Then do summer , real summertime in our garden . Flowers bloom and our friend tell us they are endearing . But we see the flaw and errors . We find almost shamed to have our garden praised , so many glaring faults and shortcomings have it . The color scheme is wrong , there are false note here and there . There are marvelous plants where curt plant should be . There are spaces and breaks and again discern overcrowded . We water and hoe , train vines , property plants and kill the bugs , but we know the weak floater in our garden and vow that next summer we shall remedy every mistake ..

The North

apparently , this is one of the hot , dry calendar month of the twelvemonth , and about the same cultural hints use here as for July .

Oriental Poppies are inactive now , so divide and transplant , or purchase and plant new 1 . These poppy are not successfully travel during any other calendar month .

PlantMadonna Liliesthis month , because , unlike other lily , they pro­duce a growth of leaves before fall . Therefore , they must be well - rooted .

water supply gardenscan still be made . Waterlilies and water poppy planted too soon this month will blossom yet .

Rock Garden . Begin construction work on any Modern rock garden to be planted this dusk .

Various otherperennialsthat have bloomed can be separate , provided you do not make small divisions but keep careful - size clumps .

Keeproseswatered , but do it by soaking thoroly . scattering spreads mould and perhaps other diseases .

Ash Borers . North Dakota garden­ers note : ascertain your ash Tree for bor­ers . Kill them by put carbon copy bi­sulphide into each tunnel with a medication dropper and halt up opening at once with mud .

Mexican Bean Beetle . Watch for the second generation of Mexican Bean Beetle and detritus with 1 part dry lead arsenate and 7 parts gypsum .

Gather and drystrawflowersfor winter sweetness .

strawberry mark . Inthe northwestern field ’ state of Dakotas and Montana , give everbearing strawberry a good soaking once or twice a week this calendar month and next to produce a gloaming crop .

Hedges . Such hedges as privet and barberry which are sheared should have another trimming during August . The more often a hedge is trimmed the more compact it becomes .

Red Spider . If you shake your ar - borvitae over a spell of paper and find that there are diminutive little grayish object on it , then you will realize that your evergreen plant have red spider and you will need to consult to Thomas Nelson Page 66 for their control .

Perennial Propagation . Propaga­tion from cuttings is an interesting task . A coldframe filled with Baroness Dudevant in a shaded place , cov­ered with glass is the only necessary piece of equipment . Take the cutting rather from the tip of the outgrowth and put them 1 in deep in sand . Water well and keep the frame fill up until they start to root . This should take from one to two week . When you are sure that the cut are well rooted , they should be removed and planted in soil , either in the garden or in another part of the inning .

Rose Leaves . Pick up and burn rise leaves that set down to the priming coat . They may be overrun with black spot or other disease .

Sow Seeds . Sow pansy , forget - me - not , and English Daisy{Bellis perennis)seeds this month . As before long as seedlings develop several parting , they should be transplant to another part of the frame and set 3 column inch aside from each way . These will give large , vigorous plants early next spring , and bloom before most other plants in the garden . In pur­chasing   semen of any of these three flowers , be certain to obtain the dear varieties potential , and such seed is al­ways expensive , as the more superior varieties generally are poor seed - pro­ducers .

Fresh seminal fluid of many perennial and rock candy plants can be sown this calendar month and carry over winter in seedframes .

Whendahliasbegin to bud apply commercial plantfood and repeat every two or three weeks until rime . As much as 1 pint around each flora is recom­mended .

For extra - qualitygladiolusbloom use a side dressing of some nitrate , as nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia . This injures   bulb growth ,   however .

Give establishedlawnsan applica­tion of commercial plant food for thought this month .

The West Coast

industrial plant   bulbsof freesias , Madonna Lily , calla , Orni - thogalum , oxalis , Ranunculus . Many consider bulbs less successful in the Northwest , as they are more susceptible to moist weather condition . For that reason , some nurseryman advise growing them from seeds .

Sow seedsof va­rious perennials , bi­ennials , and such favorites as queer , Canterbury - bells , and sweet - william . Bermuda Grass . If an former lawn infested with Bermu­da Grass involve ren­ovating , commence by stopping the watering and let it dry out this month .

Transvaal Daisy(Gerbera jamesoni)is now in full bloom if the plants were set last spring . These are splendid dai­sies in pastel shade .

Make cuttingsof bedding plants , such as flame nettle , geranium , lavender , and heliotrope , for winter garden indoors . Penstemon . nurseryman in the northwest who are fond of their native penstemons will now be sowing source of them . Some of the good arerupicola , menziesi , and cardwelli . Companion to these isPhlox adsurgens .

Bulbous iriscan be planted this calendar month . Giverosessome plantfood . Hybrid tea can be rationalise grad­ually .

The South

Pruneazaleassometime this month . Do not over - water system , as they will evolve too much leaf growth and will not form flower buds . Of of course , they should never be allowed to dry out out or wilt .

Rosesneed a rest geological period during this month to earn lastingness for all bloom .

Sowpansy seed , gnome Nasturtium , and various other annual , such as balsam and zinnia , for fall bloom .

Acid - eff Shrubs . take in rotted oak leaves from the woods for working into the grease of acid - have it off shrub­bery ,    such as azaleasandrhododendrons .

Lawns . Tennessee gardeners notice : Late August is recommended by your college of husbandry as the proficient time for you to seed a raw lawn , provided the ground has been kept free from weeds this summer .

Chinch bugson St. Augustine Grass in Florida can be controlled by dusting with delicately ground tobacco or a mixture of 1 part dry nicotine sul­phate to 13 part hydrate lime .

Camellias . This is thetime to trans­plant camelia .

Make cuttingsof camelia , Sweet Olive , and other winter - blossom shrubs . utilize the growing Grant Wood from the baksheesh of the offshoot and root it in Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin .

Sweet Peasfor Christmas bloom must be planted this month .