THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



July is noticed on the plants should be picked off and 



1^31 destroyed. 



Sowing Cabbages for Spring. — Those folk — and they 

 are numerous — who like to have a good bed of Cabbages 

 in spring may sow a little seed towards the end of July. 

 The soil should be well pulverised and moist. The 

 drills may be drawn a foot apart and half an inch deep. 

 Flower of Spring and EUam's Early are almost equally 

 good. 



Sowing Onions for Spring and Early Summer. — It is 

 common to make a sowing of Onions about this time, 

 to yield young plants for spring salads, and to supply 

 plants for forming early bulbs. In former days Flat 

 Italian Tripoli and Giant Red Rocca were used for this 

 purpose, but nowadays the Lemon (Golden) Rocca is 

 preferred. Ai and Ailsa Craig may also be sown now. 



July The Garden in July— A Resume 



R&um6 In July the garden should be in full beauty and pro- 



ductiveness, and the aim of the gardener must be to keep 

 a tight grip on the ground that he has made, and see that 

 every advantage gained is followed up keenly. Growing 

 crops should be kept in vigorous and healthy motion by 

 regular hoeing of the soil, by mulching, by watering, 

 and by preventing seed ripening. The home-saving of 

 seed is not economical as a rule, and plants go out of 

 flower the quicker when seed pods are allowed to form. 

 A good example of this is found in the Sweet Pea. If 

 flowers of this beautiful annual are gathered regularly, 

 and seed production is prevented, the plants remain 

 fresh, and yield abundance of flowers, over a much 

 longer period than when they are allowed to run to 

 seed. 



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