THE GARDENER'S CALENDAR 



July (continueu 



Pinch back rank growing things, thus keeping them to a good 

 bushy foriia. 



Re-work the garden after harvesting early vegetables and sow 

 new crops. 



Vegetables sown now supply the table in October; do not neglect 

 this. 



Start perennials outdoors as directed in Chapter XVII, for next 

 year's flowering. 



Keep up the tillage of everything ; tie things up as fast as they grow. 

 Spraying operations go on still; keep track of them by the table. 

 Remove suckers from all trees; they are devitalizing. 

 Use fertihzers as you see the need for them. 



Destroy, by burning, anything that seems hopelessly sick or 

 infested with scale or borers. 



AUGUST 

 Seeds to be Sown 



Bush Beans Tuberous Chervil Corn Salad Cucumber 



Endive Lettuce Welsh Onion Early Peas 



Radish (winter) Spinach Turnip 



Order evergreens for delivery the middle of the month. 



Sow perennials if this was not done in July; the coldframe is a 



good place for them. 

 Keep everything mulched with lawn clippings around its roots to 



conserve moisture. 



There is stiU spraying to be done for the codUng moth ; watch out. 

 Roses need care every week of every month. 



Mow the lawn regularly even if it is dry; do not let it get weedy. 



SEPTEMBER 

 Seeds to be Sown 



Cabbage for coldframe Cauliflower for coldframe 



Tuberous Chervil Corn Salad 



Cress Siberian Kale 



Lettuce Mustard 



Winter Radish Spinach 



Turnip 



(also Sweet Peas for next summer) 



1 Order bulbs at once, for indoor and outdoor use. 



This is the time above all others to plant peonies, 

 to Set about making the corrections in flower borders that the sum- 

 mer has shown were needed. 



