their wood made, will be better out of doors in a sheltered place than 
within ; defending the pots from being too much heated in sunshine is 
even of more importance than shading the tops. All Young Stock 
growing freely begin to harden by exposure by the end of the month. 
Chrysanthemums, Salvias, &c., for winter blooming, set in an open 
place fully exposed to sun and air. The former must not, be stopped any 
more. The latter should alone receive final stopping and shifting. Pro¬ 
pagation : almo.st everything may now be successfully propagated. 
Climbers, on the rafters train when over rampant, but the more natural 
looking the better. Gather Seeds of all desirable things as they ripen. 
The propagating of half-hardy things, such as Calceolarias, may 
commence about the end of the month. About the middle of the month, 
sow seed of herbaceous kinds in a cool pit. Dress, tie, surface 
stir, and keep all neat and clean. It. Fish. 
ORCHARD. 
Budding, finish and remove bandages from that done three weeks 
since. Remove waste shoots from stocks, especially below the bud. 
Blight (American), apply the brush once more, using spirits of turpen¬ 
tine. Aphides : still try to extirpate them in peaches, plums. &c. 
Red Spider: if this appears, dust flowers of sulphur on the back of the 
leaves. Coccus, or scaly insect: if this appears, use soap-suds. Figs, 
continue to disbud, and commence stopping rambling shoots. Vines, 
follow up stopping of laterals, and keep them thin , also thin the berries. 
Apricots, stop gross leaders, and keep down breast shoots by pinching. 
Peaches and Nectarines, stop all gross shoots, and keep under breast 
wood by the same process ; where too thick, remove shoots altogether. 
Pears, remove foreright spray, cutting one half away of moderate 
shoots, first selecting and tying down all short-jointed and brown-looking 
wood. Protect fruit with nets, &c. Wasps, destroj r nests. Late 
Strawberries, water well. Alpines, reduce runners from, and place 
slates or tiles beneath. Strawberries, make plantations of early and 
strong runners. Raspberries (double-bearing), remove all barren 
shoots from, and carefully train those in blossom. Tomatoes, thin, 
stop, and train. Commence and complete, as soon as possible, all 
Nailing and Training, whether on walls, pales, or espalier trellises. 
Gooseberries, still continue the extirpation of caterpillars. Bush 
Fruit, retard by shading with mats. Grafts, remove stock shoots 
from, and protect from wind waving. R. Errington. 
FLOWER GARDEN. 
Anemones, sow. Annuals, stick; water; clear from decayed leaves, 
Sec. Auriculas, shift into fresh earth; water; seedlings prick out; 
sow. Beds, in which bulbous flowers have grown, fill with annuals from 
pots, to flower through autumn. Biennial seedlings, transplant. 
BuLBOus-rooted flower-seeds as Iris Xiphium, &c., to obtain varieties, 
sow. Bulbous roots, remove or transplant; remove and plant offsets ; 
('Autumn flowering), plant. Carnation layers cut from old root and 
plant; water frequently ; layering may still be done, b.; card the flowers 
and shade from sun. Dahlias, stake ; thin the flowers. Daisies pro¬ 
pagate. Put in Cuttings of all flower-garden plants early; keep them 
in the cutting-pots through winter. DouBLE-blossomed perennials with 
fibrous roots, as fine double Larkspurs , &c., propagate by division, e. 
Dress borders as required. Edgings of box, Sec., clip in wet weather. 
Evergreens may be moved, e., if wet weather; plant cuttings. Grass, 
mow and roll weekly. Grass Seeds may be sown, e. Gravel, weed 
and roll weekly. Hedges, clip in moist weather, except laurel and holly 
hedges. Heliotropes, put in cuttings under glass in a gentle heat, b. 
BIignonette sow in frame, b. Pelargoniums propagate by cuttings, 
1). Perennials,^ pots and elsewhere, will require water almostdaily; 
cut down flower-stalks as they finish blooming; seedlings transplant. 
Pipings of Pinks may be planted out. Polyanthuses, sow. Ponds 
| keep clear of green scum. Potted Annuals will require water daily in 
dry weather. Ranunculuses, sow; plant in pots to bloom in Novem¬ 
ber. Roses, bud ; prune in strong straggling shoots ; cuttings of China 
and Tea-scented varieties plant under hand-glasses. Roses may be 
budded to the end of September on the Manetti and some Bourbon stocks. 
September is the best time to bud, unless done at the end of May. Seeds, 
gather as they ripen. Even those of Heliotropes and Verbenas will fre¬ 
quently be found to be fertile. Shrubbery, cut off the bunches of seeds 
of Laburnums, and Lilacs, &c., to strengthen the bloom next year. 
Sow'ings, to obtain varieties, had better be done in boxes. Ten-week 
stock, sow, b. Tulips, and other bulbous-rooted flower-seeds, sow. Turf 
maybe laid, e. Verbenas, put in cuttings of new kinds, c. Water¬ 
ing will be required generally in dry weather. Weeding, generally 
attend to. Cuttings of Penstemons, Snapdragons, double Lychnis, anil 
| other herbaceous plants, will yet succeed, if pla ’ and shaded under 
hand-glasses. Of the China Asters, mark tLc f d .ve for seed. 
D. Beaton. 
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in a cold pit and give no water 
may yet be made, and placed 
under bell-glasses in heat; cuttings rooted should be directly potted off, 
and placed in a close heat till they begin to grow again. Gloxinias 
going out of bloom set out of doors, give no water, and as soon as the 
leaves are quite dead remove them in their pots into the place where they 
arc to remain till spring; do this before there is any danger of frost. 
Gesnerias, treat similarly. Ixoras, finish potting for the last time. 
Passifloras, and all other creepers, reduce within bounds by pruning 
and tying in. Red Spider, a most tiny yet destructive insect, wag.- 
continual war with; wherever a leaf is seen spotted the enemy will be 
there; frequent sponging is the best remedy. TiiniPS, a scarcely less 
destructive enemy, may be killed by washing the flues or pipes * with 
sulphur, and smoking the house severely with tobacco two or three nights 
in succession ; wash the house all over with soap and brush towards the 
end of the month. Old Stove Plants grown straggling, cut down, 
and give no water till they begin to grow again. T. Appleby. 
FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
Auriculas and Polyanthuses, continue in their summer quarters, 
but keep clear of weeds and slugs. Carnations and Picotees, finish 
layering the beginning of the month. Dahlias, shade, tie effectually, 
and water freely. Layering is a good way to propagate : layer Pamirs 
and Pinks, and various other plants. Every attention must be paid to 
keep everything going at the right time. Ranunculuses must all be 
taken up immediately, and put away till spring. Tulips must also be 
taken up, if not done already. Seeds of various kinds must be carefully 
saved before they drop out of the seed vessel. Let neither weeds nor 
vermin of any kind be allowed at any time, or in any place. 
T. Appleby. 
FRUIT-FORCING DEPARTMENT. 
As long as the temperature will permit, admit Air day and night. 
Allow the Temperature to range, with sun-heat, from 65° to 85°, 
and during night from 55° to 65°. Give the last shifting, early in the 
month, to those Pines intended for early fruiting next season ; let others 
follow in succession ; keep down superfluous suckers. Clear ripe Grapes 
from all diseased and mouldy berries; admit abundance of air. Keep 
down, or rather keep away , the Red Spider, by lighting a fire in dull 
days, and brushing the pipes or flues with a thin mixture of sulphur and 
water. Thin freely the late crops, and water the Vines in dry weather, 
also use mulchings. Give to Peach-houses, from which the fruit has 
been gathered, copious syringing; and shut the houses rather close, to 
raise their temperature by sun-heat, that the wood may be hardened and 
ripened before ultimate exposure by removing the sashes. Stop and thin 
shoots in late houses. Regulate the shoots and set the fruit on Melon 
plants, also use manure-water liberally. Strike cuttings, or sow seeds, of 
Cucumbers intended for a late supply. Encourage the completion of 
growth of all Plants in Pots intended for forcing, and place those fully 
matured by the back of a north wall. Lay Strawberries in small pots, 
to be shifted into larger. Turn Bark Beds. Paint, wash; clear out 
furnaces ; empty and rinse out boilers ; and have everything in readiness 
for a cold weather campaign. R. Errington. 
KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
Alexanders and Angelica, sow, and earth growing crops. Arti¬ 
chokes. cut the heads from, whether required or not; for if allowed to 
run to flower the roots are exhausted. Asparagus, attend to (see 
June and July) ; and should it happen that the stems be top-heavy, 
and fall over the pathways, tie them to sticks, rather than cut them 
off. Borage, sow ; and thin out advancing crops to a foot apart. Cab¬ 
bage, continue to sow until the 12th of the month of any favourite 
kinds, and a little Dutch Red. Carrots, sow Early Horn in open 
borders, for early spring use. Cauliflowers, plant out and sow about 
the 21st, in open warm borders, in order to have a good supply of plants 
to stand the winter. Celery, plant out and earth up advancing crops. 
Cucumbers, attend to topping, thinning, and clearing away decayed 
leaves, either in pits, frames, or out-doors crops. Cuttings may be 
struck of any favourite kinds, for autumn and winter growth. Endive, 
plant out, and sow; tie up or cover over full grown, for blanching. 
Melons, attend to; give plenty of air to those ripening-off fruit; be 
very sparing with the water-pot among them; encourage the growth of 
the younger crops just swclling-otf their fruit with about three liberal 
waterings of manure water, given from the spout of the water-pot: let 
these liberal waterings be given principally at the back part of the beds, 
and not over the crowns of the plants ; sprinkle almost daily in dry 
weather at shutting up time. Onions, sow, to stand the winter, about, 
the first week of this month, the silver-skinned kind being the most 
hardy sort; press down the stiff-necked among the present advancing 
crops, and pull up those that are full grown, and lay them on their sides 
to dry-off well before storing away. Spinach, sow of the winter or 
prickly-seeded kind, from the 1st up to the 12th of the month, in well 
prepared borders or beds in the open quarters. Turnips, sow of the best 
small early kinds, and thin-out advancing crops. Vegetable-marrows, 
attend to, thin, and train out. Keep a watchful eye to the different kinds 
of Seeds, and collect them as fast as they ripen, or the birds will make 
havoc among them. 
General Sowing. —Although cabbage and endive were sown in last ! 
month for winter and spring supply, yet August is a much more important I 
month for general sowings ; and if the season is lost, it is never regained. 
From the 1st to the 12th of the month nearly all the before-mentioned 1 
seeds should be sown, cauliflower excepted, which should be sown from | 
the 21st to the 24th. In ail cases, should the weather be dry and hot, i 
water well before sowing the seeds, and screen through the day from hot 
sun. Sow in open healthy situations, rather than under walls, and such 
places, so that you may raise stocky, sturdy plants. Sow thin, rather ! 
than too thick, in all cases. T. Weaver. 
London : Printed by Harry Wooldridge, Winchester High Street, ( 
in the Parish of Saint Mary Kalendar, and Published by William ; 
Somerville Orr, at the Office, No. 2, Amen Corner, in the Parish of I 
Christ Church, City of London.—July 25, 1850. 
