Gardeners' Calendar for August.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1865, 2 August 1886, Page 3

Gardeners' Calendar for August.

Flower Ouden.—Thie ie a welcome month : it bringa with it the return of epring ; and hyaeinthe, anemones, snowdrops, narcissus, and other flowering bulbs, help to cheer and bleak the monotony that has hitherto prevailed. Hyacinths in pots should receive either liquid or powdered artificial manure, to givs them strength and color. Lifting and planting shrubs should be done this month, so that their roots may be established before dry weather sets in. Tie up climbing plants. Do not defer planting roses after this month. Tea roses may be pruned now. The following seeds may be sown mignonette, nemophilae, collinsias, larkspur, candytuft, and a few other hardy annuals, and covered lightly at tbia time of the year. Fruit Garden.—The work in this department should ba in a forward state. Where the pruning of fruit trees has not been already done, no time should be lost in doing it alter the middle of the month. In pruning cut close to a bnd, taking care to leave the bud on the outer side of the branch, so that, when growth commences, it takes an outward direction all round, leaving the tree open in the centre. Take out all unripe wood and any oroea branches.

Kitchen Garden.— Peas, broad beans, onions, cauliflower, early Tork, cabbage seed, and various other vegetable seeds, may be sown now, choosing dry weather tor sowing. Silverskin onions lor pickling should be sown on rather poor, hard soil, so as to get small, hard bulbs. Plant rhubarb that has been taken np ; it likes a rich, deep soil, and not, as it is too often done, holes dug and raw manure put in, and the roots put in the manors, with the result that they too often decay. Hake small sowings of turnips about every three weeks, as they have a tendency to run to seed in this and next month. Sow early horn carrot, summer spinach, radish, lettuce, leeks, parsley, parsnips, and cress. Dig np all vacant ground, and let it lie rough, to expose it to frost until required for cropping. All rubbish should be gathered np and carried te a heap, either to be charred, or rot it down. All vegetablea require a liberal supply cf manure to bring them on quick to perfection.