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Trees, Fruits and Lawns. — Gut out the oldest canes of 

 blackberries and raspberries. Some gardeners even cut away 

 all the canes of blackberries after picking is over. 



Cultivate the bush fruits now. This helps the next year's 

 crop. 



Start a new strt.wberry bed in August if the season is 

 moist (Pig. 128). Do not expect the old bed to last more 

 than two years. The young bed should be coming on as the 

 old bed goes. Set plants you have raised in the garden, or 



Fig. 127. — ^Preparing the garden for a second crop. Each student has a sec- 

 tion of a long row. Normal School, Providence, R. I. (Photo from Children's 

 Flower Mission, Cleveland.) 



buy them from seedsmen or florists. Early spring planting is 

 preferable, but, if the season is moist, August planting is 

 very successful. 



Strawberries which are to be grown in-doors, or in hotbeds, 

 may be potted in August and later transplanted to five- or 

 six-inch pots. Keep them well watered with liquid manure. 



If a privet hedge is growing about the grounds, August 

 is a good time to prune it. Other ornamental shruhs should 

 be kept in good form by heading back the long shoots and 

 branches. 



