Country Life
NEW JULY VIRTUES.
IT is one of the modern discoveries in horticulture, in the garden and to some extent on the farm, that July is both a sowing month and a planting month. It used to be regarded as a between-harvest month. Many farmers, having gathered their hay, would steal a short holiday before making arrange- ments for harvests. Gardeners spent their time in quelling weeds and gathering vegetables, but had no thought whatever of preparing for later crops. Planting and sowing belonged to spring or to autumn, which in some respects is worthy to be called a second spring, a time entirely suitable for the germination of seed and the planting of tree and bush, wheat and roses, grass and sweetpeas, and many plants as different as these are suited by either season.
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