CALENDARIAL MEMORANDA FOR AUGUST. 3 j 7 
leaves the more substantial and palatable they are when dressed. 
Some gardeners are at great pains in raising this vegetable; sowing it 
in shallow trenches in the manner of celery. A rank growth is thereby 
induced, but the crop is correspondingly tender; and will often be 
damaged by frost, wdien smaller plants on poorer ground, sowed in the 
common broad-cast way will escape. Scatter a few lettuce seed on the 
same ground. 
Cabbage. —Sowing seed for the earliest crops of next spring must be 
done in the first week of the month. In the vicinity of London the 
market-gardeners sow in the last week of July ; for, although a few of 
this sowing may “ run away,” this they consider no loss, as the plants 
that stand are fit for market so much sooner. Sowing twice about the 
time above stated is a safe plan ; and trusting more to the second than 
to the first sowing for the main crop,, is the usual practice. 
Coleworts. —Planting a good piece of these, if omitted, or too scantily 
done in the last month, may be done as soon as possible in this. 
Savoys , Brussels Sprouts, fyc. —Succession crops of these, and every 
other sort of winter greens may still be put out. 
Broccoli. —Fourth or fifth succession crops of this useful vegetable 
should now be planted as directed last month. 
Endive .—A last sowing of this may be made during the month. 
The quantity and state of the plants in last month’s seed-beds will 
determine both the time and extent of this last sowing. 
Carrots. —Sow carrots once more; they may be useful in the spring, 
if they have sufficient protection from hard frost through the winter. 
Onions .—If Strasburg onions to stand the winter have not already 
been sown, this ■work should not be delayed latter than than the first 
week of the month. The ground should be rich and dry-lying; as 
moderate autumn growth renders the plants hardier, than if prompted 
into rapid growth by too moist a station in the first stage of their 
life. 
Lettuce. — Sow the different sorts of lettuce on warm borders 
to stand the winter, either where they are sown or for transplanting 
into frames under glass. 
Celery. —Succession trenches of this may still be planted; the 
trenches, however, need not be so deep as those made last month; 
as the growth will not be so vigorous. 
Turnips. —May be sown twice in the month, in order to have a con¬ 
stant supply of bulbs in their greatest perfection. 
Parsley. —This is a good season for sowing edgings or beds of this 
indispensable pot-herb ; to sow the seed soon as it is ripe is a very old 
rule in gardening. The curled sort is most preferred by the cook. 
