THINGS TO BE DONE IN AUGUST 59 



Sweet Alyssums along the Carnation bench. Grow on a few Mrs. 

 F. Sanders Marguerites in pots for Winter flowering, to be planted 

 on a bench or solid bed next month. 



The buds of the early Chrysanthemums may be selected this 

 month; do not neglect to pinch the outdoor ones back, but not 

 later than the early part of August, so as to obtain fair-sized stems 

 on the flowers to be cut later. Keep on sowing Gypsophila, you will 

 need the flowers right along. Order now what you may be short of 

 in pots ; you will most likely need quite a few of the larger sizes next 

 month. 



For Midwinter flowering sow a good strain of Calendula now. 

 This can just as well be done outdoors in a coldframe, and the 

 seedlings potted up into 23^s later on. 



Sow your first batch of Lupines to be benched later on to foUow 

 the 'Mums. If you have a good strain of Snapdragons in the field, 

 why not root a good batch of cuttings and pot them up later ? You 

 may have occasion to use them this Fall. Make another sowing of 

 Cinerarias and Calceolarias, also of Primula malacoides for late 

 Spring flowering. 



This is a good month to root Alternantheras. You can root 

 them in shallow flats by the end of the month, making use of a sandy 

 sofl mixture. Give them plenty of space so you can let them re- 

 main in these flats over Winter when rooted. They will be prac- 

 tically at a standstill during cold weather. Also root some Coleus; 

 these, if grown on and kept shifted, will make fine stock plants to 

 propagate from during next Winter and Spring. If you use the 

 variegated Glechoma for boxes and baskets in Spring, cut some of 

 the stems now into 4-in. long pieces, put three or four together and 

 pot up into 3i^s. They will root in a few days and can remain in 

 these pots in a coldframe until wanted next March, when they 

 can be divided, repotted and grown on in a Carnation house. Sow 

 Mignonette seed now in 23^-in. pots for December flowering. If 

 you want to grow on candid um Lilies this is the time to plant them, 

 either outdoors or in pots. Begin to take cuttings of Geraniums 

 from plants in the field. They can be rooted in a coldframe and, if 

 given plenty of room, can remain there up to November. 



SEPTEMBER 



In the 'Mum and Carnation Houses 



TYING up, cultivating, disbudding, watering and keeping the 

 plants free from insects — all these tasks keep us busy this 

 month among the Chrysanthemums. 



Whatever you do, see to it that the stock is kept clean. The 

 plants, especiaUy the midseason and late varieties, are making their 

 best growth now. If there is room, apply a mulch of three parts 



