CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 
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Crotallaria purpurea , purple; pulchella, yellow; cor difolia, 
deep purple ; vitellina , deep yellow ; and fioribunda , yellow, 
are all handsome subjects, that only require to be well pruned 
annually, and stopped once or twice in the early part of their 
growth to make them all that can be wished. 
Many other genera might be named, such as Bossicea , Temple- 
tonia , Indigofera , Siuainsonia, Inga , and others, was it necessary 
to the object in view, but I trust the mere fact of having their 
attention called directly to the class, will be sufficient with those 
who really care for the state of their collections, and the selec¬ 
tion must be left to individual taste. A similarity pervades the 
management of the whole order, and therefore those who can 
grow one portion may venture with assurance of success on any 
other; they all delight in a soil composed of peat, loam, and 
sand, want plenty of air both winter and summer, and to secure 
it at the latter period, are usually placed out of doors. All or 
nearly all require to be often stopped while young to induce a 
neat, bushy growth, and those which grow very strong should 
in addition be cut closely back in the autumn; as regards the 
stopping in spring, it should be discontinued on all that produce 
their flowers in a terminal manner and on the young wood, in 
time to allow them to form a sufficient length before the season 
of blooming arrives. In short, they form a large portion of that 
class of plants, which though they will not brook neglect, are 
among the easiest to manage with timely attention. 
W. Robertson. 
CALENDAR OF KITCHEN GARDEN OPERATIONS, AUGUST. 
Make sowings of the early and successional varieties of cab¬ 
bage during the first week, for the general winter and spring 
crops, and also for coleworts to be transplanted thickly, for use 
during the same periods. An east or north-east border is an ex¬ 
cellent station for a crop of cabbages to come in early in spring, 
as, if the weather prove severe, the sun, during the short days, 
seldom acts sufficiently strong to thaw the plants, and they 
escape the alternate freezing and thawing, which generally does 
more mischief among the crops than the intensity of the frost 
alone. 
