466 SATURDAY IN- MY GARDEN 



18. Start the final potting of chrysanthemums in nine-inch or ten- 

 inch pots. 

 19. Sow pansy seed in a shady place. Such annuals as mignonette, 



candytuft and sweet alyssum if sown now will bloom in the 



early autumn. 

 20. Where the leaves of rose-trees are attacked by mildew apply 



dustings of flowers of sulphur. 

 21. Take cuttings of pansies, pinks and hollyhocks, place in cold 



frame and keep shaded. 

 22. Plant out main crop of Brussels sprouts. Tie up Cos lettuce and 



keep carrots and turnips well thinned out, and thoroughly 



weeded. 



23. Plant out vegetable marrows on well-manured mound of soil. 

 24. Give dahlias liquid manure at frequent intervals and attend care- 

 fully to tying. 



25. Sunimcr prune gooseberries and currants. 

 26. Begin layering of strawberries as soon as picking is finished. 



Pinch out all runners not required for propagating purposes. 

 27. Stake dwarf kidney beans, and see that the strings and stakes are 



properly fixed for runner beans which will now be growing 



rapidly. 

 28. To ensure an early supply of peas, pinch out the tops of stems 



and the pods will swell out rapidly. 



29. Thin out grapes when they have attained the size of small peas. 

 30. Keep hydrangeas in flower in the greenhouse moist and apply 



frequent doses of liquid manure to ensure long flowering and 



large heads of bloom. 



JULY 



i.-^Jhin nnlbuds of carnations, and give top-dressing of rich loamy 



soil. 

 2. Continue to take cuttings of pinks if a large stock is required. 



Keep under hand-light or in a cold frame till well rooted. 

 3. Thin out beet and hoe frequently between the rows. Plant out 



borecole and kale. 

 4.. Turn roses that have done flowering in the greenhouse into cold 



frames, placing them on a bed of ashes, and repotting them 



after the wood is ripened. 



