THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Aug an effort at resuscitation. His holiday is over, the 

 summer is waning, and the world in general is at its last 

 gasp. Kismet ! But if things have not gone very far — 

 if his first emotion is one of surprise that things are not 

 far worse rather than one of disgust and despair because 

 they have gone hopelessly to the bad — the amateur will 

 pull himself together and soon restore matters to a good 

 basis. And this is as it should be. Do we get so much 

 summer in our isle that we can afford to bid a dejected 

 good-bye to it in August ? Dear me, no ! We will hang 

 on to its skirts for several weeks yet, and only begin to 

 realise that it may be waning when we find ourselves 

 enveloped in a November fog. 



Aug. AUGUST— First and Second Weeks 



Flowers 



The two important operations of layering Carnations 

 and budding Roses may be carried on in the manner 

 advised in the previous chapter. 



Taking Chrysanthemuni Buds. — The bud system of 

 Chrysanthemums which are grown for the production 

 of large blooms was explained in Chapter VII. It was 

 stated there that if buds show in July they should be 

 removed, and the best of the basal shoots selected for 

 growing on, the others being picked off. A good many 

 varieties will not show crown buds until the second or 

 third week in August, however, and these will probably 

 come right if allowed to remain. This being so, they 

 should be left, and all the incipient shoots just below 

 pinched out. This is a case of the "first crown" buds 

 being retained. Those that were deprived of their first 

 crown bud in July will form second ones in August or 

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