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Credit: The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![tinue to plant out tender annuals, and as 1 many erreenhouse plants as can be spared to 1 add to“tbe gaiety of the garden; transplant ; annuals previously sown and standing too ] thick ; sow biennials, and propagate by i cuttings every plant of which a supply may i be wanted. ' July. In the kitchen garden, remove the haulm of peas and beans immediately they cease to be useful, as they tend to exhaust : the ground and to harbour slugs and snails. Sow endive and small salads twice, lettuce turnips for succession, and cabbage for winter coleworts. Earth up brocoli, cab- bage. and potatoes. About the middle of the month, sow the last crop of peas and French beans; earth up and stake the preceding ones. Plant celery, tie up lettuces and endive, and execute whatever was omitted last month, or may be properly per- formed in preparation for the next. In the lUnner garden, all omissions of the preceding month should be remedied without delay. Take up bulbs and tubers when the leaves are withered; sow and transplant annuals to bloom late ; propagate pinks, rockets, carnations, &c.; divide auriculas, and re-pot them, keeping them shaded as well as all other plants in pots. Propagate pansies by division; sow biennials; prop Chinesechrys- antiiemuras, and lay down some of the long shoots, to make bushy plants of the tops. Kegulate the patches of previously-sown annuals, and shift those of the greenhouse or stove. August. In the kitchen garden, protect cu- cumbers from heavy rains, which sometimes occur in this month. Sow in the first week early York, dwarf, and sugar-loaf cabbage; in the third or fourth week, caulillower, onions, prickly-seeded spinach, radish, and lettuce. In dry weather, earth up celery in trenches, and all other crops in drills or rows. Transplant cabbage, savoys, brocoli, borecole, Brussels sprouts, and endive. Plant out brown Dutch lettuces, taking precautions against the ravages of slugs, and brocoli for the successions in spring. In the fioioer garden, if any bulbs which have done (lowering yet remain in the ground, they should now be taken up, dried, and Stored in a safe place. Cuttings of azaleas and similar plants may be put in. Uoscs may be budded. Another bed or two of pansies should be formed, to bloom before the frost seta in. Mignonette should be sown in pots and window-boxes, to stand the winter in frames. Chrysanthemums, dahlias, and all other tall and climbing plants should have supports; carnations, whether on stage, bed, or border, neatly tied up and shaded, and layering lor iie.xt year’s stock furnished. Sbpte.mbeb. In thekitchm garden, take nj) potatoes to stand the winter, sow onion.s. lettuce and carrots; small salad twice; radishes for the la.st crop. Gather seeds as they ripen. Prick out caulitlowers; also lettuce and endive under shelter. Trans- plant coleworts and the last crop of brocidi. In the jUnrer garden, there is during this month, much irregularity of growth, and decayed (lowers and stems; leaves require ll.TL to be cleared away. The seedlings of biennials and perennials should be thinned, and some of them planted in pots, or trans- planted to beds or places where they are intended to remain. All cuttings, pipings or layers, which are sufficiently rooted, should also be removed to their final or temporary stations. Seeds of fine annuals, now ripe, should be gathered and saved; and valuable greenhouse plants which have flowered in the borders should be now re- potted. It is now proper time to prepare the beds intended for tulips, hyacinths, and ranunculuses, in order that they may be properly settled by planting time. October. In the kitchen garden, if the weather be favourable, continue to take up potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and beet. Blanch endive, and earth up the stems of all crops in rows: lay down brocoli, and hoe out winter spinach. Sow early peas and mar- joram ; beans to stand the winter, also lettuce, on warm borders. Transplant cabbage, a full crop, for spring supply ; also lettuce and endive in frames. Cut down asparagus and dress the beds with litter or short dung. Dig, trench, and execute all routine work. In the flower garden, stake dahlias firmly against the wind. If any new seedlings have not yet (lowered, and are expected to prove excellent, they should be guarded by some temporary covering, to escape being nipped by some unexpected nightfrost. Chinesechrysanthemurasstand- ing in open borders are in the same predica- ment. Finks may be still bedded out, and carnation layers potted. These last, toge- ther with all (lowers in pots, must be duly supplied with water. About the end of the month, prepare a heap of light, fresh, sandy loam, and a suflicient number of proper- sized pots for the reception of as many bulbs and tubers as may be required for early and late forcing; prepare, also, the beds for tulips, hyacinths, anemones, and ranunculuses, to be planted about (he beginning of next month. Dig the clumps nr pots intended for the hardiest sorts of bulbs and tubers, which now require to bo put in, namely, narcissus of sorts, snow- drops, scillas, aconite, &c. Fot roses, Fersian lilac, and the dilferent sorts of American shrubs and other (lowers to go into frames. I’erennials may be taken up, parted, and replanted; some of the more showy sorts may be potted to go into frames to advance their (lowering in sitring, lloseries may be pruned and regulated, laying down the long shoots and straggling branches, keeping the whole pretty close to the ground. ,Standard roses require to be closely pruned and well staked. Novkmiier. In the kitchen garden, this is the moat desirable month in the year for pruning and transplanting fruit trees and bushes. Clear otf the old leaves from sea- I kale and rhubarb; and cover the crowns I with a layer of sand, dung, or any other protective substance. Finish earthing up all crops that require attention; cabbage I may still he planted. Secure all such tidl- I grown vegetables as are liable to ho injured ; by frost, such as endive, lettuce, and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24874619_1141.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
