GARDENING BY M YSELF. 1 29 



Leaving for the present some varieties of 

 the work which are better suited to the cool 

 autumn months than to this dry heat, let 

 me tell you first what can be done now. 

 Layers can be made among your roses any 

 time from the middle of June, till the Sep- 

 tember frosts set in. The shoots should be 

 new wood, not more than a month old. 



liATEB, SHOWING CUT, PEG, WEDGE, ETC. 



Make your cut in the midst of the green, 

 fresh leaves ; first down half through the 

 shoot, and then along, splitting it lengthwise 



