The Garden Magazine 



LET the watchword this 

 month be constant culti- 

 vation. After every rain 

 cultivate the soil just as 

 soon as it can be worked, so as to 

 preserve as much moisture as pos- 

 sible; then work the soil often to 

 prevent evaporation, and you may 

 not have to resort to artificial 

 watering. 



THE MONTH'S 

 REMINDER. 



COMPILED WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE HOME GARDEN, FROM 

 THE TEN YEARS' DIARIES OF A PRACTICAL EXPERT GARDENER 



For reckoning dates, the latitude of New York City is generally taken as a 

 standard. In applying the directions to other localities, allow six 

 days' difference for every hundred miles of latitude 



lings which can be transplanted 

 to the coldframe now, or can 

 be left where they are to flower 

 the following season. 



Tall perennials look very un- 

 sightly when blown down by heavy 

 winds; a few stakes driven into 

 the ground, with strings run from 

 one stake to another will be found 

 sufficient support. 



[F THE weather is very dry it will not be necessary to cut the 

 grass so often. Also in dry weather raise the blade of the 

 lawn mower so that it does not cut quite' so close. 



How about starting some mushrooms in the cellar? This is 

 a good time to start gathering the droppings. 



This is caterpiller time. Do not let the pests get 

 ahead of you. The best way always is to get them 

 before they hatch. Cut off the end of the branch holding the 

 nest and burn it, or if the nest is in the tree it can 

 be burned without injuring the wood. 



R< 



Among 

 the Roses 



OSES will be wonderfully improved by the 

 application of a good soaking of liquid manure. 

 This will surely increase the size of stem and the 

 quality of the bloom. 



Try to use a little care in cutting your 

 roses. Remember that they are not like 

 pansies which, the more you pick the 

 more they are sure to grow. There must be 

 enough wood left to "carry" the plants. Pinch 

 off a rose here and there and let the wood remain 

 for future flowering. Cut the dead flowering 

 shoots from the roses just as soon as they are 

 through flowering. 



/^UT down the achillea immediately it is through 

 ^ flowering, so as to have a second crop later on. 

 Go over the columbines when 



Hand picking is 



the only remedy (Jo over the columbines when in 

 for the rose bee- flower and tag any really good ones so 

 as to know which plants are the best 

 when you want to shift or split them. Keep the 

 Shasta daisies cut; a little liquid feeding will keep 

 the plants in flower all season. 



Coreopsis must be kept cut close; don't let any 



p . . seed pods form or the plant will stop flow- 



R , ering. Like the Shasta daisy, a little liquid 



manure given occasionally will help this to 



flower continuously. 



Remove all dead flowers from the peonies; if 

 they are planted in beds, the ground can be cov- 

 ered with some very dwarf plant such as the pansy, 

 myosotis, or California poppy. Foxgloves are 

 biennials but reseed themselves; look under the 

 plants and you will see myriads of young seed- 



The Flower 

 Garden 



"D EDDING out of tender plants should be completed by this time. 

 Do not neglect to stake the dahlias until they have 

 sprawled all over the ground; it must be done, and the sooner 

 the better. 



If the weather is dry do not neglect to water the 

 sweet peas, and give enough water so that the soil 

 is wet to the bottom of the trenches. Then apply a 

 good mulch of lawn clippings or anything that is loose and porov: 

 Sweet peas do not exactly like artificial watering, but 

 they won't grow at all during very dry weather 

 unless they are artificially watered. Keep the 

 blossoms picked clean. If you neglect this, a 

 few flowers will form seed pods which will quickly 

 stop the plants from flowering. A good plan is 

 to cut every morning. 



If you want good iris they must be kept well 

 watered too; that is, if they are not planted where 

 plenty of moisture is available. After the iris has 

 bloomed is the time to propagate by cutting off the 

 growing tip of the rhizome and planting at once. 



HpHERE is still time to start a flower garden 



and have a good one. 



Second sowings of arctotis, asters, calliopsis, 



candytuft, clarkia, African daisy, larkspur, lupine, 



centaurea, Centaur ea Americana, mignonette, 



nigella, pansy, salpiglossis, cosmos, and gypsophila, 



can be made now. 



Other annuals that can be planted now, flowers and ve s- 

 and which will flower continuously, etables 

 are calendula, celosia, California poppy, globe amar- 

 anth, annual gaillardia, annual sunflower, straw 

 flower, heliotrope, lavatera, marigold, 

 nicotiana, nasturtium, petunia, phlox, 

 poppy, scabiosa, verbena, and zinnia. 



Cultivation carried to the extreme iu far preferable 

 to artificial watering in the flower garden. Plants of 

 this kind don't do well when watered, and although it 

 is necessary as a last resort, frequent cultivation will 

 reduce it to the minimum. 



Spraying is a 

 constant duty 

 this month for 



Flower Seeds 

 to Sow 



Irises and other peren 

 nials can be 

 cuttings late 



K 



EEP right on sowing corn and under no circum- 

 stances neglect to cultivate. Corn will thrive 

 in the month only in well worked soil. Keep the leeks hilled up as 



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