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CALENDAR OF OPERATIONS FOR AUGUST. 



out of pots ready to flower, because 

 nothing looks woi'se than empiy 

 Howoi-befls, unless it be the dead 

 plants of flowers already gone by. 

 Jf tlie subjects are planted wide 

 enough apart to got otliers in be- 

 tween. Stocks might be planted, 

 with China Aster and Nemophila, 

 and other similar changes can be 

 made with advanta^ie. 



HoUi/hoc/i-s. — Seedlings are in 

 bloom or coming itito flower, and 

 you must examine them. Rejected 

 ones must be cut down at once, 

 and the others left. Mark with 

 labels such as are worth keeping, 

 and let the labels refer to a book, 

 in which you enter all the remarks 

 )'ou have made on the flowers, par- 

 ticularly a t:oo(l description of the 

 points for ■which you value them. 



Lupines. — Only the perennial 

 kinds are wortli notice at this 

 time. All the seedlings that have 

 not been planted out should be 

 placed in nursery-beds and borders, 

 accorning to where they are in- 

 tended to bloom the next year. 

 Many, however, do this eailier. 



Mimnlus in beds are brilliant, 

 and if kept well cut back, and the 

 old stuff" that has done blooming 

 cut out of them from time to time, 

 will continue to flower until the 

 frost cuts them off altogether. 

 'Ill ere is nothing more brilliant 

 while in bloom than the Mimulus ; 

 and although, if neglected, it will 

 go out of flower for a time, it will 

 continue to grow and bloom as 

 long as you will cut out the por- 

 tions that have done blooming. 



Moiihu/ the Lawn, Kee-piiK/ the 

 Shrubs icithin bounds, Weeding the 

 Gravel Walks, and Hoeimj the 

 Ground all over, will be found 

 beneficial in all the hot weatlier, 

 and watering must be governed 

 by the state of the weather, only 

 still bear in mind that once water- 



ing thoroughly is better than half 

 a dozen trifling watering.s. 



Punsies. — Continue to take side- 

 shoots, if you can find them, and 

 propagate for new beds. When 

 you care to keep up a lengthened 

 succession of Ijloomiiig sorts you 

 sliould obtain side -shoots, and 

 strike them whenever they pre- 

 sent themselves. "When you can- 

 not take side-shoots prefer small 

 shoots to large ones; but there is 

 nothing makes a better plant than 

 the side-shoot that comes up from 

 the bottom. A new bed may be 

 made every month through the 

 summer if it be desirable, and 

 those that are too late for autumn 

 bloom will be ready for the spting. 



Paths. — Narrow paths are a 

 nuisance in gardens. They are 

 unsociable to company, destruc- 

 tive to edgings, detract generally 

 from appearances, and have but 

 one solitary excu-^e, which is a 

 mercenary one — the ground is 

 scarce, and therefore people per- 

 suade themselves they cannot 

 spare so mucli. Nobody can ad- 

 mit the excuse, because if there is 

 to be no comfort in a garden there 

 may as well be no garden. "Where 

 they are intended to walk on, three 

 feet is the least space that can pos- 

 sibly be tolerated for one person 

 to walk at a time ; but five feet is 

 required for two, otherwise the 

 ladies' dresses sweep over what- 

 ever edging tliere is. and hurt the 

 flowers nearest the borders. 



Perennials. — This is a large item 

 in garden plants. If they are 

 planted out from their seed-beds 

 or seed-pans early in this month 

 they will get sufficiently established 

 to stand the winter ; but if driven 

 late, and bad weather ensues di- 

 rectly, they will for the most part 

 receive a check that does them 

 mischief. Seedlings, if very choice, 



