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HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
Figs on the open walls being now ripe, refrain from watering till 
the fruit is gathered; those in pots must still be supplied with water. 
Gooseberry Trees infested with caterpillars, now the fruit is ga¬ 
thered, should be treated as recommended last month. 
Peach and Nectarine Trees —The fruit being now ripe, although 
infested with the red spider or other insects, all operations must be 
suspended, until after the fruit is gathered. They may then be 
treated as recommended page 342 ; repeating it two or three times. 
Treat those in pots in the same manner as recommended for cherries. 
Pear Trees , if infested with the slimy larvae, dust on a dry day with 
quick lime, and, in a few days afterwards, wash the trees clean by 
means of a liquid. This must be done before the fruit begins to ripen. 
Plum Trees , infested with the Aphis, as soon as the fruit is ga¬ 
thered, use the mixture recommended page 342. The best time to 
apply it, is the first thing in the morning, and late in the afternoon. 
Raspberries, if troubled with the Aphides, wash with some soap 
suds and tobacco-water, in the proportions of one gallon of the latter 
to four of the former. 
Strawberries in Pols keep free from runners; and plant new beds 
in good strong loam. 
Vines in Pots being now brought into the vinery, will ripen their 
fruit at the end of January. 
VEGETABLE DEPARTMENT. 
Broccoli sown last month should be transplanted out to produce 
heads next April and May. 
Carrots sown last month should be properly thinned out, and a 
little more seed sown in the beginning. 
Cauliflower Plants will be ready to prick out towards the end of 
the month, for sheltering in frames; the reader may also pot a score 
or two in sixty-sized pots and plunge them in the same frame. 
Cabbage Plants should be planted out early in the month, in rows 
twelve inches apart, and six inches from plant to plant. Prick out 
in beds those sown last month. 
Celery will require earthing up as it advances in growth. 
Endive may be planted out two or three times in the month. 
Herbs fit for cutting should be gathered in fine weather. 
Lettuces should be planted out for use in October. Sow seed three 
times during the month, for preserving through the winter. 
Mushroom Beds should now be generally made. 
Normandy Cress should be sown early in the month. 
Welsh Onions if not sown in August, should be sown as speedily 
as possible. 
