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V.—MONTHLY HORTICULTURAL CALENDAR. 
FOR AUGUST. 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
Apple Trees. —About the beginning of the month, a small bufF-colonred moth deposits its 
eggs on the under side of the leaves, where in a few days they will be hatched. They feed iu 
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 ano¬ 
ther 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 moth is white, covered wi h many 
distinct black spots. There is also another with wings of a chocolate colour, marbled with 
white, which deposits its eggs about the middle of the month, and the caterpillars feed till the 
middle of September. To destroy them in small gardens or orchards, the webs of caterpillars 
may be gathered by the hand, and the trees syringed with soap suds any time iu the course of 
the month. 
('/terry Trees. —If caterpillars begin to infest the trees this month, pickoif the infested leaves 
towards the end of the month, and wash the trees well with warm suds. If the black fly ap¬ 
pears, mix some tobacco-water with soap and water, as recommended page 264. 
Currant Trees should low 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 caterpillar's; keep them down with the hand nntil 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 watering-pot. The effects will be instan¬ 
taneous, 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 indivi¬ 
duals who eat it. 
Peach and Nectarine Trees, if infested with the Aphis or red Spider, may be treated as re¬ 
commended last month, page 336. 
Pear Trees may be treated as recommended last month, page 335. 
Plum Trees , if infested with the Aphis, see last month: and as soon as the fruit is gathered, 
pick off the leaves on which they are feeding, then wash the trees well with soap suds, and 
this in general will be found effectual at the first dressing. 
Strawberry Beds, in late situations, and now in bearing, will require watering, if the weather 
proves dry. Those in pots intended for forcing must be constantly divested of their runners. 
This is also a good time to plant new beds. 
Fjwes in Pots now brought into the Vinery will ripen their fruit in January. 
FLOWER DEPARTMENT. 
Azaleas may yet be propagated by cuttings of the young wood, taken off close to the plants, 
and planted in sand under a bell-glass, in a shady situation. 
Camellias wanted to flower early may be brought into the greenhouse, the remainder may 
stand out of doors till the end of September, or beginning of October. 
Carnations may be layed or raised from cuttings, taken off at the third joint, and planted un¬ 
der a hand-glass. Transplant seedlings six inches apart, in light rich earth. 
Calceolarias intended to flower late in the autumn should now have the branches cut down 
to within an inch of the soil, and be top-dressed. See page 267. 
Chimonan thus frag runs may be increased by layers, cuttings of the young wood will also 
grow, if planted in sand under a bell-glass, and the pot he plunged in a little heat. 
Cyclamen persicum should be turned out of the pots in which they flowered, and planted in 
an open but sheltered border. See page 213. 
Dahlia Cuttings may yet be put in with success. 
Greenhouse Plants of most sorts may still be propagated by cuttings. 
