Asparagus

This should not be cut too closely, nor too late in the month, as it only tends to weaken the roots without an adequate return for impoverishing them. A good dressing of salt will prove advantageous to them, so will an occasional application of liquid manure during the present month.

Beans, Broad

These will bear another sowing; but as they are not much in request in the latter part of the season, a moderate quantity will answer every purpose.

Beans, French Or Dwarf

These may still be sown, provided you have not sufficient to carry you through the season. Earth should be drawn to the stems of such as are in need of it.

Beans, Scarlet-Runners

Sow if not done already, or if you have a supply for succession; earth them up and stick them before they overgrow themselves.

Broccoli

Seed may be sown early in the month to insure plants to cut from next April and May; and such plants as are ready should be put out wherever you have a vacancy at every favourable opportunity.

Cabbages

Get out a good stock of these as you can find room for them; and towards the end of the month S3ed may be sown of some of the smaller kinds. They will be invaluable for planting out as soon as the various summer crops are cleared away.

Carrots

Seed may be sown for pulling young, and such as are sufficiently advanced for the purpose should be weeded and thinned out to give them room to swell.

Cauliflowers

These may be sown thinly, to remain where they are, for thinning out to a proper distance as soon as necessary. Any recently planted out from the seed-beds will require shading and watering during the middle of the day, until such time as they have established themselves.

Celery

Put out a few of the strongest plants for early use in rich manured ground, well dug, and in trenches not more than six inches deep. They will require shading and watering in very hot weather.

Cucumbers

Give air, stop leading shoots, and regulate them so as to spread equally over the beds. For pickling purposes seed may be sown on ridges.

Herbs

Sow seed of curled chervil and purslane in the open border. Pennyroyal and winter savory may be increased by cuttings or division of the root.

Lettuces

Should you have any plants ready for planting get them out at once, wherever you have room, and sow a row or two of the large cos kinds in trenches prepared as for celery, there to stand and be thinned out to a proper distance to heart. These will come in at a time when they usually become scarce.

Onions

Hoe and weed to thin and clean such as are in a pretty forward state, and sow more for salading purposes. The best kinds for storing are those of moderate size, if taken up when perfectly ripe and thoroughly dried previous to putting away.

Peas

Sow the early kinds now, as they grow faster than late ones, and are sooner in flower. Earth up any in an advancing condition, and put sticks to such as require them.

Potatoes

The final crop of these should be planted out at once; and a few of the quick-growing sorts may be planted for digging as new potatoes in the autumn.

Radishes

Make another sowing of these in case you require a further supply; thin out such as require it, that they may have sufficient room to swell, and water liberally in dry, hot weather.

Small Salad

Mustard, cress, radish, rape, etc, may be sown again, to succeed such as is matured and being used up last.

Spinach

Thin out such advancing crops as require room, and sow a small quantity for succession. It is useless to sow much at a time, as it soon runs to seed.

Sprouting Broccoli

Make another sowing of this for succession, and plant out any from the seed-beds, in rows eighteen inches asunder and fifteen inches apart in the rows.

Turnips

Sow for a principal crop, roll the seed in, and, if there has been no rain for a considerable time, water the ground the day before and the day after.

Words Of Advice

Watering and weeding are two most important operations just now, and, to do any permanent good, must be effectually carried out. The former work, when every drop of water has to be dipped, or drawn, and carried, is too frequently only half done, and, under such circumstances, injures rather than assists the crop. Our advice is, saturate every inch of the soil, if it takes a week to do it, or leave it to nature to accomplish that which you are not disposed to do as it should be done.