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25. Insert cuttings of show and fancy pelargoniums in sandy soil. 



26. Trim box edgings, and clip yew, laurel and other hedges. 



27. Thin raspberry canes after the fruit is gathered. 



28. Take cuttings of geraniums in flower beds and insert them in 



pots, boxes or in the open ground. 



29. Clear off withered annuals, and in the places they have occupied 



plant seedling Canterbury bells, campanulas and sweet- 



30. Remove the seed-pods of nasturtiums and canary creeper to pro- 



mote continuous flowering. 



31. Earth up celery in order to blanch the stems. The more sandy 



the soil used for this purpose the better. Look out for 

 celery fly and pinch out all leaves affected by it. 



AUGUST 



1. Sow cabbage seed for earliest cuttings next season. 



2. Repot cyclamens that have been resting in a cold frame. Pot 



gladiolus Colvillei for early flowering under glass. 



3. Watch for suckers coming up from the bases of rose-trees and cut 



them off below the surface of the soil. 



4. Give frequent supplies of weak soot- water to chrysanthemums 



in pots. 



5. Roll lawns regularly in moist weather. Sow grass seed over bare 



"' patches and keep edgings neatly trimmed. 



6. Plant out well-rooted strawberry runners. 



7. Plant bulbs of winter aconite. Make a first potting of Roman 



hyacinths and freesias. 



8. Divide and replant campanulas. Plant pyrethrums. 



9. Sow seed of mignonette for winter and spring blooming under glass. 



10. Give camellias that are forming flower-buds plenty of water and 



occasional doses of soot-water. 



11. Layer evergreen shrubs and trees ; also propagate by cuttings. 



12. Take plenty of cuttings of pansies and violas and insert in sandy 



soil in cold frame. Keep shaded until well rooted. 



13. Plant out winter greens between rows of potatoes. 



14. Make mushroom beds. 



15 Sow annuals for early flowering in pots, send for bulb catalogues 

 and order supplies early. 



