Round the Year in the Garden 



rose-coloured blooms, an ideal little plant for a shady, 

 peaty corner ; denticulata and its variety cashmiriana, 

 two strong-growing easy sorts having rounded heads 

 of lilac-coloured flowers, and cortusoides, with pretty 

 leaves and bunches of rosy blossom. Primula capitata, 

 mauve, and cockburniana, orange red, are two especi- 

 ally attractive sorts ; they are not usually long lived, 

 and therefore best treated as biennials and raised from 

 seed each year. 



Lawns soon become thin and patchy if they are 

 not nourished occasionally. The present is an excellent 

 time to apply a light dressing of decayed manure, 

 leaving it on the surface until March. The finer 

 particles will have been washed into the ground by 

 then, and the rougher portion may be raked off. Fail- 

 ing the yard manure, a dressing of bonemeal or wood 

 ashes may be given. Bare patches can only be satis- 

 factorily dealt with by forking up the ground in those 

 places, sowing seed and covering it with sifted soil. 

 It is too early to sow seed, but a dressing of manure 

 will assist considerably in providing a satisfactory 

 " bed " for the grass seeds. 



The replanting and rearrangement of flower borders 

 may be carried out at this season, except during frost. 

 Such plants as Michaelmas Daisy, Perennial Sunflower, 

 Phlox, Helenium, and other vigorous kinds, should be 

 taken up, divided and replanted, only the outer portions 

 of large clumps being used again ; the inner portions 

 are invariably weak and useless, and should be thrown 

 away. 



Seeds to Order. Seeds of so many lovely flowers 

 are now obtainable, and their raising is in most cases 

 so simple, that there is scarcely any excuse for failure 

 to have a brilliant show of summer bloom. It may 

 be helpful to readers with gardens of moderate size if 

 I mention the chief seeds I have selected to sow for 

 summer blossom. Among hardy annuals I would not 



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