Gardening tasks to Do in July

Of all the fragrant annuals , the genus Petunia is the best make out and the most profuse unfolding .

At the metre we buy plants in the spring , the moon vine is a miserable - appear­ing plant ; otherwise , more people would grease one’s palms them . How delicately fra­grant they are , how tenuous ! Have you sow in seeds of them ? They are hard and need to be soaked in water overnight . Another endearing evening yearly is the Flowering Tobacco . It is well plant among other rather tall efflorescence , which give it a background . In recent years magical recondite rise and cherry sort have been produced . They are generally catalog asNicotiana sanderaehybrids .

After a refreshful shower in the late good afternoon , how pleasant is our paseo along the garden way , following the evening meal ; doubly so if we have implant the honeyed - briar Rose , the Eglantine of the British . This simple old blush wine , brought to America by the Pilgrims , has delicious apple - perfumed leaves . Many other roses have larger blossom and are more beautiful in color , but then , they do not have fragrant leaves .

The North

tropic Pisces the Fishes . tropic Pisces , such as guppy and swordtails , may be put in the lily kitty to control mosquitoes , in position of goldfish . More than likely if they are in pair , they will breed pro­fusely , producing a measure of untried , which , by the path , are born alert rather than hatch from an egg wedge on plants or on the pool bottom , as is done by   most   other Pisces .

The West Coast

Rosesshould have a relief period from former July to previous August . train well at the beginning of the period , then do not give them any water until the remainder .

The adorable Montbretias , coming in­to bloom now , thrive on about the same cultural treatment as corpus sternum .

Waterchrysanthemumsabout once a week and thoroughly cultivate as soon as the earth can be worked . The same applies to gladiolus and dahlia .

Mountain Trips . In upland and mountain trips , note the lovely aboriginal shrubbery . Many of these mintage can be receive from greenhouse in suitable planting sizes .

Lilies need an abundance of water when they are in bloom , but of class , the pee should be kept off the blos­soms .

snapdragon . Many western gar­deners seed snapdragon in July , be­lieving that they are much free from rust throughout the sleep of the yr .

SowSeeds . This is a serious month for sowing seeds of seaholly(Eryngium amethystinum)in seed boxes , and goldencup ( Hunnemannia ) in bed where the bloom is wanted .

The South

Rule 1 : pee , cultivate , mulch .

Oriental Poppiescan be go this month . If they are not dug too deeply , the relaxation of the roots will grow into Modern plant .

Peoniesare becoming more popular each twelvemonth with those living as far north as Tennessee . This is the calendar month to order some of the varieties your garden lacks .

Winter bouquetsshould be con­sidered now , for many of the everlast­ings are at their good . They call for to be prune while they are in the bud stage and hung upside down to dry .

Many of theannualsare suffering a little from the rut . abbreviate them back , rather severely and they will recover by preventing seeding .

Manyperennialsmay be sow this calendar month . Start cut of many such plants as coleus , Hibiscus , jasmine , and begonias .

Give azalea an coating of cot­tonseed meal . Pinching out tips of young twigs on azalea between now and August 15 will give increase bloom next winter .

Leafrollers . Florida gardeners observe : If leafrollers make your cannas unsightly , utilize a Dalmatia pyrethrum spray to hold in them .

“ Gophers ” If Florida gardeners are disoblige with “ gopher , ” which are really land polo-neck , soak a wad of cotton in carbon bisulphide , englut it in­to the holes they have made , and pass over the entrance to the hole at once .

Roses . Florida nurserymen can sup­ply some rose varieties out of box or balls and burlapped if needed for summer - planting work .

Fill upthe crack in your prime molding with    Plumbago or clove pink now .

In Georgia , if your lawn gets so weedy as to appear hopeless , plow it up this calendar month , then replant to Ber­muda Grass whenever conditions are right , sometime between now and winter .

Poinsettias . reduce them back now .