A CALENDAR 



AUGUST 6 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Look to the Caladiums, Crotons. 

 Dracoena, and such like plants of ornamental foUcige, and do what 

 is necessary to keep them in good condition. Caladiums should now 

 have but little water and be gradually dried off. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Look to the standard fruit trees — 

 Apples, Pears, etc. — and thin out where the fruit is crowded. A 

 rough-and-ready method is to shake the trees, by which means the 

 blighted and useless fruit is brought down. 



Flower Garden. — Look to the young Asters and lift from the 

 borders those which are intended for indoor plants. Pot them with 

 care and with the least possible disturbance to the roots. 



AUGUST 7 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Continue to give attention to the plants 

 which remain in the greenhouse, such as the Arum Lihes. the Aspar- 

 agus Fern, the Bouvardia, the Balsams, the various Heaths and 

 Cacti, etc., etc. 



VegetcAle and Fruit Garden. — Continue to give attention to the 

 standard fruit trees and give suitable support to any boughs which 

 are heavily laden with fruit. 



Flower Garden. — ^Look to the Dianthus (Pink) seedlings and trans- 

 fer those which are sufficiently grown to their flowering quarters. 

 They will do best in a porous soil and a sunny situation. 



AUGUST 8 



Greenhouse and Frames. — ^Look to the Gloxinias and refrain from 

 watering those which are ceasing to bloom. The Achimenes should 

 be treated in the same way. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — ^Make a sowing of Prickly Spinach, 

 in the bed prepared for it last month, as a provision for the early 

 spring. 



Flower Garden. — Plant out the young Pansies which have been 

 made from cuttings or raised from seed, or at least such of them as 

 are sturdy enough, taking care to have a ball of earth to each plant 

 and to leave the other plants undisturbed. 



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