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A SIMPLE FLOWER GARDEN 



CHAPTER IV. 



JULY. 

 TRAINING. 



With the warm weather of this month comes the lighter 

 work of training and guiding the now luxuriant plants. 

 In this, the habit or manner of growth must be considered. 

 Vines, like the climbing roses, murandia, and nasturtium, 

 must have suitable trellises to which they may cling or be 

 fastened. The grower's taste must be the guide in the 

 matter of style and position of the trellis. The only point 

 to be observed is, that the trellis shall not shade any other 

 plant. Sometimes vines are allowed to sweep over the 

 ground in seeming freedom. The efiect is very pretty, if 

 care is taken not to let the vine invade other plants. Plants 

 like the carnation,^ that need the support of a stake, to 

 which they are tied, must now receive attention. A com- 

 mon lath, sawn in two, will make a cheap stake. The 

 plants must not be fastened tightly, but have room to 

 expand as they grow. Plants that creep over the ground, 

 like the verbena, are greatly improved by being pegged 

 down. This is nothing more than using old hair-pins, or 

 twigs from a tree, so cut that one end can grasp the stem 



