trees, and give 
them a thorough syringing. 
Cherries. — Temperature ranging from 45 
to 70 degrees. Give air very freely, and, if 
practicable, strip the house ; or if the plants 
are moveable, they should be set out doors. 
Cucumbers. — Temperature from 60 to 90 
degrees. Go over those lately planted, and ; 
thin gradually ; avoid impregnation, except ! 
for seed ; cut back the early plants and start ! 
anew, if not already done. Water all with I 
liquid manure, and shut up with a brisk heat, ! 
even so early as two, p.m., after watering. [ 
The fruit should be cut whenever ready, and 
their stalks placed in water : they also keep ! 
well if laid on a sward of green turf in a cool ! 
shed, and covered with a hand-glass. 
Figs. — Temperature from 50 to 80 degrees. 
The ripe fruit is readily distinguished by a 
pearly drop seen at the eye of the fruit, or by 
the decay of the stalk ; it must be gently 
handled, and used as soon as gathered. 
Melons. — Temperature from 65 to 90 
degrees. Some of the more hardy sorts will 
do in a very warm place out of doors, but not 
without trouble and uncertainty. The early 
plants which were cut back for another crop, 
should have liquid manure in addition to some 
fresh soil, and should be kept rather close ; 
give air night and day when the ripening fruit 
is cut ; and when cut, lay it in a cool place, 
for a day or two. Thin and regulate in good 
time — almost daily, at certain stages. If can- 
ker appear, apply more heat, less moisture, 
and dust the affected .parts with lime. 
Mushrooms. — Temperature from 55 to 60 
degrees. Beds are successfully formed and 
treated out of doors ; still this can be done 
with equal facility in a house appropriated to 
them, if insufficiency of room is no objection : 
slight waterings all over the house are 
beneficial. 
Musas. — Temperature from 60 to 90 de- 
grees. Still treat lavishly, withholding sti- 
mulants, in some measure, from those which 
are ripening off their fruit. 
Nectarines. — Temperature from 55 to 80 
degrees. Give air night and day ; also to the 
late houses. Entrap the wasps, &c, with 
bottles of beer and sugar. 
Peaches. — Temperature from 55 to 80 
degrees. The early houses should be thrown 
open ; those in which the fruit is in a forward 
state, should be sparingly watered ; and the 
latest ones kept with a moist steady heat, and 
plenty of air. 
Pine Apples. — Temperature from 65 to 90 
degrees. Maintain a lively moist heat in all 
the departments, but keep the fruiting pit 
driest. Sprinkle over the leaves in the morn- 
ing and early in the afternoon, at the latter 
period using clear liquid manure. Turn out 
one or two of the succession plants, and by 
their state decide about the time of shifting 
them ; have the requisite soils, as strong loam 
and peat, and charcoal and other drainage, 
always in readiness. Give a little air at night 
to prevent weakness ; and a slight shading for 
an hour or two in very scorching weather is 
commendable, especially to the shifted plants, 
and those near the glass. Keep the path- 
ways, flues, &c, in a damp state. 
Vinery. — Temperature from 60 to 80 de- 
grees. Where the ripening and ripe grapes 
are, the atmosphere must be kept dry, and air 
given abundantly. In the later houses thin 
the shoots and fruit with freedom, and repeat 
the operation ; maintain a steady moisture, 
and syringe gently. Syringing (where a moist 
