JULY PLANNING 



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CHAPTER XII 



JULY PLANNING— FOR PERMANENT EFFECTS 



JULY is the best month in the year for the studying of garden 

 effects. It is the time of all times to note what has been 

 done; to realize what can be done and to plan for what shall be 

 done. If the garden is bare of shrubs that bloom in Midsummer 

 make notes now of those that can be put in after frost, that will 

 add their July quota to the glory of the garden picture in after 

 years. 



In the fierce heat of Midsummer days how refreshing it is to 

 note the cool depths of shade under the Laurels, to glimpse the 

 beautiful clusters of white and pink blossoms of Neriums and 



GOOD FOUNDATION PLANTINGS -WHILE THEY LAST 

 These annual Vincas and Cannas look good now, but they leave the ground bare from Fall 



until late Spring 



