Calendarial Section 
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Third Week . — Another sow- 
ing of Calendulas for later flow- 
ering can be made in a cold- 
frame. These will give you flow- 
ers for Thanksgiving. Plant up 
a stock of Shasta Daisies. Bench 
Bouvardias after pinching back 
the plants; lift each with a nice 
clump ‘of soil.. Spray freely; 
shade slightly, and in a month 
pinch again. Sow seeds of 
Mignonette into 2yoin. pots, 
plant out in the benches during 
September. Plant out Asp'ara- 
gus Sprengeri. Continue taking 
cuttings of Ivy and zonal Ge- 
raniums, and show Pelargoniums. 
Sow Winter-flowering Stocks in 
bulb pans or flats and transplant 
later into 2 V 2 in. ]iots. Plant out 
by October or else pot on into 
larger pots. Pot up Godfrey 
Callas three in a 6in. pot; about 
January shift into Sin. 
Chorlzema cordata splendens Trained 
in basket form. A Winter and Spring 
blooming plant. Take Cuttings late in 
Spring and grow the Plants in frames 
or cool Greenhouse 
Fourth Week . — All small ferns for Winter use can be purchased 
now and grown on, likewise Crested Holly Fern, Cyrtomium Rock- 
fordianum, and Bird’s-nest fern. Grow on flowering. stock of Geraniums 
for December sales. Geraniums can be rooted still in coldframes. 
Transplant Delphinium seedlings to thejr Winter quarters in a cool 
srreenhouse. These wilj flower earlv next Spring. Keep up cultivation 
between the crops out of doors, such as Phlox, and other perennials. 
September 
First Week . — Now is the time to map out the Winter campaign. 
What crops are to occupy the benche.s, what to follow the ’Mums, 
amount of I.ilies to be grown, as well as the Spring stock to be propa- 
gated. Make every foot of space pay. Keep no derelict stock around. 
Give care to the Carnations in the benches. See that the soil does not 
dry out too much, nor keep it soaking wet. All diseased leaves should 
be picked off. Stir the surface of the soil. Nothing is gained by let- 
ting the plants flower before they are ready to do so. Go over the 
plants several times a week. Whenever you find a short stem setting 
bud remove it and give the growth below a chance to do better. Get 
the coldframes ready. Very soon the Roses, Hydrangeas, Azaleas and 
other, hard-wooded plants as well as perennials and biennials that require 
overwintering will be put in these frames. Some of the double Sweet 
Alyssum can. be cut back; they will soon break again. Look out for 
the common green caterpillar wliich is. so fond of these and the little 
Mignonette plants. Now is the time to transplant or make a new 
j)lantation of Peonies. A few Sweet Peas can be grown along the 
