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GARDENING. 



June /J, 



in rows rather than in hills, and thin out 

 the seedlings to a foot or so apart. As 

 soon as the seedlings appear scatter a 

 little fresh tobacco dust over them. 



Okra.— Sow a littU more in a row and 

 thin the plants to six or more nches 

 apart. While we can get a long season s 

 picking from one sowing if we keep the 

 pods picked off as fast as they are large 

 enough, it is well to make a sowing in 

 May, one in June, and one the first of 

 lulv. 



(Knio.ns.— Keep the hoe running between 

 the rows, weeds or no weeds. If they are 

 troubled with maggot mix a little kero- 

 sene with w ater, say one-tenth of kerosene, 

 and pour this gently along the rows. 

 While it will not cure the e%'il it will do 

 much towards alleviating the trouble. 

 Pick the flower stems out of the "sets" 



Parsley. — Keep the flower stems cut 

 out of the old roots. If the spring sown 

 parsley has come up very thick thin it 

 out a little by chopping out little spaces 

 in the rows with the corner of the hoe; 

 the parsley left will be much stronger for 

 it. If you want to j'ou can still sow 

 some. Indeed, we always found it very 

 convenient practice to sow our winter 

 ])arsley in summer in a cold frame 

 emptied of spring flowers; and here we 

 let it grow all summer, and when winter 

 came on it was in full freshness and leaf. 



Parsnips, Salsify and Scorzonera are 

 usually sown in May, but if neglected 

 then it is not too late yet to sow some 

 seed. Sow in rows 2 feet or 2V2 feet 

 apart. The parsnips had better be thinned 

 out to 2 or 3 inches apart; unless in 

 patches where they came up very thick 

 the otlTers won't need any thinning. In- 

 deed it often happens that salsifv and 

 scorzonera suffer very severely from the 

 voraciousness of cut worms and we have 

 to sow the gaps in June. 



Peas — Keep on with successive sow- 

 ings till the 10th of this month. Use the 

 intermediate sized kinds like Stratagem, 

 Abundance, Juno, and the like only. 

 Don't sow any early peas now, nor yet 

 any extra-late ones. 



Pumpkins and Squashes, that is the 

 large growing varieties should be sown 

 in hills say 6x8 feet apart, or in rows, 

 according to the richness ol the ground 8 

 or 9 feet apart. We generally sow our 

 winter squashes in the com field when we 

 sow the corn, dropping four or five seeds 

 into the hills in every third row. The 

 bush squashes had better be sown in 

 hills in 6 feet apart rows. 



Potatoes. — Cultivating and hoeing 

 and otherwise keeping them clean from 

 weeds and free from Colorado beetle arc 

 about all wc can do just now for them. 

 Look out for the beetle, though. With- 

 out good foliage you cannot have good 

 tubers, then what's the use of ieeding 

 your potato leaves to these ochre striped 

 ])ests? 



Peppers, hke egg plants, like warm 

 weather. So far it has been too cold to 

 ])ut them out, but now the season is far 

 enough advanced to warrant us in plant- 

 ing them in the garden in safety. 



Radishes for a while now lose flavor 

 and also they are difficult to get up in 

 good condition, for while they may grow 

 well enough they are apt to come very 

 wormy. 



Khuisarh.— Keep the flower stems cut 



out. Dig out the poor thin-stemmed 



green-stalked plants now that you can 



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