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The Flower Garden 
2et oteer 
OPERATIONS. FOR JULY. 
July is the rat dit which flower 
gardens carry a forlorn aspect. The last 
rays of cheerfulness in the autumn blooms 
and tintings have departed, and’only a few — 
flowers out of thousands of varieties adorn 
the surroundings of homes. 
remain to carry on through the winter dul- 
ness are cherished with. perhaps much 
greater affection than is bestowed upon 
those that come with the spring. It isa 
pity that the cottage gardener does not 
work with more foresight to avoid this 
scarcity of bloom during July. It might 
easily be done. The mention of Phloxes, 
for instance, is sufficient to indicate that 
many a dull-looking garden plot might be 
enlivened and even made cheerful. It is 
argued over and over again, and by many 
gardeners of experience, that Phloxes give 
no satisfaction, away from the higher eleva- 
tions. But this is a mistaken notion. True 
it is that these gay little flowers are badly 
beaten by wind and rain in exposed posi- 
tions, but given a fair amount of protec- 
tion, they will come up smiling with their 
winning tints and bright eyes. They can 
be kept. blooming through the worst part 
of winter; in fact, the perennials seem ‘to 
have little,” if any, resting period. For 
appearance ‘they cannot well be put out of 
place in a garden.. Anywhere, of. course, 
where they can be seen a little bed of — 
them in a Jawn, vr grouped on ai border, 
is a very pretty effect during this month, 
while the bolder and gayer Whee are | 
not there. 
Then. there is the Alyecum: that teen 
as Sweet Alyssum. A patch of pure white 
. here and there on the lawns, or, for that 
| WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 19083. eS 
'_ other blooms. 
December. 
Those that - 
Gods,” the Carnation. 
‘packet of seed. 
“ties upon. Carnations ; ” ‘in fact, the arna- 
= 5 per yea Bott free, J}. Pp. ri ICE) 3d. 
matter, in the moantstlooking: garden ‘that 
ever graced, or disgraced, a cottage, will 
relieve the sense of poverty in the lack of 
We know of no flower that 
blooms more profusely — from January to 
Tt need’ never be without 
them. The léast resourceful” amateur ie 
- that ever was can have: flowers of. Alyssum 
in his garden during July. “ While“Roses 
are dormant they can be circled with a 
_ radiance of white, while. the bare brown 
earth has no other attractiveness “thian: ite 
freedom from weeds it can be sprayed with 
figures. of white, and thus the Sweet Alys- 
sum, so-called because” in’ thé:eaily chron- 
icles. of superstition it was supposed to 
allay anger, is B very dear to the winter gar- 
den. 
“But when we say there are no: flowers in 
the winter month of July we. fancy: there 
appears a “contemptuous » smile upon; ‘the 
face.of thé devotee’to the “Flower of the 
It was no less an 
authority than Mr. Douglas who, when 
writing upon winter flowering Carnations, 
stated that he grew°as many as. 200, plants 
in, 6-in. pots from ~ _ eighitéen speliny 
There are many authori- 
tion fancier is very often a gentlemar who : 
knows a great deal.more: than-anybody 
about them. 
because, however’ bigoted: He: may.” appear, : 
We do not o 
no doubt his heart is in his work,’ and 
every kind of information thus gained is 
more or less useful. Generally speaking, — 
they love to tell all: they know, and score 
points above: everybody ¢ else. The Carna- 
tion grower is, therefore, ‘apt to smile when 
he is told that there are no flowers in win- 
; ter. worth Jooking at. ‘Amongst the multi- 
- tude of authorities “upon Carnations, Mr. 
: Douglas 3 ranks. with the best, and he under: 
takes to have’ flowers from Tree varieties 
~ all the year round.. 
So‘that when it is stat. 
ed that July is the dullest month in ite 
year for flowers these beauties myst i 
case be left out of sight. “Hovever téinp 
