76 
House & Garden 
The GARDENER’S CALENDAR for AUGUST 
James L. 
Greenleaf 
Some of the 
most beautiful 
estates in the 
country have 
been designed 
by Mr. Green- 
leaf, president 
of the Ameri¬ 
can Society of 
Landscape 
Architects 
OSSIAN C. SiMONDS 
The head of the firm- of O. C. Simonds & Co.i 
in Chicago, is an efithusiast in the cause of ra¬ 
tional naturalistic design in landscape architecture 
Ferrucio 
Vitale 
Probably a s 
well known as 
any landscape 
architect in the 
country, Mr. 
Vitale^s distin¬ 
guished work,it 
can be said, is 
worthy of its 
designers repu¬ 
tation 
SUNDAY 
MONDAY 
TUESDAY 
WEDNESDAY 
THURSDAY 
FRIDAY 
^HIS Calendar of the gardener’s labors 
* is aimed as a reminder for undertak¬ 
ing all his tasks 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 in performing garden 
operations. The dates given here are, of 
course, designed for an average season. 
5. Veijetables 
of the different 
forcing; tn>es 
may be started 
for greenhouse 
cultivation. To¬ 
matoes, cauli¬ 
flower, lettuce, 
spinach, pars- 
1e y, beans, 
Swiss chard and 
New Zealand 
spinach are 
vegetables of 
easy culture 
under glass. 
12. Crops 
that remain in 
the ground, 
such as Swiss 
chard,par¬ 
snips, e t c ., 
should have a 
top dressing oc¬ 
casionally with 
a strong fer¬ 
tilizer to pre- 
v e n t them 
from becoming 
tough. Soluble 
fertilizers are 
more available. 
19. Neglected 
ground that is 
intended for 
cultivation 
next year 
should be bro¬ 
ken up. The 
proper forking 
or plowing with 
the subsequent 
harrowing will 
remove large 
quantities of 
the trouble¬ 
some rye and 
twitch grass. 
26. If you 
have a green- 
hoase, make up 
a compost heap 
of all plants. 
Use 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- 
comjwse. 
6. liulbs 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. 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. 
20. Biennials 
such as fox¬ 
glove and cui)- 
and-saucer, can 
be started from 
seed now. It is 
good practice 
to sow quanti¬ 
ties of peren¬ 
nials now, car- 
rying them 
over the winter 
in the cold- 
frame and set¬ 
ting them out 
in early spring. 
27. 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 
yeai. 
7. Buds 
will be forming 
on most of the 
greenhouse 
chrysant he- 
mums at this 
time an d 
strong feedings 
will be neces¬ 
sary if you 
want highest 
quality flowers. 
Also spray oc¬ 
casionally with 
tobacco prep¬ 
aration. 
14. Roses 
showing a sub¬ 
stantial growth 
should be en- 
courjiged 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. 
21. 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. 
28. 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. 
Remove the 
limbs very 
close leaving 
no shoulders 
and paint the 
wounds care¬ 
ful 1 y. Make 
cuts clean. 
1. N e w 
lawns can be 
seeded down 
now. Failure 
with lawns is 
often due to 
the improi)er 
preparation of 
the ground and 
the meagre al- 
lotment of 
seed. Sow grass 
thickly, as this 
will help to 
choke the weed 
growth. 
8. 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 oft and 
the onions 
themselves 
stored in a dry 
cool place until 
ready for use. 
15. If you 
want high- 
grade dalilia 
blooms it will 
be necessary to 
keep the plants 
properly dis¬ 
budded. This 
means a con¬ 
stant and con¬ 
sistent pinch- 
i n g o ff the 
young growth 
in order to re¬ 
duce the num¬ 
ber of buds. 
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. 
29. 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 
usingthese, 
good results 
will be noticed. 
2. 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 
rii)ening. Allow 
the melon to 
leave the vine 
voluntarily. 
9. This is 
the time that 
cuttings should 
be taken of all 
the various 
bedding plants 
such as coleus, 
geraniums and 
altemantheras. 
These plants if 
carried in a 
cool green¬ 
house through¬ 
out the winter 
will make good 
stock plants. 
16. Strawberry 
beds may be 
set out at this 
time, which 
will bear a full 
crop of fruit 
next year. 
Make certain 
that both the 
I)erfect and im- 
IKjrfect types 
are p I an ted. 
This will assure 
proper fcitili- 
zation of the 
flowers. 
23. I.ate cel¬ 
ery, cabbage, 
cauliflower and 
kale may still 
be plants. Use 
plenty of water 
wlxen setting 
out these 
plants and 
make a habit 
of w’atering 
them twice 
daily until the 
plants show 
that the roots 
are established. 
30. It is just 
as necessary to 
prune vines as 
it is other 
plants. All old 
and unproduc- 
t i v e w o o a 
should be re- 
move<l. This 
will give more 
room for the 
younger and 
more vigorous 
shoots. Now is 
the time for 
this work. 
3. Bay trees, 
palms, iiydran- 
gcas 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. The cane 
fruits should 
be looked over 
at tills 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. 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. 
21. Don’t 
let your flower 
garden run 
down. Keep 
the tall flowers 
staked and cut 
out all the dead 
f 1 o w’ e r i 11 g 
stalks. Keep 
the edges trim¬ 
med and stir 
the soil on the 
surface. This is 
as necessary 
now as in the 
spring. 
31. 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 tjT)es 
of pole beans. 
It is tLsually at 
the top that 
the greatest 
yield is found. 
SATURDAY 
4. FJvergreens 
may be planted 
at this time. 
These are 
plants that 
ne(‘d 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. 
11. Hedges 
of all types, 
evergreens that 
have been con¬ 
fined to a form 
and V a r i o us 
plants that are 
clipped, should 
be gone over 
now as gro\vth 
is about to 
ceavse. This will 
be the final 
clipping and 
should be done 
carefully. 
18. This is the 
time that spe¬ 
cial attention 
should be given 
to cabbage and 
other g'reen 
vegetables on 
account of the 
leaf-eating in- 
sects. The 
plants should 
be sprayed 
with arsenate 
of lead to de¬ 
stroy the in¬ 
sects. 
25. After 
gathering the 
peach crop, 
spray the trees 
with Bordeaux 
mixture to keep 
the various 
foliage diseases 
in check. Trees 
aiflicted with 
the y e 11 ow s 
should be cut 
down and 
burned to pre¬ 
vent the spread 
of the disease. 
Summer set 
lip to earth’s 
Vosom baret 
And left the 
flushed print 
in a poppy 
there; 
Like a yaicn 
of fire from the 
grass it came. 
And the fan¬ 
ning loiyid puf¬ 
fed to flapping 
flame. 
Francis 
Thompson 
pROM month to month ive plan to show on this page 
* portraits cf persons directly concerned unth the 
art of gardening. Already there have appeared in 
z'arious groups the 16th century herbalists'. Parkinson, 
Gcrarde, Lobel and others of that splendid crowd, 
whose records are still a fresh and fascinating kind of 
garden literature; then some extraordinary figures of 
the Renaissance whose garden designing was such a 
passing phase of their wide and amazing geniuses 
that they will probably never be known as landscape 
architects hut as Michelangelo the sculptor, Raphael 
the painter, and Vignola the architect; then some 
writers, from Pliny to Poe, who have dwelt fondly on 
the gardening theme; then, in poetic April, some poets 
who have made gardens and flowers immortal in verse; 
then some horticulturists of the middle years in Amer¬ 
ica; then some garden authors of today; last month 
seven noted women landscape architects, and now seven 
men of the same complexion. From this country, Eng¬ 
land and Europe, we are collecting pictures of men and 
xvomen who are or have been connected in picturesque 
and interesting ways with gardening. As these por¬ 
traits accumulate in definitely composed groups of seven 
they will appear. 
Albert D. Taylor 
Mr. Taylor finds time 
to combine with his 
ever increasing prac¬ 
tice in Cleveland the 
writing of books and 
papers on the techtiic 
and the various ma¬ 
terials of his profession 
Phelps Wyman 
A graduate of the 
Harvard School of 
Landscape Architec¬ 
ture, with subsequent 
experience in the 
Olmsted office, Mr. 
Wyman is now prac¬ 
ticing in Minneapolis 
Charles D. Lay 
Mr. Lay practices in 
New York and is the 
author of many gar¬ 
dens, estates, town 
developments, and 
private and public in¬ 
stitutional schemes 
about the country 
Clarence Fowler 
On the Calendar page 
this month are seven 
noted landscape ar¬ 
chitects from various 
sections of the coun¬ 
try. Most of Mr. 
Fowler’s fine gardens 
are near New York 
