THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



July time to decorate window boxes for the summer by 

 I~i5 getting pot plants of Marguerites, Zonal Geraniums, 

 Ivy-leaved Geraniums, Tropoeolums, and other suitable 

 plants. 



Pelargoniums after Flowering. — The large flowered 

 green-leaved Pelargoniums are the better for a complete 

 rest after flowering. They may be placed in a group 

 out of doors, and given no water until the foliage withers, 

 then pruned back to short stumps, watered, syringed, 

 and put under glass. They will soon break into fresh 

 growth, and make splendid plants for another year. 



Dressing Violas. — It was advised to plant Violas 

 early, in order to get them into vigorous growth before 

 the spring was far advanced. If this course was adopted, 

 the plants will have put in several weeks' hard flowering 

 by the time July opens. They will be very little the 

 worse for this, provided that the flowers have been 

 regularly picked, and water and liquid manure given in 

 dry spells. If these steps have not been taken, the 

 plants may be somewhat dingy now, and it will refresh 

 them to crop them over, removing the old growths 

 as well as the flowers, and spread some fresh soil and 

 manure among them. They will soon be in growth 

 again after this treatment, and will flower nearly as well 

 as ever. 



Mildew on Roses. — Roses ought to be at their best 

 in July, and it is distressing to see the plants get coated 

 with mildew. This is liable to happen when the plants 

 are growing in poor, thin soil, and are suffering from 

 drought. Soakings of liquid manure, or even plain water, 

 will do good. But plants growing in really fertile, moist 

 soil sometimes become affected, and it is well to resort 

 to dry flowers of sulphur directly the grey powder 

 begins to spread. The sulphur is best applied through 

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