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SOME PITHY f*OlXTS.
Out Tiack licdgos.
Plant oui strawberries.
- Give -Hie grcerOiouse plenty of light and
*lr.
Prepare holes for planting rose trees m
Unne.
Thin out carrots, 'parsnips, swedes,* and
? turnips. ?
Ttw^ nut carnations from layers made *n
(January. ,
Plant palms, ehrufjs, creepers, and
fclin.iberB. ,
Plant out annuals and .perennial eccu
lingfe of every description.
Use t'Jie hoe freely among the growing
gtlairis mid keep tlie weeds down.
Pull out annuals -that have done flower
ing or become shabby, with the exception [
«f any that may be left to ripen seed.
Cut off all faded flowers of chrrVsantlie
tnums and other perennials, not forgetting
to affix new labels where tWf£d ones are
'likely to be illegible.
Myosotie or forget-me-not niakes a very
dainty bedding plant, and may be^uso.l
alternately ivitli violas to clotlie-' the* beds
beneath the standard l'oeea.
Layer shrubs and put in cuttings, in
cluding those of roacs and carnations.. Top
dress lawns with -fresh, loam or a mixture
of fiandy soil- and well rotted manure.'-.
Lavender, for drying, - should, be' cut,
bunched, -end hung up flower .heads down
wards, or laid out thinly in a dry, airy
shed, until '\he shoots, dry and stifton.
Sow, under, cover, aquilegin, calliops'e,
candytuft, margaret carntious, cen
tf.urea, uclnliiniuin, diamlmfl, Rodetin,
Jarkepur. In the open, a.vcet peas (spring
flowering), lupin.
There are few more delightful flowers
for a shady place in the garden than
fucnslne. They grow quickly in any shel
tered position, and for the greater l»art of
tlie year give a wealth of beautiful ulooiws.
Th'cy strike readily from cuttrnss, or estab
lished plants inkpots can lie obtained from
any of the nurserymen advertising in our
col inn n« at small cost.
Kohl-rabi is an excellent vegetable. It
grcnVg ecunethiuff liko a turnip, and tins
root portion is boiled and eaten witii
melted butter. The leaves are useful, as
a green vegetable, being pa]ataible, and :n
flavor suggestive of Brussels sprouts. It
is easily ri-owu.
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