July, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



287 



Planting a Group of Begonias 



with earth. After three 

 weeks they take root. They 

 should be taken in before the 

 frost and placed either in 

 greenhouses or in a cellar, 

 where there is sunshine. It 

 is necessary in the spring to 

 repot the geraniums. The 

 tender branches are cut off 

 and the strong ones are 

 shortened so as to round the 

 top. Roses grow very well 

 in good soil, freshly plowed 

 and manured every year. If 

 they are of a naturally 

 strong stock they are propa- 

 gated by shoots, which take 

 root very easily, but the gar- 

 dener depends especially on 

 the grafting or on the buds 

 to obtain roses, and by pref- 

 erence they work on the dog- 

 rose tree with its high stem. 



As soon as a second leaf ap- 

 pears it is transplanted, 

 and only one shoot is left 

 on the plant. The dahlias 

 bunched together look like a 

 bush which is completely 

 covered with foliage. The 

 blossoms last till the ice. 



In June groups of be- 

 gonias are formed. The 

 buds of the carnations and 

 lilies are cared for. The 

 fuchsias and calceolarias in 

 their temporary planting are 

 watered. The withered 

 stalks of the geranium are re- 

 moved. The flowers of this 

 plant last the entire summer. 

 Geraniums increase by the 

 slips taken from the plant. 

 This is done from July to 

 September. The slips are 

 placed in small pots filled 



Picking Early Peas 



Tying Up the Grapes in Sacks 



The rose bush of Bengal, 

 which grows on garden 

 walls and fences, lives very 

 long. Brambles are used to 

 cover arbors. The roses are 

 arranged according to color 

 and graftings, so that in 

 June, July, and August there 

 may be beautiful flowers. 



The roses are replaced at 

 the end of the summer by 

 Marguerites and balsams. 

 Plants are repotted and the 

 vegetables prepared for the 

 greenhouses. 



Thus the whole work is 

 completed and a constant 

 succession of beautiful bloom- 

 ing supplied throughout the 

 season. 



