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small black flies eat the plants, sprinkle when wet with dew with a mixture of | dry 

 fine road-dust and J soot. 



A'ma7'anthus. 



Select your poorest g^round, but in full sunlight. Sow when they are through 

 planting corn, in rows 16 inches apart, and thin to 3 inches in the row, and later cut 

 out the poor plants so as to leave the rest about 16 inches apart each way. When 

 nearly full grown press a spade down on 3 sides of each plant, and 8 inches from it, 

 so as to cut the roots; this will make them color better. 



Asters. 



Select the richest soil, and spade it as deep as possible. Plant when they are plant- 

 ing corn, in rows 12 inches apart, and transplant when they have six leaves so that 

 they will stand 12 inches apart each way. Stir the ground frequently up to the time 

 the buds are half grown, but not later. Just before blooming cover the space between 

 the plants with coarse manure. The richer the ground and the more the cultivation 

 the better the flowers. 



Batchelor^s Button, 



Sow at corn planting in rows 8 inches apart, and thin to 8 inches in the row. 



Balsam. 



The richer the soil the better the floicers. Plant when the corn in the fields is just 

 coming up, in rows 15 inches apart, dropping the seeds 4 inches apart. When the 

 plants have 4 leaves, transplant so as to leave them 16 inches apart. Pinch off all the 

 side branches from ever]) other 2ylant, as fast as tliey appear. 



Cajidytuft. 



Sow a part of the seed on poor soil, as early as possible, and the rest on richer soil 

 two weeks later. The first will give early flowers, the second larger and later. It 

 does well mixed with mignonette. 



Castor Bean. 



The plants grow very large and had better not be planted in the beds, unless they 

 are quite large. Make a very rich spot each side of the gate or door, or in one corner 

 of the yard, and plant there, but not until corn is 4 inches high. 



Cockscomb. 



Plant and treat like amaranthus, except that they should be on rich soil, and may 

 te only 12 inches a)*art. 



Cypress Vine. 



Fasten a stout hoop to pegs so that it will be about 5 inches from the ground, 

 drive a stout stake 5 feet high in the center, and stretch strings from the hoop to a 

 nail in the top of tlie stake, when corn is five inches high. Soak the seed 12 hours 

 and then plant around the hoop. They need rich soil and bright sunshine. 



EschschoUzia. 



Needs the full sunshine. Plant on poor soil the same time as corn, in rows six 

 inches apart, and thin to six inches. 



Four O'clock, or Marvel of Peru. 



It would do best in a bed by itself, on the east side of the house, or the east side of 

 the west fence. Plant in hills two or three seeds once in three feet. Soak the seed 

 over night before planting. 



Oodetia. 



Plant early in poor soil, in rows ten inches apart; thin to ten inches. 



Larkspur. 

 Same as last except on good soil. 



Nigela. 

 Treat the same as godetia. 

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