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5. What varieties to choose. — In the first place, do not plant too 

 much. A garden which looks very small vvlieu the pussy willows 

 come out and the frogs begin to peep, is big in the hot days of July. 

 A garden four feet wide and twenty feet long, half sweet peas and 

 half phloxes, is about as big as most boys and girls will take care of. 



In the next place, do not get too many varieties. Four or five 

 kinds each of peas and pliloxes will be enough. Buy the named 

 varieties, — that is, those of known colors. — not the mixed packets. 

 If you are very fond of reds, tlien choose the reddish kinds ; but it 

 is well to put in at least three colors. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



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