170 FLOWEES A^D THE PLOWEB GAEDE^^ 



their heads and want little more. This answers, too, on 

 large beds, as a few strokes of an engine scatter water 

 enough far and near, and the moisture which falls on 

 the ground rises again in refreshing mist. 



As the flowers planted out begin to grow freely, if 

 you wish to cover a surface attend regularly to pegging 

 down, while the young shoots are yet pliant and tender. 

 But in the old English flower garden, where flowers of 

 all colours and all heights cover the beds and borders 

 in gay variety, the kind of garden in which I most 

 delight, so fit for the culture of stable, good perennials, 

 choice roses, fine shrubs and trees, and all the lasting 

 things that make our garden like our older and most 

 valued friends, always the same in solid goodness 

 though varying in surface from year to year, pegging 

 down also comes most convenient in giving us good 

 masses of one colour or one flower wherever we most 

 want it. 



As the rampant growth of summer begins, keeping 

 order among flowers and weeds will want constant 

 watchfulness and give pretty constant work. Box-edgings 

 should be clipped in showery weather. 



All the tender annuals may be planted out this month, 

 and plenty of Cupheas and other plants which will 

 come out nice and showy in the autumn. 



Su:M:d:AKY. — Finish the planting out, making up a 

 reserve for filling up the place of any that may fail. 

 Where practicable^ remove bulbs, &c., to make more 

 room. In clearing off stocks of plants, reserve some in 

 pots, in case of needing them. Where convenient, nip 

 off flower buds to make plants grow large. Study the 

 best way of giving water and manm-e water. Mulching. 

 Dig and stir the earth in waim weather. Attend to 

 Cineraries, and all other choice flowers. W^ater young 

 Conifers abundantly. Attend to Eose trees. Syringe 

 leafy plants when they are planted out. Peg down, and 

 attend to neatness in growth and weed constantly. 

 Plant out tender annuals and plenty of plants to be 

 showy in autumn. 



