August sowings will soon be forward enough for putting out, and it will
be advisable to get the work done as early as possible, to insure the
plants being well established before winter.

==Parsley.==--The latest sowing will require thinning, but for the present
this must not be too strictly carried out; between this and spring
there will be many opportunities. Thin the plot by drawing out complete
plants as Parsley is demanded for the kitchen. If no late sowing was
made, or, having been made, has failed, cut down to the ground the
strongest plants, that a new growth may be secured quickly. A few plants
potted at the end of the month, or lifted and placed in frames, may
prove exceedingly valuable in winter.

==Potatoes== that are ready should be taken up with reasonable care. It is
not wise to wait for the dying down of the shaws, because, when the
tubers are fully grown, they ripen as well in the store, out of harm's
way, as in the ground, where they are exposed to influences that are
simply destructive.

==Spinach.==--In favourable seasons and forward localities Winter Spinach
sown in the first half of this month will make a good plant before
winter. Thin the plants that are already up to six inches apart.

==OCTOBER==

Weeds and falling leaves are the plagues of the season. It may seem that
they do no harm, but assuredly they are directly injurious to every crop
upon the ground, for they encourage damp and dirt by preventing a free
circulation of air amongst the crops, and the access of sunshine to the
land. Keep all clean and tidy, even to the removal of the lower leaves
of Cabbages, where they lie half decayed upon the ground.

The heavy rains of this month interfere in a material degree with
outdoor work, and are often a great impediment to the orderly management
that should prevail. The accumulation of rubbish anywhere, even if out
of sight, is to be deplored as an evil altogether. The injury to
vegetation is as great as that inflicted on our own health when dirt
poisons the air and damp hastens the general dissolution. It is
therefore above all things necessary to keep the garden clean from end
to end. All decaying refuse that can be put into trenches should be got
out of sight as soon as possible, to rot harmlessly instead of infecting
the air, and leaves should be often swept up into heaps, in which form
they cease to be injurious, although, when spread upon the ground and
trodden under foot, th