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CALENDAR FOR AUGUST. 
The shifting of succession pine plants must be gone on with 
as rapidly as possible. The bed to receive them should be made 
up with about half new tan, so as to have a tolerably brisk heat 
when they are returned to their places; taking care at the same 
time that it is not hot enough to burn their roots. If any danger 
of this kind be apprehended, the tan should not be filled round 
the sides of the pots for a few days, or till the heat has declined 
somewhat. Pines with ripening fruit should be kept rather dry, 
and have plenty of sun and air. 
Repair the linings of the late crops of melons and cucumbers, 
as the wet likely to fall about the end of the month will other¬ 
wise stagnate them, and mildew result, a state from which it is 
very difficult to recover them. Give plenty of air when the 
weather is fine, and avoid shading, which is never necessary 
when the roots are healthy. If red spider make its appearance 
on the melons, water the beds freely, and shut them up early in 
the afternoon, till the pests are reduced. 
A good supply of well-dried, short grass should be provided 
now, where much fruit is likely to require packing. It is the 
very best material that can be used for the purpose. And the 
fruit gardener should now employ himself in a sharp look-out 
for wasps’ nests, or he will suffer in the next month. They 
may be easily destroyed by pouring a small quantity of spirits 
of turpentine into the hole, and stopping it up; or, if it slopes 
too much to admit of this course, introduce the mouth of a phial 
containing the spirits, and close all openings; or the old- 
fashioned method of suffocating them with a sulphur squib may 
be resorted to. In either case, the nest should be subsequently 
dug out and destroyed. 
Occasional leisure should be taken advantage of to get the 
fruit room in order. Remove every atom of dirt or rubbish, and 
have the shelves in good repair for the reception of the main 
crop of fruit, as soon as it is fit for gathering. 
