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A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN. 



CHAPTER V. 



AUGUST. 



The work in the garden for this month consists of a 

 repetition of the work for July, with the addition of some 

 slight preparations for the future. A part of the plants 

 will run out, and 



SOmNG FOR A SUCCESSION 



will be in order. Sowing for the garden comes first. It 

 will be found, about this time, that many of the annuals 

 planted in April and May have become exhausted. To 

 keep up a supply, and have flowers during the entire 

 summer, it will be necessary to replant many of the annu- 

 als. As seed-planting has already been spoken of, it need 

 not be repeated now. 



SOmNG FOE WINTER USE 



is done in August. By this is meant the sowing of cer- 

 tain kinds of seeds (in pots or boxes) that will be event- 

 ually removed to the house, and there allowed to bloom 

 during the winter months. The following kinds are found 

 to be useful : — 



