Your July Garden Record 
These two columns have been reserved for your own garden record for the month. Make 
notes on what should be done next year at this time; new plants added this month and 
many other reminders that will be of value in your gardening operations. The SATER’S 
GARDEN MAGAZINE is designed to be useful next year as well as this and copies will 
be valuable for future references. Indexes will be provided in later issues so that a 
puick reference can be made to items of interest, especially descriptions and culture. 
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MY FLOWER GARDEN 
When I got the idea of this page it was my 
intention to use this column with notes 
from our garden to go along side your notes 
on your garden That ought not to be a 
hard task to do but I find that the hoe is 
always in my hand instead of the pencil, 
Here it is nearly August and flowers are 
beginning to get scarce. However, a garden 
should not always be just flowers. Many 
plants are pretty even when not in flower and 
the pleasure of working in the garden, also, 
is an important part to gardening. No mat- 
ter where I stop in the garden, there is some- 
thing to interest me. 
We plant Latham Red Raspberries as a 
sort of windbreak in the flower garden and, 
of course, there are more berries than we 
can pick, so many people pick on shares. So 
far this year not a single one of these pickers 
has stopped to look at all the pretty fiowerg 
growing along side the raspberries; not one 
person in 50 is interested in flowers! 
Belamcanda chinensis 
Belamcanda chinensis or Blackberry Lily 
is now in flower. It has the appearance of a 
group. of small flowered Iris and a group of 
6-10 plants should be in every border plant- 
ing. I like the blackberry-like fruits that 
form in the fall and if cut off with an inch 
or two stems, before they get too ripe and 
placed in a shady place to dry, you will find 
them very attractive for pinning on women’s 
coats, etc: 
The lilies are fast going out of bloom but 
the Estate Lily is the best now; it really is a 
pretty flower and exactly like the Easter Lily 
of the florist, if not better; due to its height, 
2-3 feet do not plant it next to any lily that 
is taller, it makes its best showing in front 
of some dark green foliage shrubs or plants. 
We grow some pretty Anthemis and if you 
have an unsightly bank or waste place that is 
dry and the soil poor, Anthemis is your flow- 
er. It is not extra for cutting but makes a 
pretty showing when in flower and the fol- 
iage is also attractive. If the soil is too 
rich the plants will fall over and then are 
unsightly. 
Allium Porrum 
There are many flowering Alliums but A. 
Porrum is now in flower, standing 5 feet tall, 
with large round heads 3-4 inches across. In 
case you do not already know, this is the 
common Leek but it is better to speak of it 
as Allium Porrum when talking with visitors. 
Planted in a group of 10-15 plants set 5-6 
inches apart in the border, they will make 
a showy display. 
Euphorbia epithgymoides or as it was re- 
cently called, E. polycroma, and I like the 
latter name best, is now quite a large plant, 
3-4 feet tall and also across. If you would 
give it a hair cut after x flowers early in the 
spring, the foliage now would be bright and 
showy in the border. I[t is a very pretty 
plant with its yellow flowers, early in the 
spring. 
No garden border of any size should lack 
Achillea filipendula. Right now they are 
in full bloom and their large deep yellow 
heads can be seen for quite a distance. They 
are 4-5 feet high and a group of 15-20 plants 
3 feet apart, would be showy at this time of 
the year and, too, the foliage is always at- 
tractive. Not too rich a soil is best and this 
also would be a good plant for an embank- 
ment. 
We got our Callas in late but they stand 
2 feet high now and 1n full flower. The cor- 
rect name for these is Zantedeschia, tha 
garden Calla; the species in flower for us now 
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