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AUG.] THE FLOWER GARDEN. 303
AUGUST
Watering and general Care of Annual Plantt.
Take care now of the annual plants in pots;
they must in dry weather be well supplied with
water; let them be watered at least three or four
times a week; but in very hot dry weather they
will need watering every day.
Likewise continue to support such annuals as
require it with handsome stakes, or sticks, and
let the stalks or stems of the plants be neatly
tied to them according as they advance in height.
Where large decayed leaves appear on these
plants, let them be immediately taken off, for
nothing looks worse: trim or regulate any disor¬
derly growths; and keep the plants always clear
from weeds, and pull up decayed flowers.
Watering and general Care of Perennial Plants in
Pots.
In dry weather give water also pretty often to
all the perennial flower-plants in pots. But this
must be done in general; that is, those plants
which are past flowering will want water as well
as those which are now blowing, and such as are
still to bloom.
Take care now of all such perennial plants in
pots as have done blowing; let the flower-stalks,
when the flowers decay, be immediately cut
down; loosen the earth in the top of the pots;