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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 191! 



Mid-summer Work 



THESE pictures all say that it is possible 

 to have a garden in fine shape during 

 the trying month of August. For this is 

 the time when gardens often begin to look 

 a bit tired and used up. Just these facts 

 mean renewed zeal. 



Now is the time to add to the garden 

 biennials and perennials for next year's 

 pleasure. Start a new pansy bed. This 

 will be one of next year's profits; for 

 seeds planted now will bear . blossoms 

 next year. As the young pansy plants 

 develop, do not fear because of coming 

 frosts. This new pansy bed, lightly cov- 

 ered with a mulch of leaves, will suffer no 

 harm. Start a new sweet William bed 

 also, and next season have flowering plants 

 from the seed sown now. 



Make wooden stakes for the tall growing 

 plants. The tomato plants, gladiolus and 

 dahlias will also need staking. Pinch off 

 any blossoms on the tomato plants, for all 

 the energy should go to the fruit already 

 formed and not to making new fruit. Try 

 to expose the green tomatoes to the direct 

 rays of the sun. Do this by picking off 

 leaves and thus laying bare the fruit. 



Did you boys and girls know that if 

 you want some bulbs blossoming in the 

 house by December now is time to do the 

 potting? Pot some bulbs of freesias and 

 white Roman hyacinths. Bury them in 

 the ground or put the pots away in a 

 dark, cool cellar. 



Remember to get contest material ready. 



A wood-yard transformed by a flower garden 



Cood pictures, complete records, and a 

 full story of your work, are the things we 

 wish for from you. 



Be sure your entire garden looks neat 

 and orderly. 



Begin to reckon up the results of your 

 work. 



.Howard's vegetable garden cost 70 cents and supplied seven people 



In this community garden Howard and other children receive garden lessons 



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Roger's garden has 130 varieties of flowers, while Mabel can boast of 100 varieties 



