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¡¡iofl tbe 1IIioter, fueh as lavender, rofemary,
fJ
'e, minI,
{",eel mujor.m. IhyOle,
ce.
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Take efpeeial CAre lO
pre!~rve
your plants from Ihe
fcorcb in3 fuo; Ilir up
fiiff
grollod; eoolinue to dd!roy
...eeds; and give your plaots .gentle wmrin&s abouI Iheir
extreme
6~res,
which fhoutd be dooe at the clofe of
day.
J
U L Y.
FLOW!l,CAlDtN.
THIl!
¡,
lilde to be dooe in Ihe fiower.garden Ihis
mootb: !he berri,s of the eoffee' lree which are now
ripe, may be fowo, lirfl deaniog Iheir feeds from Ihe
pulp, iD POI! of lioe eartb, abouI ao ioeh deep: and if
you gi,e tbem the
bdp
of a hOI·bed, in lers tbao
(¡J(
week! time Ibey will fprout.
Tbe fruit of Ihe anaoas being ripe io Ihis monlh, if
10a
cut off Ibe erowo of Ihe leaves whieh gro..,s on Ihe
top
of il, and plaot it io a Iighl fandy wth, it will, IVilb
!be afliflaoee of a bOl·bed, prefeotly take root.
Aoemooy feeds, now {owo, mua be fprinkled witb
water fre'luendy and geotly.
FI\1IT,CAlDEN.
TH
r
manacement of the Tine fhnold tbis month be
chieBy ¡[teoded to: it i! to be obferved, Ihat from
a
,igo·
roas
fhcxr.
of a . ine a1reauy once pruned, there will pofh
agaio fe=aJ Midfummer Ibooll IVeaker rhan Ihe former,
from the fir!!, fecond, aod Ihird bud lowards the e:ome·
mity; which fhools are ro be taken off, ooly rememb<r·
ing Ihat it is propCT to fpare Ihe lall of fueh fhool! fo far
a.s
to leave ooe bud upoo it. from " henee. in Aotumn,
Dature maya third timeexm hendf; for if thofe fhoots
lIIere al! enurely removed, the .ine would pufh at tho[e
bearing buds whieh lie at the bOllom of Ihe fhoo\!; iD
coo[eqoence of which. there would be eilber a want of
{ruil at tho[e places nex! year, or a neee/lily of pruning
,be braneh fhorta Ihan was intended. or is in the winter
convenient.
There is no danger in expofing Ihe grapes this monlh
10
the [on; for though Ihe vines appe.r tbin of wood
aDd leaves, the AUlumn fhoots
u·iII
recaver thal faoll.
Put nets over yoor grapes to preftr. e Ihem from the
birds : and yoo fhould alCo gllard againfi wa(ps and other
infelh. whieh now deflroy the
pea~hes,
aprieolS, and o·
Iher froi!; by pbeing phials of honey and ale ncar tbe
u ecs. you may[oon entrap a grw number uf Ihem.
KIT
e
H E N'C A R D·! N.
YO\1
m~y
kaow fow kidney·beans.
~nd
fome
pea~,
tO
bear in Seplember ami Oétober; (ow cocumbers "pon a
beJ made wilh dry hor(e.liner, and cOI'ered wilh light
earth ten inehes Ihiek; Ihey mufi be eovered at night in
Septemb" wilh a eommon frame and r,1,(s,
10
kecp Ihem
fromfrofi ond rain. ann by Ihis metllOd yOIl may have
rom~
cueumbm
tilJ
Chri!!m~s.
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N
N
G.
Müe a bed for mufhrooms as tliread in February;
and be[ure
10
cOI'er 'it very Ihin with eatlh.
AboUl
Ih. middle of Ihis monlh fow royal
Sil~fia,
and
brown Dmch, while g"Cs, aod otber fom of Imuees•
eherril, earrols. aod turnips.
Plaot eabbages, and favoys
j'
traneplant endi'e for
blanehing again!! winler·; emh up fellery iD drills, and
planl out a Dew eropto [ueeeed Ihe fonner ; takeup Ibal·
lo!!, garlick; ami waler pleolifully all herbs !h,t ar4
Ceeding.
A U G U S T.
FLOWER , CARB¡N.
THE tulip.tree being a plant of Ihe wood, fhould
~e
amoog fueh trees as are defigned for groves. wherc il wil!
"fe
10
a great heighl : ,he feeds of this free come from
Virginia,
~nd
are
10
be fown in pOI
S
Ihis monlh, and
fhellered Ihe wintcr. and ,hey will come up aU io the
(prinf folJowing.
Al tWO yean growlb Ihe young plaDIS may be moC.
planled iota fi ngle pOlS, and mu/! have fheher io the win·
ter for Ibe 6dl nine years at leafl. tiJl they llave galhered
firenglh enollgh
10
refin thefeverity of the fro/Is, when
they maybe pl. nled inIheDalural grouod. ralhe¡. (.ody
[oillhao any other.
The iris flower has maoy va,ielies, (ome with bulbous
androme",ilh toberous- roOls: Ihe roots of Ihe bolbous iris
may be taken up as [oon as Ihe leaves begio
10
wilher.
,nd planled in Augu!! ; and Ihey may he incrca(ed by off·
fels laken fromIheir rOOlSwhen their tlalks are deeayed
~
the befl of Ihe loberous kind is Ihe Ihe chalcedoniao iris.
commooly ealled the load·flag. which requires • warm
and rieh foil, 2nd OlU!! be earefully ordmd. or it
wiJI
001
thrive weU.
Tbe oareitrl1s. or daffoJil, i, a flolVer of a hardy oa·
ture, and Ibri"es greally in aoy ground; Ihefe nowe"
are prOp'tgaled fromoff·Cm from Iheir roots, planled in
this month, aod may be raifeu by feeds
{OIVO
io Seplem.
ber. whieh will próJuee creat varieties: the feedliog
planl! are
10
remainwi,hout remo••
1
IWOor Ihree
ye.rs,
when they are
10
be
I~ken
upin June, and r,planted io
good ground al
a
proper uitlance.
T he jonquil is of Ihefame kiod ,.ilh Ihe daffodil, and
Rowm mueh aboul Ihe (ame lime; the roolS, whieh are
bulbous, are
10
be laken out
oC
Ihe ground, aod rellaot.
tU
li~e
olher bl1lbs.
T he bulbous YIOI(t ,or (nolV·drop,is reekoned amonr,fl
Ihe uatrodils, aod is une
01'
th. carlien flowers in the
fprinr..
You may
OOIV
pl. nts ofHcts of the hyacintlt, in beds
of fJndy foil; Ihe tub.erous hyaciolh is
a
planl of 3n afpi–
riog head. anu vay lender n'tu re;.the root! of il ",uft
be laken u!, in Arril, and !'epl,nled in pOI
S
of rrepared
canh: :tnd, likc olher fllnlbs, it reql1ires Ihe afliH.nee
~ f
a hot·beu: yOll ma y lake up Ihe bulbs of litis planl In
Seplcmber, .nel prefcrl'e Ihent in clry (and.
This is Ihe propcr I:me for
pJrtin~
the rOOl! uf
II~e
lily, wlticlt (uccCt\]¡ ucH in an opco üouy [oil : the
ti ,,·
ped