HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
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ARTICLE III. 
MONTHLY HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR, 
FOR AUGUST. 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
Apple Trees. —About the beginning of the month, a small buff- 
coloured moth deposits its eggs on the under side of the leaves, where 
in a few days they will be hatched. They feed in droves, and forming 
themselves a kind of web, they remain feeding till September or 
October, and then go into the pupa state, in which they remain till 
the following spring. There is another also which deposits its eggs 
at the same time, and also feeds in a thick web. They both are 
evidently the same species that feed on the sallow, &c. &c. the webs 
of which hang in such abundance upon our hedges throughout the 
summer. The last moth is white, covered with many distinct black 
spots. There is also another with wings of a chocolate colour, marb¬ 
led with white, which deposits its eggs about the middle of the month. 
The caterpillars may be gathered by the hand, and the trees syringed 
with soap suds any time in the course of the month. 
Cherry Trees. —If caterpillers begin to infest the trees this month, 
pick off the infested leaves, and towards the end of the month, wash 
the trees well with warm suds. If the black fly appears, mix some 
tobacco water with soap and water. 
Bud Peach and Nectarine Trees, as also several other sorts of 
fruit Trees, early in the month. 
Currant Trees should now be matted in dry weather, to preserve 
them till late in the season: 
Fig Trees out of doors will begin to ripen their fruit; give them 
abundance of water at the roots, if the weather be dry. Soap-suds 
are the best. 
Gooseberry Trees may possibly be infested about the beginning of. 
the month with a second brood of caterpillers; keep them down with 
the hand until the fruit is all gathered; then boil some foxglove 
plants in an old copper, or any vessel not used for other purposes, and 
water the trees over head with the liquor through the rose of a water¬ 
ing-pot. The effects will be instantaneous, and in a great measure 
this will prevent their appearance the following year. Be careful 
not to water the ripe fruit with it, for it may have an injurious effect, 
upon the individuals who eat it. 
Peach and Nectarine Trees , if infested with the Aphis and red 
Spider, may be treated as follows:—To three bushels of quick lime 
