A CALENDAR 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — Look to the Brussels Sprouts, 

 Broccoli and the Winter Greens and earth them up, unless the weather 

 be very dry. 



Flower Garden. — Complete the August sowing of annuals, bear- 

 ing in mind that those mentioned are merely suggestive; there are 

 many other beautiful annuals very useful as a succession to spring 

 flowers. 



AUGUST 26 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Continue the work of making cuttings 

 for storing in a cold frame. To-day make cuttings from, say. 

 Pelargoniums and Fuchsias, choosing firm and sound shoots for the 

 operation. 



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

 Winter Greens and go over the ground with the hoe to dear it of all 

 weeds. Take up by hand any groundsel or sow-thistle in flower 

 and burn them at once, without scattering the seed. 



Flower Garden. — Look to the seedling Wallflowers and transplant 

 them some 4 or 5 inches apart so as to give them opportunity 

 of bushy growth. Plant them firmly in the earth. 



AUGUST 27 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Continue and complete the work of 

 making cuttings for a cold frame. Marguerites, Pentstemons, 

 Ageratums, etc., may be thus propagated. 



Vegetable and Fruit Garden. — See to the Raspberry canes and 

 cut down those which have borne fruit. 



Flower Garden. — Plant some of the early-flowering bulbs, such 

 as Snowflake (Leucojum) and Snowdrops. 



AUGUST 28 



Greenhouse and Frames. — Make a small sowing in a cold frame 

 of Hardy White Cos and Hardy Green Cabbage Lettuce seed) so 

 that the seedlings may shortly be ready to be transplanted to the 

 open ground and stand the winter. 



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