_Flower Garden and Greenhouse._--Tropical plants can now be used to
fill up the greenhouse during the summer months. It should be well
shaded, and fine specimens of fancy caladiums, dracaenas, coleus,
crotons, palms, ferns and such plants as are grown for the beauty of
their foliage, will make a very attractive show. If these cannot be
had, common geraniums may be used. The "moss culture" will be found
particularly valuable for these plants. Hyacinths, tulips and other
spring bulbs may be dug up, dried and placed away for next fall's
planting, and their places filled with bedding plants, such as coleus,
achyranthes, pelargoniums, and the various white and coloured leaf
plants. It will be necessary to mow the lawn once a week, and
sometimes oftener.
_Fruit Garden._--The small fruits should be mulched about the roots,
if this has not yet been done. If the fruit garden is large enough to
admit of horse culture, it is best to keep the bush-fruits well
cultivated during the season; this tillage conserves the moisture and
helps to make a full and plump crop of berries. In small areas the
mulching system is sometimes preferable.
_Vegetable Garden._--Beets, beans, carrots, corn, cucumbers, lettuce,
peas and radishes may be sown for succession. This is usually a busy
month, as many crops have to be gathered, and, if hoeing is not
promptly seen to, weeds are certain to give great trouble. Tomatoes
should be tied up to trellises or stakes if fine-flavoured and
handsome fruit is desired, for if left to ripen on the ground they are
apt to have a gross earthy flavour.