==Tomatoes== to be gathered as soon as ripe.  If bad weather interferes with the finishing of the crop, cut the full-grown fruit with a length of stem attached, and hang them up in a sunny greenhouse, or some other warm spot in full daylight.  Seed sown now or in September will produce plants that should afford fine fruit in March, and it will need care and judgment to carry them safely through the winter.

==Turnip== may be sown in the early part of the month.  The best sorts now are White Gem, or Snowball.  All the Year Round will please those who like a yellow Turnip.

==September==

Weeds will be troublesome to the overworked and the idle gardener, while the best-kept land will be full of seeds blown upon it from the sluggard’s garden, and the first shower will bring them up in terrific force.  All that we have to say about them is that they must be kept down, for they not only choke the rising crops in seed-beds and spoil the look of everything, but they very much tend to keep the ground damp and cold, when, if they were away, it would get dry and warm, to the benefit of all the proper crops upon it.  Neglect will make the task of eradication simply terrible, and, in the meantime, every crop on the ground will suffer.  The two great months for weeds are May and September; but often the September weeds triumph, because the mischief they do is not then so obvious to the casual eye.  As there are now many used-up crops that may be cleared away, large quantities of Cabbage, Endive, Lettuce, and even thinnings of Spinach may be planted out to stand the winter.

==Cabbage.==—­We advocate crowding the land now with Cabbage plants, for growth will be slow and the demands of the kitchen constant.  Crowding, however, is not quite the same thing as overcrowding, and it is only a waste of labour, land and crop to put the plants so close together that they have not space for full development.  The usual rule in planting out the larger sorts of Cabbage at this time of the year is to allow a distance every way of two feet between the plants.  The crowding principle may be carried so far as to put miniature Cabbages between them, but only on the clear understanding that the small stuff is all to be cleared off before spring growth commences, and the large Cabbages will then have proper space for development.

==Cauliflower.==—­Sow again in a frame or in a pan in the greenhouse.

==Celery.==—­Continue to earth up, selecting a dry time for the task.

==Chards== take quite six weeks to blanch by means of straw, covered with earth.

==Cucumbers== for the winter need careful management and suitable appliances.  See the remarks on this subject under August.

==Endive== to be planted out as directed last month.  Plant a few on the border of an orchard-house, or in a ground vinery, or in old frames for which some lights, however crazy, can be found.