. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. VIII. SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST, 1878. No. 8. GAEDEN NOTES FOE AUGUST. EX CHAS. H. SHINN. This month many flowers will flag and dwindle, and refuse us the light of their countenances, if we do not guard them with a double patience and a double skill. Some one says that daily visits are necessary to encourage flowers, but in this hot weather it really seems as if you must go and tell them to brace up, and think of starlight, and evening waterings, at least a dozen times a day. A sort of aim
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. VIII. SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST, 1878. No. 8. GAEDEN NOTES FOE AUGUST. EX CHAS. H. SHINN. This month many flowers will flag and dwindle, and refuse us the light of their countenances, if we do not guard them with a double patience and a double skill. Some one says that daily visits are necessary to encourage flowers, but in this hot weather it really seems as if you must go and tell them to brace up, and think of starlight, and evening waterings, at least a dozen times a day. A sort of aimless wandering around the garden at times, neither as an obliga- tion, nor in a perfunctory manner, but as instinctively breathing in fragrance, and seeing color, and hearing the con- tented bees in the hollyhocks—this is the best way to levy tax on your garden for the hours of work it requires. And, during this little familiar ramble, knife and twine and trowel ought to be in- separable companions, for there is al- ways something to do in a garden. The lady who was the spirit of Shelley's garden, where the sensitive plant grew, '' Sprinkled bright water from the stream On those that were faint with the sunny beam ; And out of the cups of the heavy flowers, She emptied the rain of the thunder- showers. Vox,, vm.—15. She lifted their heads with her tender hands And sustained them with rods and osier bands; If the flowers had been her own infants, she Could never have nursed them more ; Some of the late lilies will be just in bloom this month. The Tigridia flow- ers are also in their glory of yellow and scarlet wings, mottled with the tints of a leopard's tawny hide. The Amaryllis are still sending up their pink buds, and, if no accidents have happened, this is the month for Tuberoses. If a future increase of Tiger lilies is wanted, take off the little black bulbs in the axils of the leaves, and plant them in a moist place. They will make good plants in from two
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