THE GARDEN IN 

 SUMMER 



HE coming of summer brings 

 some relief to the gardener 

 who has been busy with mak- 

 ing beds, sowing seeds, and 

 pulling weeds through the 

 earlier part of the season. 

 But there will still be much 

 to be done in the garden. Indeed, there will 

 always be work there for the gardener who is 

 thoroughly in love with flowers and their culti- 

 vation. But one of the delightful things 

 about gardening is that it pays the gardener 

 as he goes along, and the satisfaction afforded 

 by doing something to make it easier for the 

 plants to do their work well makes even hard 

 work pleasant to the person who grows flowers 

 because he loves them. Such a person will 

 always be on the lookout for something to do 

 in the garden, and he will not fail to find it. 



Have you given the Dahlias proper sup- 

 port? If not, see to it at once that they are 

 well staked and tied up, for their stalks are 



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