A YEAR'S GARDENING 



JULY 14 



Greenhouse and Frames. — If the Calceolaria seedlings recently 

 potted up have proved deficient in quantity or quality, lose no time 

 in regrets — make another sowing to-day. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Continue your work on the Straw- 

 berry plants, potting up some of the rooted runners and storing 

 them in a frame preparatory for forcing later on. 



Flower Garden. — Continue the work of sowing hardy ann nalp 

 and to-day make a sowing of Sweet Alyssum. 



JULY 15 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Sow Mignonette seed for winter 

 flowering. A good compost for the purpose may be made of rich 

 loam, leaf mould and sand; fill a few small pots with this, dropping 

 some half-dozen seeds into each pot, and keep them moist and 

 shaded. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Make to-day a sowing of Endive 

 for winter use, and another sowing at the end of the month would 

 be advisable. 



Flower Garden. — Make a sowing of Mignonette, bearing in mind 

 that the bed should be very firm — ^indeed the soil ^ould be trodden 

 down. 



JULY 16 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Sow in pots or pans some seed of the 

 perennial Lobelia, as a provision for bedding out next year. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Lift the Garlic and Shallots, unless 

 the weather be unsuitable, and if necessary store under ^dter for 

 ripening. 



Flower Garden. — ^Make a sowing to-day of various sorts of 

 Candjrtuft. There are many colours — ^white, purple, crimson, 

 carmine, etc. — and several he^^ts in growth. 



JULY 17 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Make a sowing of tuberous Begonia 

 seed, so as to give the seedlings an opportunity of becoming strong 

 before winter and ready to flower in the spring. 



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