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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1906 



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Nearly all plants will send up new ones, for 

 which a really fine crop of flowers will be 

 borne, next month, if this is done. You will 

 find these rudimentary stalks near the base of 

 each plant, as a general thing, waiting, ap- 

 parently, for some encouragement to make 

 something of themselves. If the plants are al- 

 lowed to develop and perfect seed, these sec- 

 ond-crop stalks will not be likely to amount 

 to much, but as soon as the older stalks are 

 cut away, and the process of seed-bearing is in- 

 terfered with, they will at once spring into 

 activity, and make very pleasing autumn- 

 bloomers of the old plants. These short stalks 

 will be found excellent for cutting. For use 

 in tall vases, the hollyhock is one of our best 

 large flowers. Its stately habit and rich col- 

 oring makes it extremely effective for room 

 decoration, or for church use. 



The gladiolus is another very useful plant 

 for decorative use. If its stalks are cut full 

 length, when their first flowers begin to ex- 

 pand, and the water in which they are placed 

 is changed daily, nearly every bud in the spike 

 will develop. 



Tea roses will not do their best this month, 

 in the open ground, unless well mulched, if 

 the weather is hot and dry. Grass-clippings 

 from the lawn should be spread among them, 

 two or three inches deep. These will break 

 the force of the sun's rays, and prevent too 

 rapid evaporation of moisture from the soil. 

 A little water used in connection with such a 

 mulching, will do a great deal of good, but 

 without the mulching, it would be of small 

 benefit; cut back these plants well, and apply 

 some good fertilizer, and thus bring them into 

 condition to do effective work later in the sea- 

 son when cool weather comes. These roses are 

 ideal fall bloomers. 



Look to the asters, from time to time, to 

 make sure that their worst enemy, the black 

 beetle, is not troubling them. If he is there, 

 make use of the ivory soap infusion heretofore 

 made mention of, and use it persistently, until 

 the enemy is routed. It may be well to use 

 some of it on the chrysanthemums, for this 

 beetle is often found working on these plants. 



If you find that some of your plants look as 

 if struck with rust, the proper thing to do is 

 to cut away the affected portions at once, and 

 burn it. For what we call "rust" is a fungus 

 growth which, left to itself, will soon spread 

 to other plants, and eventually work sad havoc 

 in the garden. Hollyhocks are almost sure to 

 be attacked by it. Asparagus is often ruined 

 by it. Asters frequently suffer from it. The 

 remedy is Bordeaux mixture, sprayed all over 

 the plants. Use it promptly, and liberally. 

 You can doubtless obtain this fungicide of lo- 

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 buy it of seedmen and florists, who have two 

 preparations of it for sale — one a paste, the 

 other a powder. These are prepared for use 

 by being mixed with water, and will be found 

 very satisfactory. 



Among our best full-flowering shrubs is 

 hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. I place it 

 near the head of the list for several reasons: 

 It is as hardy as it is possible for a plant to be. 

 It blooms with wonderful profusion. And it 

 blooms late in the season when most other 

 shrubs have gone into retirement. Indeed, it 

 holds to its flowers until cold weather comes. 

 They have lost their ivory whiteness by that 

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 means. I am always sorry when I see this 

 plant grown singly, because it is only able to 

 hint at what it can do, when grown in that 

 way. Group it — grow it in clumps of four, 

 five, or a dozen — and you discover that it 

 has decorative possibilities you never dreamed 

 of before. It is excellent for background- 



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