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with ordinary care, they will spread out and expand their beautiful 

 leaves which mean so much in making a specimen plant. If you 

 have had your plants out in a frame during the Summer (as practiced 

 by many successful growers) get them now into an airy house on 

 a sunny bench, with plenty of ventilation. They do not require any 

 further shading; if you find that during extremely hot weather the 

 plants start to wilt, spray a little. The young seedlings should be 

 removed from the seed flats and transplanted into other flats as 

 soon as they are large enough to handle, making use of a light soil 

 with a liberal admixture of sand. 



Even those who do not want the bother of growing on Cin- 

 cinnati Begonias, those ideal Christmas specimens, from cuttings, 

 can now obtain well established plants out of 3^s or 4s, and will 

 have but little trouble in growing them on further in a 55-deg. house. 



POTTED PLANTS, BULBS AND OTHER STOCK 



Keep shifting the Cinerarias, the Primulas, the Cherries, and 

 Begonias; most all of them do nicely in a cool, airy house. If short, 

 stock up now with smal specimens. All of these plants are more 

 easily handled than was possible earlier in the season. Pot up more 

 seedling ferns for dishes and a good stock of Asparagus plumosus. 

 You will want them next Christmas. It is a good month to stock 

 up with palms and other decorative stock. 



The first Paperwhites are arriving. Plant a few in flats and place 

 in a frame outdoors. Plant more Freesias. Roman Hyacinths and 

 Grand Soleil d'Or Narcissi are indispensable for the Midwinter 

 holidays. There is nothing finer for dishes and baskets. Order a 

 few French-grown Trumpet Major Narcissi for early forcing. In 

 early September is a good time to start Callas into growth again. 



Start to root Geranium cuttings. Get the roofs in shape. 

 Have you painted the gutters? Is the boiler in good order? 



With each day, from now on, you will become more busy. Do 

 what you can each day to catch up, there is hardly ever any chance 

 to get ahead of your work. If there is a chance, arrange for a good 

 supply of potting soil for next Winter and Spring. Transplant all 

 your perennial seedlings into their Winter quarters. There is no 

 better time than right now to divide Peonies and Iris, and, in fact, 

 almost anything in herbaceous stock that needs dividing. If this 

 is done now and the stock replanted, it will have a chance to become 

 re-established before Winter sets in. 



If you are going to plant more Peonies in such varieties as you 

 are short of, do so now. Transplant all of your Pansies where they 

 are to remain until in flower next Spring. Always select a few of 

 the strongest, and plant them by themselves in a frame where you 

 can get hold of them later on when wanted for benching. The same 

 holds good with Forget-me-nots and Bellis. 



