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Raed ote peas : 
OPERATIONS FOR AUGUST. 
_ Beds of rick soil for half-hardy annuals 
may be made up, but next month is suffi- 
ciently early to sow them. By making the 
beds now all weed seeds in the soil will 
have germinated, and can be destroyed be- . 
fore the flower seeds are sown. Plants, 
shrubs, and trees of all kinds should be 
pruned at once, so that digging may be 
commenced. As digging proceeds sowings 
of hardy annuals may be made in the over- 
turned soil. Bulbs of ‘Gladioli may be- 
lanted for succession flowers. All kinds 
of hardy bedding plants, including Petu- 
nias, Verbenas, and Cupheas may be put 
out. Plant lawn grasses. . Put in cuttings 
of edging plants as Thyme, Rosemary, 
Thrift, Fairy Rose, and Lavender. Foot- 
paths and drives should be formed or gra- 
velled and rolled, at ones., All climbing 
shrubs should now be pruned and trained, 
fastening the main leaders close in to the 
wall or trellis. All borders, whether dug 
or not, should be kept hoed. 
INFORMAL GARDENING.’ ; 
Tn many portions of the garden the hap- 
piest effects are gained by informal plant- 
ing, and numerous herbaceous perennials, 
Annuals, and biennials, as well as flewering 
shrubs and trees, are specially adapted for 
enhancing the beauty of the semi-wild gar- 
den. Until a few years ago old-fashioned 
Roses, such as Maiden’s Blush, York and 
Lancaster, and the Cabbage Rose, all of 
which make fine bushes, were rarely seen. 
The Cabbage Rose stands unrivalled for 
perfume, and-a large bush thickly set with 
flower spreads its fragrance afar on the sum- 
mer air. Such great bushes, over whose 
heads many seasons have passed, may often 
be found in the humble plot of the cottager, 
whence, loaded with blossom in “the month. 
of the Roses,” they waft a welcome grect- 
ing of the most delicious of scents to. the 
passer-by. Many of the more. vigorous 
Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, and Hybrid Teas, 
if intelligently treated, will form good-sized 
bushes, and although the standard Rose as 
ordinarily seen cannot be commended for 
artistic effect, such - a strong-growing 
variety as Gloire de Dijon will make a head 
5 ft. and more through and afford a pleas- 
ing picture, while some. of the summer- 
flowering Roses . grown as standards will 
form enormous heads, beautiful for a few 
weeks in the summer, when they are laden 
with countless flowers. The tall-growing 
Evening Primrose (Cnothera’ Lamarck- 
jana) is a fine plant for the informal gar- 
den, and is very effective; as the sun sinks, 
grouped at the margim of shtuberry and 
coppice, or in open spaces verging a wood- 
jand path. The Bergamot or Bee Balm 
(Monarda didyma) is valuable for its deep 
crimson color, and if a large mass 20 yards 
-or‘so in leneth, and 3 yards or 4 yards in 
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breadth, is planted, it has a bright effect 
in the landscape; even from afar. White 
Honesty (Lunaria) and the single Rocket 
are two good plants for massing, forming 
clouds of white if viewed at a little dis- 
tance... The white Japanese Anemone is 
an excellent plant for the informal gar- 
den, since its flowers are beantiful, and if 
tion: It has been known to conquer even. 
the Coltsfoot, one of- our most ~ampant 
weeds, where the leaves of the latter were 
from time to time picked off. Solomon’s 
Seal is easily naturalised in open Spaces in 
woods, and succeeds in moist soil by the 
side of rivulets. It is pretty when bear- 
ing its pairs of drooping flowers, and in the 
autumn its dying foliage assumes attractive 
tints. The grand Acanthus latifolius is a 
noble plant, fax better fitted for the semi- 
wild garden than for the border. Its 
deeply-cut, arching leaves are perfect in 
contour and poise, and in vigorous speci- 
