THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Aug. is wanted for show, or for use at a particular time, 

 I-15 brown paper may be tied round it, or earth drawn up to 

 the stems, about a month beforehand. 



Lettuces and Endive. — It is common to make a sowing 

 of Lettuces in August for use early in the following 

 year. They are treated like Cabbages — that is, planted 

 out in autumn, and wintered in the open air. Of the 

 older varieties, Hicks' Hardy White and Black-seeded 

 Bath (Cos), and Stanstead Park (Cabbage-shaped), are 

 particularly good for the present sowing, because they 

 are hardy sorts. Sow thinly half an inch deep in moist, 

 friable soil. Broad-leaved Batavian Endive may be 

 sown similarly. 



Onions are also commonly sown in the early part of 

 August. Lemon Rocca is a good 

 variety, and may be sown an inch 

 deep. 



Spinach. — The Prickly - seeded 

 Spinach is often sown early in August 

 for use in winter, but it is a some- 

 what uncertain crop, owing to its 

 liability to run to seed, and the Viro- 

 flay and Victoria are perhaps more 

 reliable varieties. The soil should be 

 fertile, friable, and moist ; if dry at 

 sowing time it should be moistened. 

 The drills may be drawn an inch deep 

 and eighteen inches apart, and the 

 seedlings should be thinned in due 

 course. 



Tomatoes. — Any help that is pos- 

 sible to Tomatoes swelling up a crop 

 of fruit in the garden should be given 

 now. One thing that can be done is to reduce the 

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Fig. 62.— Defoliating 

 Tomatoes. 



a. Leaves partly cut 



away. 

 h. Leaves to be severed 



at the dark cross 



lines. 



