THE GARDENER’S KALENDAR
July
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Sow Carrots.
A little carrot-feed may be sown the first or secondweek in the month, in order to raise some young carrotsfor the table in autumn ; about Michaelmas they will befit to draw, and continue very fine all October and No-vember.
Sow Lettuce.
The Loss, Silesia, or Dutch lettuce are most properto be sown at this season.
About the first or second week in the month, let aspot os rich ground be dug, and the seed sown on it im-mediately. The plants will be fit for the table in the be-ginning of September.
And if a little more feed, be sown on another spot ofground the last week in the month, a regular supply oflettuce will be continued till November,, if the -weatherbe favourable.
\Transplant /Endive.
A parcel of the strongest endive plants must be how'removed to supply the table in autumn.
But you must remember that endive requires a good'foil, well dug, and the surface sufficiently raked.
•As soon as a spot of ground is thus prepared, let yourplants be set in it, a foot distant from each other every■way. They must be -watered as soon as planted; and-the waterings repeated every other day in dry weather,'till the plants have taken root.
Transplant Celery.
You must nov/ prepare your trenches for .-planting out•a good crop of celery.
In order to this let an open spot of rich ground be-chosen, and well cleared from weeds. When this isdone, mark out the trenches about a foot broad, allowingan interval of three feet and a half between the trenches.Let each trench be dbg about a spade deep, and the•earth that comes out laid neatly in the interval betweenthe trenches, remembering to spread it as even as pos-sible.
When this is done, let some good rotten dung be laid-at the bottom of the trench, and dug in.
This being performed, choose a sufficient number of*the strongest of your plants, trim the ends of theirroots,and cut off about two inches of the tops of their leaves,and then. plant them in the trenches.
Remember that one row only must be planted-in each'trench, and that this.row be directly in the middle of it.Four or five inches will be-a sufficient distance between'plant and plant ; but some water must be given them im-
• mediately, and the waterings repeated occasionally in'■dry weather, -till the plants have taken root.
'Transplant Lettuces.
The 'Cofs, Silesia, common cabbage, and-brownMutch lettuces, sown last month, should now be trans-planted.
In order to this let a spot of the richest ground be,
• chosen, well dunged, and the surface raked very even.
When the ground is ready, put in the plants by-line,■at the distance of twelve inches from one another.
‘Give them a little water as soon as they ate planted,;®-r.d repeat the operation occasionally, till they have alltiaken root.
Transplant Lech.
You should make choice of a good piece of groundfor transplanting your leeks, as that will prove of theutmost advantage to the plants, especially if a little rot-ten dung be spread on the surface and dug in.
When the ground is properly prepared, let it be di-vided into beds four feet broad. Then take up your leeks,choosing the strongest plants, and trim their roots andtops of their leaves. When this is done, let them beplanted in rows, six inches apart every way.
Artichokes.
Your artichoke plants, -which will now soon come in-to use, must be ordered in the following manner:
If you desire to have large artichokes, you must, inorder to encourage the main head, cut off all the fucker*or small heads which are produced from the fides of thestems ; and .these in some families are dressed for thetable.
You must also remember, that as soon as the principalhead or artichoke is cut, let the stem be immediatelybroken down close to the ground. This practice is in-deed too often disregarded; but this is utterly wrong.;for the stems, if permitted to remain, would greatlyimpoverish the roots, and injure them much more than isgenerally imagined.
‘Plant Sage , ’Hyssop, he.
You may still plant the slips of sage, hyssop, winter'savory, and other herbs of that kind, for they will yetsucceed.
The slips must ‘be about six or seven inches long,planted in a shady border, and often refreshed with waterin dry weather.
Remember to chuse such flips as have strength, andto put them two thirds of their length, at least, into theearth.
Pull Onions.
About the latter end of this month, examine yourforwardest crops of onions; and when their leaves beginto wither, it is a proper time to take the roots out of theground.
It is not indeedwery common that these roots are fit.fobe taken up this month ; but when they are, let them bemanaged in the following manner :
Take them up in dry weather ; and as you tike themout of the earth, pull off their leaves, sour or five inchesos 'the stalk onlybeing to be left to each onion. As soonas they are taken up, let them bespread to harden upona clean, dry, spot of ground; and let them lay theretwelve or fourteen days, remembering to turn them once'every two or three days at least, that they may dry andharden regularly.
When these have ; Iaid their propertime, they must begathered up in a dry day, well cleared from earth andall loose outer skins, and.carried into the house, wherethey must be spread thin upon-the floor of a .dry assyroom.
-Remember to keep the-windows of the room con-stantly open in dry weather, for about a week or ten daysafter th&onions are housed ; but after that time no moreair should be admitted through the windows; nothingthen being wanting but to turn them now andchen, pick-ing out -aji the decayed roots.