Book of Gardens 
111 
August 
Abundant watering 
of the roots is essen¬ 
tial when evergreens 
are being planted 
Gather and use the 
egg - plants w h He 
they are still young 
and full of juice 
When the crop is 
over, dig the pea 
vines into the 
ground to enrich it 
Slat stakes keep the 
runners of the bush 
limas off the ground 
SUNDAY 
MONDAY | TUESDAY 
WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY 
FRIDAY 
SATURDAY 
31. Buds 
will be forming 
on most of the 
greenhouse 
chrysanthe¬ 
mums at this 
time and 
strong feedings 
will be neces¬ 
sary if you 
want highest 
qualityflowers. 
Also spray oc¬ 
casionally with 
tobacco prep¬ 
aration. 
This Calendar of the gar¬ 
dener’s labors is aimed as a 
reminder for undertaking 
all his talks in season. It 
is fitted to the latitude of 
the Middle States, but its 
service should be available 
for the whole country if it 
be remembered that for 
every one hundred miles 
north or south there is a 
difference of from five to 
seven days later or earlier 
Warm noon brims full the 
valley’s cup, 
The aspen’s leaves are 
scarce astir; 
Only the little mill sends 
up 
Its busy, never - ceasing 
burr. 
— Lowell. 
1. Early 
celery should 
now be ready 
for use. Bank¬ 
ing this with 
earth is not ad¬ 
vised on ac¬ 
count of the in¬ 
tense heat. It 
is best to use 
paper bleachers 
or boards for 
this purpose, 
blanching only 
in usable quan¬ 
tities. 
2. Late cel¬ 
ery, cabbage, 
cauliflower and 
kale may still 
be planted. Use 
plenty of water 
when setting 
out Jthese 
plants and 
make a habit 
of watering 
them twice 
daily until the 
plants show 
that the roots 
are established. 
3. Strawberry 
beds may be 
set out at this 
time, which 
will bear a full 
crop of fruit 
next year. 
Make certain 
that both the 
perfect and im¬ 
perfect types 
are planted. 
This will assure 
proper fertili¬ 
zation of the 
flowers. 
4 . Neglected 
ground that is 
intended for 
cultivation 
next year 
should be brok¬ 
en up. The 
proper forking 
or plowing with 
the subsequent 
harrowing will 
remove large 
quantities of 
the trouble¬ 
some rye and 
twitch grass. 
5. Flowers 
intended for 
cultivation in 
the greenhouse 
this winter 
should be 
started now. 
Seeds of vari¬ 
ous annuals 
such as stock 
mignonette 
and snapdrag¬ 
on may be 
sown, or small 
plants may be 
purchased. 
6 . Vegetables 
of the different 
forcing types 
may be started 
for greenhouse 
cultivation.To- 
matoes, cauli¬ 
flower, lettuce, 
spinach, pars- 
1 ey , beans, 
Swisscha I'd :i ml 
New Zealand 
spinach are 
vegetables of 
easy culture 
under glass. 
7. This is the 
time that spe¬ 
cial attention 
should be given 
to cabbage and 
other green 
vegetables on 
account of the 
leaf eating in- 
sects. The 
plants should 
be sprayed 
with arsenate 
of lead to de¬ 
stroy the in¬ 
sects. 
8 . Evergreens 
may be planted 
at this time. 
These are 
plants that 
need a great 
deal of water, 
so It is advis¬ 
able when re¬ 
setting them to 
saturate the 
soil thorough¬ 
ly to restore 
and encourage 
activity of the 
roots. 
9. Bay trees, 
palms, hydran¬ 
geas and other 
plants custom¬ 
arily used for 
piazza decora¬ 
tion are usually 
infested with 
various aphids 
and other, in¬ 
sects. It is ad¬ 
visable to use 
tobacco sprays 
regularly as a 
preventive of 
these pests. 
10. This is 
the time that 
cuttings should 
be taken of all 
the various 
bedding plants 
such as coleus, 
geraniums and 
al ternantheras. 
These plants if 
carried in a 
cool green¬ 
house through¬ 
out the winter 
will make good 
stock plants. 
11 . Melons 
ripening now 
should be kept 
sprayed with 
Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture to prevent 
blight. It is a 
good plan to 
place small 
boards under 
the young mel¬ 
ons to assure 
ripening. Allow 
the melon to 
leave the vine 
voluntarily. 
12. Bulbs for 
forcing in the 
greenhouse 
should be or¬ 
dered at this 
time. Boxes, 
pans, soil and 
other necessary 
materials used 
in the forcing 
of these plants 
should be made 
ready, as some 
of these bulbs 
are available 
now. 
13. New 
lawns can be 
seeded down 
now. Failure 
with lawns is 
often due to 
the improper 
preparation of 
the ground and 
the meagre al- 
lotment of 
seed. Sow grass 
thickly, as this 
will help to 
choke the weed 
growth. 
14. Hedges 
of all types, 
evergreensthat 
have been con¬ 
fined to a form, 
and various 
plants that- are 
clipped, should 
be gone over 
now as growth 
is about to 
cease. This will 
be the final 
clipping and 
should be done 
carefully. 
15. There is 
still time to 
sow some cool 
crops In the 
garden. Sev¬ 
eral sowings of 
peas should be 
made this 
month, also 
spinach, cress, 
radishes, let¬ 
tuce, turnips, 
etc. if the 
ground is dry, 
water well be¬ 
fore sowing. 
16. The cane 
fruits should 
be looked over 
at this time. 
Old shoots on 
the raspberries 
and blackber¬ 
ries should be 
cut out en¬ 
tirely as these 
do not bear 
again. Young, 
shoots for next 
year should 
now be tied 
firmly in place. 
17. If you 
want high- 
grade dahlia 
blooms it will 
be necessary to 
keep the plants 
properly dis¬ 
budded. This 
means a con¬ 
stant and con¬ 
sistent pinch- 
1 n g o f the 
young growth 
in order to re¬ 
duce the num¬ 
ber of buds. 
18. Roses 
showing a sub¬ 
stantial growth 
should be en¬ 
couraged by 
top dressings 
of bone meal 
or any good 
fertilizing 
agent. Though 
it does not im¬ 
prove the qual¬ 
ity of the fall 
flowers it gives 
the plant more 
vigor. 
19. Don’t 
let your flower 
garden run 
down. Keep 
the tall flowers 
staked and cut 
out all the dead 
flowering 
stalks. Keep 
the edges trim¬ 
med and stir 
the soli on the 
surface. This is 
as necessary 
now as in the 
spring. 
20. If you 
have a green¬ 
house makeup 
a compost heap 
of all plants. 
Bse top soil 
with a good sod 
growth adding 
manure and 
bone meal and 
stacking it up 
at a convenient 
point so that 
the green ma¬ 
terial will de¬ 
compose. 
21 . This is 
an excellent 
time to go over 
and prune the 
shade trees, as 
it is easy to see 
how the work 
should be done. 
limbs very 
close leaving 
no shoulders, 
and paint the 
wounds care¬ 
fully. Make 
cuts clean. 
22. This is 
the time to 
build cold- 
frames for the 
fall and winter. 
Brick or con¬ 
crete is prefer¬ 
red but a sub¬ 
stantial wood¬ 
en frame will 
last some time. 
Next to the 
greenhouse the 
coldframe is 
the gardener's 
best friend. 
23. After 
gathering the 
peach crop, 
spray the trees 
with Bordeaux 
mixture to keep 
the various 
foliage diseases 
in check. Trees 
afflicted with 
the yellows 
should be cut 
down and 
burned to pre¬ 
vent the spread 
of the disease. 
24. It is ad¬ 
visable to have 
a small step- 
ladder or at 
least a box to 
stand on in or¬ 
der to get at 
the top of the 
poles when 
picking limas 
or other types 
of pole beans. 
11 is usually at 
the top that 
the greatest 
yield is found. 
25. Crops 
that remain in 
the ground 
such as Swiss- 
chard, pars¬ 
nips, etc., 
should have a 
top dressing oc¬ 
casionally with 
a strong fer¬ 
tilizer to pre- 
vent them 
from becoming 
tough. Soluble 
fertilizers are 
more available. 
26. Newly 
set out plants 
that are not 
growing satis¬ 
factorily can be 
stimulated into 
growth by ap¬ 
plication of ni¬ 
trate of soda, 
sulphate of am¬ 
monia or other 
materials of 
this kind. After 
using these 
good results 
will be noticed. 
27. Gather 
the onion crop 
now. When 
the tops have 
died down the 
onions should 
be pulled and 
left in the sun 
to dry; then the 
tops can be 
twisted off and 
th e onions 
themselves 
stored in a dry 
cool place until 
ready for use. 
28. Biennials 
such as fox¬ 
glove and cup- 
and-saucer.can 
be started from 
seed now. It is 
good practice 
to sow quanti¬ 
ties of peren¬ 
nials now, car- 
r ying them 
over the winter 
in the cold- 
frame and set- 
in early spring. 
29. Before 
cold weather 
look over the 
greenhouse, re¬ 
placing broken 
glass, doing 
any necessary 
repair work 
Be certain the 
boiler is in 
working condi¬ 
tion, particu¬ 
larly in a green¬ 
house that 
was closed last 
30. It is just 
as necessary to 
prune vines as 
It is other 
plants. All old 
and unproduc- 
t i v e wood 
should be re¬ 
moved. This 
will give more 
room for the 
younger and 
more vigorous 
shoots. Now is 
the time for 
this work. 
C EEMS like this Prohibition idee ain’t limited just to people—even the sky's been dry since the first o’ 
^ July an’ the crops is in a bad way all through the county. Makes me think of a piece in our last 
week's paper ’bout the Indians down New Mexico an’ Arisony way, an’ how they holds a kind o’ sociable 
an' dance so’s the element'll treat ’em right an’ give ’em a good harvest. 'Course, we couldn’t do nothin’ 
like that up here, for the folks is all old-line Methodists, an’ they wouldn’t stand for no worshippin’ o’ 
the sun an’ the rain an’ the south wind. But the idee ain’t bad; 1 mean, the idee o’ lookin' on the ele¬ 
ments, the sun, moon an’ stars, as sort o’ gods rulin’ our gen ral well-bein'. To my mind they ain’t 
no grander thing than the sun, nor more awe-inspirin’ than a whackin’ old thunderstorm at night, non 
more helpful to a body’s spirit than the stars, if ye'll really look at ’em. Call me an Atheist if ye 
want to. but I b’lieve they's a deal o' practical, workable religion, a lot that’ll help ye be a useful 
citizen an’ a good friend, in the worship o’ them Indians. It’s kinder gettin’ down to simple first prin¬ 
ciples, o’ course, but it’s sincere an’ genuine—which some of our up-to-date religion ain't. 
Old Doc Lemmon. 
THE GARDENER’S CALENDAR Eighth Month 
Dry onions in the 
sun, then twist off 
the tops and store 
the bulbs for winter 
By breaking some 
of the roots you 
postpone the seeding 
of lettuce plants 
Foxgloves, campa¬ 
nulas and other per¬ 
ennials are started 
from seed sown now 
Do not fail to thin out those vegetables 
the seeds of which are sown directly in the 
garden rows 
Seeds of cauliflower, lettuce, etc., for trans¬ 
planting, can be started now in boxes in 
the greenhouse 
Old advice, but good 
—keep the ground 
well cultivated 
