A YEAR'S GARDENING 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden.— 'Look, to the young Endive plants 

 and plant out those that are large enough. Make a final sowing, if 

 desirable. 



Flower Garden. — Continue the sowing of annuals — Collinsia, 

 for instance (the large-flowered white and the deep lilac), and the 

 bright yellow Coreopsis. 



AUGUST i6 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Bulbs which are intended for early pot- 

 flowering should be planted about this time. Make a smaU selection 

 to-day, pot them and place them in a cold frame, covering them 

 with ashes or cocoa-nut fibrfe until well rooted. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Make a final sowing of Onion seed, 

 first sprinkling the ground with a mixture of soot and salt — an 

 exceUent fertilizer and preventive of disease in the crop. 



Flower Garden. — Continue the sowing of annuals, such as the 

 Arkansas Erysimum (the Wallflower of the West) and the well- 

 known Eschscholtzia, of which there are mEiny beautiful strains. 



AUGUST 17 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Annuals for winter and spring flowering 

 may be easily raised in a cold frame at this season from seed sown 

 in pots. Make a sowing to-day of, say. Mignonette and Nemophila. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Make a sowing of Cauliflower seed. 

 The young plants will require some protection during the winter. 



Flower Garden. — Continue the sowing of annuals. A selection 

 of Godetias should certainly be included. There are many named 

 strains and the double-flowered varieties are very handsome. 



AUGUST 18 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Continue the work begun yesterday 

 by making a sowing of other annuals for early flowering, in accord- 

 ance with the space at disposal in the cold frame. There is a large 

 variety to select from. Try Calvary Clover and Calendula. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Look to the Runner Beans and nip 

 off the tops of those which are running too vigorously, thus assisting 

 them to set. 



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