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THE GARDEN MENTOR. 
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inserted at the bottom. The plan that I have followed is to cut off the spurs to 
a single eye when the Vine is pruned, and so soon as the young growths are 
sufficiently advanced to consume the rising sap, to insert a bud immediately 
underneath the spur (or anywhere else if more desirable), treating each as an 
individual plant. When the operation is finished, the Vine should be placed in 
a horizontal position, to equalize as much as possible the circulation of the sap, 
which otherwise will rush to the highest extremity. In the course of three or four 
weeks, the bud will have united, when the point of the young growth should be 
pinched off, and it should be entirely taken away as soon as the bud begins to 
move. As a security against moisture oozing in between the bud and stock it is 
better to use grafting-wax, or what will answer equally well, grafting-clay.— 
Alexander Cramb, Tortworth Court. 
TPIE GARDEN MENTOR. 
f ULY is usually remarkable for great heat, and occasionally for severe storms 
of hail and rain, which are very destructive both to the garden and farm. 
Among wild plants, there are many which flower during this month, and 
*"9 these afford an excellent opportunity to the young gardener to collect 
specimens, and to study them with a view to gain an insight into plant structure. 
Kitchen Garden. —No time should be lost in getting out the main crops of 
Broccoli.^ Winter Greens.^ and Celery.^ if not already done, as recommended last 
month. All newly planted crops must be kept well watered until they are 
thoroughly established, and even then, if the weather be dry, a good soaking of 
liquid manure, given occasionally, will be very beneficial to them. A good 
breadth of Wcdcheren Cauliflowers should be planted from about the 10th to 
the 20th of the month, for the winter supply; if these plants are carefully 
lifted in the autumn, before they are injured by frost, and laid in a cool dry pit, 
they will yield nice heads up to the end of February—far superior to any winter 
Broccoli. The earliest-planted crops of Celery should be earthed up at favour¬ 
able intervals. Cauliflowers., Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Savoys., and Borecole 
should be earthed up when they require it: it is best to do it as soon as the land 
is in a working state after rain. Lettuces should be planted out at intervals of ten 
days or a fortnight; if sown in drills, as recommended last month, they should 
now be well thinned out, and in dry weather be kept well watered. The soil 
between all young crops should be kept well stirred with the hoe, to destroy 
weeds, and to promote a vigorous growth. To mates should be kept regularly 
nailed in, and the shoots well thinned, otherwise they become crowded and 
unsightly. 
Sow: Kidney Beans at the beginning of the month ; Cabbages any time before the middle 
of the month, but not later for the North ; Endive at the beginning of the month, for winter ; 
Turnips, a large breadth for winter, about the middle of the mouth; Lettuces twice during 
the month ; Radishes in a cool situation. 
Forcing Houses. — Pines: The directions given last month for plants in all 
