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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGHST. 
[ August, 
Go over the trees in the late houses, as soon as the fruit is gathered ; and cut 
out all useless shoots, such as are not required for nest season. Wash the trees, 
and water the borders if dry. 
Melons: The late crops of Melons will require plenty of air and water, while 
the fruit is swelling ; and in hot weather the light should be drawn off altogether, 
closing the frames again at night. If wood-lice are troublesome in the frames, it 
is a good plan to place the fruit on bricks over a pan of water. Keep the shoots 
stopped above the fruit, and cut away all useless shoots, so that they do not get 
lhatted together. Withhold water where the fruit is ripening. 
Strawberries in Pots: Continue to layer runners for forcing, and as soon as 
any are well rooted, pot them at once for early work ; use a free porous loam 
mixed with a little rotten manure; place the plants after they are potted in a 
fully exposed situation, where they will have the full benefit of air and light, and 
surface the ground with coal ashes or lime to prevent worms entering the pots. 
The following varieties are among the best for main crop— Sir C. Napier , La 
Grosse Sucre'e , President , and James Veitch ; the latter is a fine large showy fruit 
of the Cockscomb type, but a fortnight earlier than that variety. 
Hardy Fruits : We will suppose that by this time the thinning, stopping, and 
nailing-in of the young growth of all Wall trees is finished. The advancing crop 
of Peaches and Nectarines should be seen to, and the trees carefully gone over to 
remove any nails that are likely to come in contact with the fruits; at the same 
time, remove a portion of the leaves where the fruit is too much shaded. Look 
out for snails ; and trap earwigs on their first appearance ; perhaps the simple,st 
way to rid the trees of them is to place short pieces of bean-stalk, or any other 
..hollow tubes, in different parts of the trees, looking them over every morning, 
blowing the contents into a bottle, and replacing the tubes. If the weather 
be hot and dry before the crop ripens, mulch the borders with rotten 
manure, and give a thorough soaking of water ; keep the trees syringed in the 
evening, until the fruit is near maturity. Protect fruit intended for late use, 
such as Cherries , Plums , &c., with nets, or light canvas ; and mat up Currants 
and Gooseberries. Cut away the runners from Straivberry-'bediS, as soon as the 
crop is gathered, and stir the soil about the plants to encourage them before the 
growing season is past. Layer runners for new plantations, and plant them out 
as soon as they are well rooted. 
Orchard-house : If any of the trees growing in pots are clear of their crop, 
they should be removed, and plunged outside ; do not forget them, but keep 
them well syringed and watered. Well soak the roots of trees in fruit and 
approaching maturity, for at no time should they be allowed to get dry.—J. 
Powell, Frogmore. 
VEGETABLES. 
We are again warned by many signs of the approach of another winter, and 
hence, as the comfort and success of the gardener are increased according to future 
needs and demands, it will be necessary now to look forward and prepare for all 
eventualities. To secure winter crops of given kinds of vegetables, it is requisite 
to sow them at certain periods, which must be w T ell studied. Early in the month, 
prepare beds for Spinach, (Prickly-seeded) ; this plant delights in rich soil, open 
and unshaded from the sun ; by a rich soil, we mean a soil enriched previously 
by manure in a wholesome and thoroughly decomposed state, rather than one 
freely charged with such as is rank and unwholesome. The ground should be 
prepared ready for sowing (thinly in drills) as early as August 11, in the case 
of all cold districts, and especially upon harsh, ungenial soils; but in warm localities, 
