THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1914 



Late 

 Crops 



From the middle to the latter part of this month is a good time 

 to make a couple of big sowings of lettuce for fall use. Fall lettuce 

 does finely, and you can figure that from sowings made the latter 

 part of this month, you can have lettuce until Thanksgiving. A 

 little covering is of course necessary, later on. 



PHIS is the last chance to set out late cauliflower and cabbage 

 and don't forget the importance of a good start, so water 

 liberally if dry weather prevails at the planting period. It is 

 not too late to produce good celery from plants set out at this time, 

 but they must be properly looked after, never allowed 

 to suffer for want of water, and an occasional dose of 

 nitrate of soda will hurry them along. You cannot get 

 size from celery plants set out now, but you can get just as good 

 quality as can be produced. 



Early celery should be now ready for use and should be blanched 

 for table use. There are a number of methods, a four-inch tile 

 pipe is often used but sometimes causes "dampening"; wrapping 

 with paper is also too close for this reason. The best method for 

 blanching summer celery in small quantities is by boards, using 

 two large boards, one on each side of the row and two boards for 

 the top placed so they converge to form a roof over the trench. 



TV/TUSKMELONS should be ripe now, don't neglect to save your 



seed supply for next season from the first few melons to 



ripen, providing of course, they are of tip top quality. When 



Maturing picking your melons be careful not to trample the 



c vines. Pick off and burn any diseased leaves, and 



any vines that die should be pulled up and destroyed. 



Put onions in a dry place for keeping. Before storing away the 

 necks should be twisted off; the larger onions that are intended 

 for exhibition purpose should have the necks tied. 



Select a few of your very best tomatoes to save seed from for 

 next season's crop; this is very little trouble and insures at least 

 as good as you have, if not better. 



Don't fail to keep the runners lifted on the sweet potato plants, 

 after this month you can let them grow unmolested. 



When picking corn don't strip the ear to find out when the ear 

 is full, try to accustom yourself to the feel of the ear when ready; 

 you will soon learn, and an ear of corn is never as good after it has 

 been stripped. 



"^"OW is the time to sow sweet peas indoors if you want your 



flowers ready for the holidays. Give them good rich earth 



— it positively cannot be too rich for sweet peas; and be sure you 



procure good seeds, 

 of the 

 winter 

 flower- 

 ing type. That is 

 most important. 

 Poor seeds are dear, 

 even as a gift. 



Carnations can now 

 be benched and the 

 house can be slightly 

 shaded for a few days 

 until the plants have 

 started root action. 



If you have not 

 already sown your 

 calceolaria and ciner- 

 arias as told in last 

 month's Garden 

 Magazine, you had 

 better sow them at 

 once. 



Bedding 

 Plants 



In the 

 Greenhouse 



Cut out the old raspberry 

 canes now 



TT IS now time that all cuttings of bedding stock, such as ger- 

 anium, coleus, achyranthus, ageratum, etc., be taken and 

 rooted. Be sure you have enough stock plants to carry you over 

 the winter; don't run short for the sake of a few extra cuttings. 

 Palms and other exotics that have been spending the summer 



out-of-doors should now be brought in as the cool nights are 

 apt to make them lose their color. 



Sow mignonette for forcing indoors, taking care to 

 keep the plant cool and using a very rich heavy soil. 

 Stocks and schizanthus to be grown on in pots tor in- 

 door bloom can be sown this month. 



Pansies intended for winter flowering in the frames should be 

 sown early this month. 



Gloxinia, achimenes, fancy leaved calad- 

 ium and all other summer flowering green- 

 house bulbous plants should now be gradu- 

 ally dried off until by late 

 fall they can be laid on 

 their side for absolute rest. 

 Pot plants such as prim- 

 ulas, cyclamen, etc., which 

 have been carried through 

 the summer in a coldframe 

 should be brought inside the 

 latter part of this month. 



Late cabbage and 

 cauliflower is ready 

 to transplant now 



Chrysan- 

 themums 



HPHIS is a very important 

 month with the chrysan- 

 themums, as it is "bud taking" time and much of one's success de- 

 pends upon selecting the right bud; and getting it at the right 

 time is equally important. The second crown bud of a chrysan- 

 themum when produced from the middle of August 

 to September ist, gives the best exhibition flowers, 

 but the terminal bud is the surest and can always 

 be depended upon to produce a good flower, this bud comes later 

 than the crown bud and can be told by the cluster of smaller buds 

 around it. It is the safest bud for the amateur to take, but will 

 not produce the big flowers which are seen at the November 

 shows. 



npHE English frame cucumbers for forcing should be started 



now. This type of cucumber is quite different from the 



garden type, and is ever so much better in quality. A liberal 



supply of leafmold is necessary to grow this plant well, using it 



v . mixed in equal parts with good turfy loam with 



v , | a sprinkling of sand to keep it open. 



Artichoke sown now and wintered in a cold- 

 frame will not only produce fruit next season but will produce 

 heads of wonderful quality and in good quantities. 



Tomatoes for forcing should be started right away. Don't use 

 the common garden type, but rather get one of the forcing types 

 which will yield better results. 



If you are fond of greens for winter use, a half bench of New 

 Zealand spinach will be very satisfactory, this plant is a wonder- 

 ful producer and is a really fine vegetable when properly served. 



Parsley for winter use should have some attention, prepare a 

 place in the frames which are heated or where heavy frost can be 

 excluded and plant some roots lifted from the garden, remove the 

 tops to help them get established. 



Water cress sown at this time and wintered in a coldframe will 

 produce all winter, cover the soil with sand and water several 

 times a day, after the plants begin to grow. 



Start gathering droppings now for a mushroom bed, it is still a 

 little early for spawning but it takes some time to get the droppings 

 all gathered. 



Cauliflower is one of the most delicious of vegetables when 

 produced in a greenhouse, very different from the cauliflower 

 grown out-of-doors. Start sowing now and sow every three or 

 four weeks through the winter for successional crops. 



HpHIS is a good time to look over your trees and shrubs of all 



A kinds and remove any dead wood, it is very easy to see dead 



. _ wood when the foliage is still on the plants. The 



irees earl y fruit ghould be ripe j n tne orcnar d and care 



should be used that none go to waste. 



Raspberries and blackberries should have a good cleaning out, 

 cut out all the old cane which have produced fruit and tie the 

 young vigorous canes in place. Green grapes and crab apples 



