A CALENDAR, 



JULY 31 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Make cuttings of your best Violas, 

 choosing those shoots which are fibrous and not flowering, and place 

 them in the appointed frame. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Continue, and if possible domplete, 

 the work of weeding, clearing and preparing the ground for new 

 crops. 



Flower Garden. — Complete the layering of the Carnations, a 

 beginning of which work was prescribed earlier in the month. 



AUGUST I 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Compared with the abundance of 

 flowers in the open garden the contents of the greenhouse is now 

 scanty, presenting a convenient opportunity for giving special at- 

 tention to the climbers and other plants which are permanent in 

 the house. Begin to-day by making a general examination of what 

 such plants require in training, pruning, etc. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Look to the Tomatoes and let those 

 plants which are fuU of fruit be watered freely with liquid manure. 



Flower Garden. — Begin the month by looking through the 

 annuals and clearing away those which have flowered. 



AUGUST 2 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Let to-day's work be the pruning of 

 the climbers, cutting back the strong growers to proper limits and 

 removing the shoots which have done blooming with a view to in- 

 ducing second flowering where that is probable. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — If yesterday's survey of the Tomato 

 plants showed some which were dwindling and fading, do not hesi- 

 tate to remove them. They axe probably diseased and should be 

 puUed up and burnt at once. 



Flower Garden. — Continue the work of clearing away plants 

 which have done flowering, not forgetting the bulbs where the foliage 

 is withered. 



AUGUST 3 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Continue, and if possible complete, 

 yesterday's work on the climbers, bearing in mind the advantage 



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