GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



are still sufficiently active to take a good hold of the 

 soil before the early frosts. 



August is a pleasing month to the garden builder. 

 The spring days of haste are over, the garden has 

 shown most of its bloom, and the real work of the 

 autumn has not begun. It is a time of pause and com- 

 parative rest, although early in the month the seeds 

 of nearly all perennials, if desired, can be sown in 

 the seed bed. It seems truly as if the planting done in 

 August were so much time gained on the autumn and 

 on the following spring. 



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