July, 1910 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



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La^vn and Garden Suggestions for July 



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CONSTANT attention to all plant life 

 must be given this month to keep 

 »~ everything looking nice. Watering 

 must be clone copiously so as to thorough- 

 ly soak the soil. Do not be content with 

 merely laying the top dust. Water in 

 the evening if possible, and then next day 

 slightly stir the surface of the flower 

 beds with a hoe or rake. By doing 

 this you encourage the roots to go 

 deeper in search of nourishment. 



Keep all dead and withered flowers 

 cut from your plants so as to prevent 

 the strength of the plants being used up 

 in forming seed pods. Constant atten- 

 tion to this will insure a continuous 

 supply of blooms on many plants which 

 are sometimes thought to produce only 

 one crop of flowers. Many varieties of 

 (lie campanulius, poppy, and stocks will 

 produce fine flowers the second time if 

 well fed and not allowed to seed. 



Take notes of your perennial bed and 

 borders, and determine what needs re- 

 moving the coming fall, and also the 

 lime of flowering, and if the flov/ers are 

 as good as last year. If they are not, 

 it is proof that the soil is exhausted, and 

 (he plants need removing and dividing 

 up again. 



Look well after your Asters and 

 Dahlias. Do not let them suffer Irom 

 drought, or they will be a failure. Water 

 copiously in the evenings, and mulch 

 around the plants with vi'ell-rotted 



manure or grass clippings. Watch for 

 the Aster bug. Spend a few minutes 

 each evening catching them. You will 

 be surprised how it will help to lessen 

 the number of spoilt blooms. 



Keep all plants well tied up. Doing 

 so makes a place look better and more 

 business-like, and aids the production of 

 better flowers. All early spring bulb 

 foliage may now be cleaned off. Those 

 that are dry will pull away. Those that 

 are green, such as Narcissus, may be 

 safely cut away a few inches above the 

 soil. 



If you have any blank spaces in your 

 borders there is still time to sow seeds 

 of candituft, portulaca, and annual 

 poppies, which will make a fine show 

 during the late summer. 



Give close attention to the pansies. 

 Keep them well watered. Apply liquid 

 manure once a week. Keep all seed 

 pods picked off. You should then have 

 good flowers all the season. 



WITH THE VEGETABLES 



In the vegetable garden there is still 

 time to sow dwarf beans, cabbages (late 

 kinds), and cauliflowers. Also sow 

 fortnightly small sowings of radishes 

 and lettuces, cress, and some parsley, 

 which will do to lift later. 



Celery will now require lots of water 

 and feeding. Apply liquid manure once 

 a week, but see that the soil is moist 

 before doing so. If it is not, then soak 



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A Few of the Flowers in a Hamillon Roaf Garden 



The roof where this Illustration was secured has been converted into an attractive roof gar- 

 den by its owner, Mr, 0. D. Blaohford, of Hamilton. The flowers are planted in boxes. Summer 

 c.vpress. Hcarl<^t runrurr, hyacinths, sweet peas, climbinfr naHturtiuin. begonias, white alysHum, 

 l)liie lobelia, geraniums and numerous other vines and plants, have been grown successfully. 

 The adjoining stone wall has been covered by a climbing vine which grows up wire netting eight 

 ftHit high and presents a most pleasing appearance, especially wuen in bloom. 



Blood-root a Haidy Native ^lant 



The Blood-root, Sanguinaria Canadensis, has 

 the purest white color of any plant known. It 

 is one of the most shy of wild plants, but it 

 takes most readily to the garden, where it will 

 be apt to double in size, flower earlier and to re- 

 pudiate its love of water. With care it can be 

 transplanted from the woods in July. These flow- 

 ers have been grown successfully for many years 

 in the garden of Mr. A. Alexander, Hamilton. 



the ground well with clear water first, 

 and then apply the fertilizer. Towards 

 the end of the month the early celery may 

 have a little soil drawn close up to the 

 sticks, which helps to keep them moist, 

 and commences to bleach it. Take care 

 not to draw up too much soil, or it may 

 cause rot to start. 



THE SMALL FRUIT GARDEN 



Keep all fruit bushes free from weeds, 

 and spray occasionally with Bordeaux 

 mixture to keep leaf blight in check. 



A good mulching around the raspberry 

 and blackberry canes will be beneficial 

 this month, and will prevent the surface 

 roots from being dried out. 



Keep all small shoots and side growths 

 cut away on your tomato plants, and 

 thin out the heavy foliage, to let all 

 the sunlight possible reach the fruit. 



GREENHOUSE WORK 



In the greenhouse, plant cucumbers 

 if you have the room, and clean up under 

 the benches. Whitew:»sh the walls, 

 and so forth, so as to prepare for grow- 

 ing your winter flowering plants. 



The Rudbcckia 



J. McP. Rail, Toronto, Ont. 



Its perfect hardiness and the fact that 

 it can be grown almost anywhere, added 

 to its easiness of propagation, have made 

 the rudbeckia rather too familiar in 

 some localities. Nevertheless, they are a 

 beautiful class of pl.-mts, and an indis- 

 pensable border plant, despite their free- 

 dom of growth and popularity. 



Its proper place is at the back of the 

 border next to the fence, where its tall 

 spikes of bloom show to advantage. It 

 grows to a height of five to six feet, pro- 

 ducing rtinsses of pure yellow double 

 flowers in great freedom — lighting up the 

 neighborhood like a flock of yellow but- 



