August I 5 , 1908 TUB GARDENING WORLD. 
The Flower Garden. 
Shrubberies. 
Although it is only the middle of the 
month of August leaves are already falling 
from some of the trees. It is always so 
when rain comes after a dry spell of weather. 
Many leaves turn yellow, and become seared 
fig. 1. — A, cutting of Golden Privet pre¬ 
pared for insertion ; B, cutting inserted in 
a trench. 
prematurely, then heavy rains wash them off 
the branches. 
Clean, well-kept shrubberies add much to 
the attractiveness of the flower garden, so 
that we should forthwith make good use of 
the iron-toothed rake and gather up all 
fallen leaves and broken wood. Weeds, too, 
should be hoed up and cleared away at the 
same time, then the borders will look fresh 
and neat. 
More Cuttings. 
In addition to cuttings of bedding-out 
plants, we should insert some of the Golden 
Privet. Cuttings of the common Privet root 
much more quickly than those of the Golden 
variety; and in order to be successful with 
the latter a good batch should be put in at 
the present time. Young shoots with a small 
heel of older wood attached make the best 
cuttings. 
Fig. 1 shows a cutting at A; and at B the 
cutting is shown in the shallow trench. The 
cuttings should be inserted in firm, sandy 
soil on a north-west border and covered with 
a rough frame. 
Cuttings of Bedding Plants 
Those of Iresines, Coleus Verschafeltii, 
Mesembryanthemums, Lobelias, Marguerite 
Daisies, Lemon-scented Verbenas, and simi¬ 
lar plants should now be propagated in pots 
and boxes. The Marguerites often do very 
well in boxes. A medium, light,, sandy com¬ 
post is the best for the cuttings above-named, 
and if it be convenient place them in a warm 
frame or greenhouse. 
Violas and Pansies. 
Continue to insert cuttings of these in 
borders with north or north-west aspects. 
Firm ground is essential. Slugs often de¬ 
stroy the young shoots, and earth worms 
draw them into the ground. But a small 
quantity of dust-dry lime scattered on the 
surface of the soil will make that particu¬ 
lar border very distasteful to the pests. 
Lawn Grass Seeds. 
Advantage should be taken of showery 
weather to sow lawn grass seeds in bare 
places. The.seeds very quickly germinate 
at this season if the surface soil be kept 
moist, and with ordinary care a strong plant 
will be obtained before the winter weather 
comes. The surface soil should be loosened 
with an iron-toothed rake first; any weeds 
found growing there must be removed. Sow 
the seeds and then roll the ground ; keep off 
birds and allow the young grass plants to 
grow freely before you cut them. 
Sow Seeds of Annuals. 
Seeds of many kinds of annuals may now 
be sown for spring flowering. Shirley and 
other Poppies, Silene and Myosotis should 
be raised o'n dry, warm borders. 
Faded Flowers. 
Faded flowers on herbaceous plants 
should be cut off, but do not remove much 
of the green stems with them. For example, 
Phloxes and Veronicas must not be cut down 
at the present time,, but all faded heads of 
flowers should be cut off. 
The Fruit Garden. 
Raspberries. 
Amateurs generally wait until the autumn, 
when all the leaves are off the plants, before 
commencing to cut out weakly canes so as 
to prevent overcrowding. But it is far the 
wisest plan to thin out surplus shoots di¬ 
rectly the fruit is gathered, then those canes 
that are retained are exposed to more light, 
sunshine and air, and so mature thoroughly. 
Such canes bear heavier crops the following 
year than do those that remain in -an over¬ 
crowded condition until all the leaves have 
fallen. Fig. 2 shows how the thinning-out 
of the canes should be done; A, A are strong 
ones, and these must be retained ; B. B, are 
weakly ones, and they should be cut out. At 
C the canes are shown with the leaves off, 
as the plants appear in the autumn. The 
small canes with dark lines across them are 
the ones to be removed ; but it is better to 
cut them off at the present time. 
Fallen Leaves from Fruit Trees. 
In many gardens leaves are falling freely 
from the trees and bushes, especially from 
Currant and Gooseberry bushes. The leaves 
form a good shelter for insect pests, so that 
it is unwise to leave them on the ground. 
They should be gathered up and burned in 
some out-of-the-way corner, the ashes being 
returned to the borders in due time. 
Gathering; Fruit. 
Very carefully gather fruits as they ripen, 
placing them in thin layers in a cool store- 
Fig. 2.—-A. A. strong canes of Raspberries to 
be retained; B, B, voeah canes to be cut out; 
C, the same canes as seen in winter. 
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room, separating the best specimens from the 
others. All Apples and Pears which fall 
prematurely should be gathered up and kept 
separate from the others— the sound ones. 
The Kitchen Garden. 
Earthing-up Winter Greens. 
During severe weather in winter time 
hundreds of plants are killed. The stems, 
just below the main leaves, are affected by 
frosts first, and if badly frozen the iyhole 
plant is ruined. But advantage should be 
taken of nice open weather from the present 
time to draw up soil to the stems of the 
plants, as shown in Fig. 3. A, A, fresh soil; 
B, the weak part of the stem, which should 
be partially buried. 
Fig. 3.—Earthing up -winter greens; A, A, 
fresh soil placed against th'e weak part of 
the stem, B. 
Weeds. 
Give no quarter to weeds. At this season 
seeds of weeds which have been allowed to 
grow germinate quickly, and when the soil 
becomes moist it is a very difficult matter 
to get rid of the weeds. The first thing to do 
is to carefully pull up any old weeds and 
place them in boxes, not baskets, so that 
the seeds may not drop through; and the 
second care should be the removal of all 
tiny seedlings, and this is best done by hoe¬ 
ing during a spell of bright sunshine, as 
the small weeds soon die and are thus pre¬ 
vented from maturing seeds. 
Paths in the Kitchen Garden. 
Weeds growing on the paths should ‘be 
carefully removed, too. This is also a suit¬ 
able time to turn over the gravel on certain 
paths, as it may be made firm again in the 
course of a few days. 
Soot and Wood Ashes. 
Vacant ground should be dressed with soot 
and wood ashes before digging is done. The 
quarters so treated will be made distasteful 
to wireworms. Vaporite may be used in 
place of wood ashes and soot. Make a last 
sowing of Prickly Spinach seeds. 
Foxglove. 
The Amateur’s Greenhouse. 
Winter-flowering; and Climbing Plants. 
Old-established winter-flowering plants 
that require repotting should be attended to 
without delay, in order to become thoroughly 
settled in their new quarters before the cold 
season sets in, and any late sown annuals or 
other subjects intended for autumn decora¬ 
tion may be served likewise if becoming pot- 
bound ; whilst those about to flower should 
be top-dressed with rich compost and after¬ 
wards fed up with some reliable liquid fer¬ 
tiliser, large plants in small pots receiving 
more liberal applications. Climbing plants 
will Still require thinning and stopping, in 
