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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
[August 28. 
best. They may either he planted in light sandy compost, in pots, or in 
a bed on a shady border, if on a north aspect, no shading will be required. 
Water will still be abundantly required for plants growing freely, and 
those intended to bloom in winter, such as Primroses, Cinerarias, and 
Chrysanthemums, should have manure-water given freely. Whenever 
you observe the first flower-bud of a Chrysanthemum, though no larger 
than a pin’s head, you may give the clear manure-water freely. Water 
should be given sparingly to plants that are to be put into a state of rest, 
just keeping them from flagging. All Succulents will now do better next 
season, the less they receive, provided their stems are not rendered very 
limp and soft. Tropceolums with tuberous roots, pot whenever they 
begin to vegetate; they do not like shifting, therefore give a good-sized 
pot at once ; give very little water until the pot is getting filled with 
roots, as they cannot bear sour sodden soil; let the pots be well drained. 
Cumbers will soon require cutting that have been growing rather natu¬ 
rally, in order that more light may be given to the plants below. If the 
house plants can be kept out of the house for a month longer, the creepers, 
to be beautiful, will require ample waterings. It. Fish. 
KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
Angelica, thin out, and earth-stir in the seed-bed where the plants 
may remain until the spring. Aromatic Pot Herbs, finish gathering. 
Artichokes, break down stems, and keep clear of weeds. Asparagus- 
beds, weed. Balm, cut, and dry. Beans, keep clear of weeds, and 
seed collect, and dry off well; store them away in the pods. Beet, take 
up as wanted. Borage, earth-stir amongst, and seed collect. Bore¬ 
cole, plant out, and use the hoe freely amongst. Brocoli, plant. 
Burnet, plant. Cabbages, plant out; keep the seed-beds free from 
weeds, and earth-stir. Red Dutch Cabbages are ready for pickling. 
Cardoons, earth up well in dry weather. Carrots, attend to thinning 
and earth-stirring the August sown crops. Cauliflower Plants, 
prick out in rich, open, warm borders, so as to have a good choice of 
plants to stand the winter. Celery, earth up freely in dry weather, and 
plant out successional crops, which will be found very useful to the cook 
during the winter and spring months. Chervil, sow. Coleworts, 
plant out. Coriander, sow. Corn Salad, sow. Cress (American), 
sow and plant. Watercress, plant. Cucumbers, attend to in pits 
and frames, top and clear away all decayed leaves, &c. ; strike cuttings 
of favourite kinds, or sow seeds, for winter and spring growth. Endive, 
plant out; tie up or otherwise cover up to blanch. Fennell, plant and 
cut down. Hoeing, attend to in all cases in dry weather. Hyssop, 
plant. Jerusalem Artichokes, keep clear of weeds; do not injure the 
stems; take up roots if required for use. Kidney-beans, earth-stir 
among, and collect seeds ; put away dry in pods. Leeks, plant and 
earth-stir. Lettuces may still be sown in warm borders, but attend to 
those which were sown at proper time ; prick out from the seed-beds ; 
keep them clear from weeds, so as to have a good winter supply of sturdy 
plants; tie up full grown. Melons, be sparing with water at this 
season ; give plenty of air to ripening fruit; keep up warmth by backing 
up with linings, &c.; shut up early. Mint, still cut and dry. Mush¬ 
room Spawn, collect; this is often found when breaking up old hot¬ 
beds ; put it away in close dry sheds until wanted. Mushroom-beds, 
make; this is the best season in the whole year for making mushroom- 
beds in any way, from the proper mushroom-house to the common span- 
roof bed in the open air to be covered with straw. Nasturtiums, gather 
as they become fit for use. Onions, press down to promote their bulb¬ 
ing, and take up those that are ripe; dry well before storing away for 
winter; attend to the August-sown; weed and earth-stir. Potatoes, 
take up and store away. Parsley, cut down and transplant in some 
warm corner for winter supply. Peas, look after birds and collect seed 
of, dry them well, and store them away in their pods. Pennyroyal, 
cut and dry. Marjorum, the same. Radishes, sow in warm borders. 
Rhubarb, clear from weeds. Sage and Savory may be planted. 
Savoys, plant and earth-stir. Sf.a-kale-beds, keep clear from weeds. 
Seeds, gather of all kinds as they ripen. Small Salading, sow. 
Sorrel, plant. Spinach, sow in warm border; attend to thinning out 
the August-sown crops from eight to ten inches apart. Tansy and 
Taragon, attend to if required. Thyme, plant. Turnits, sow of the 
best little early kinds ; thin and hoe advancing crops. Watering, in 
dry weather, must be particularly attended to previous to planting, or 
pricking out, any kind of young plants, or sowing the same. Water well 
both before and after. Attend to earthing up, earth-stirring, and 
hoeing in general, in dry weather; the rake may be advantageously used 
in many cases after the hoe at this catching season of the year. Many 
good managers only plant Cabbages in one week of the whole year, and 
that in the first week in September, and from plants sown about the 21st 
of July; the soil to receive them should be made thoroughly rich. 
Others make a good planting at this time, and another in March, which 
will give an excellent supply for the whole year. T. Weaver. 
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