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see them, for towards fall when the leaves 

 die off it will be hard to tell the bad from 

 the good. 



Sorrel.— Cut back the flower stems 

 so as to keep upagood lotof fleshy leaves 

 near the ground. 



Spinach loves rich moist ground. Sow 

 it wherever you can spare a small piece 

 of ground, or in patches of rows between 

 other crops. The Viroflay is a fine sort. 

 Sow often, for after this time of year it is 

 apt to run to flower very quickly. 



ToM.iTOES have been planted out some 

 time, others are yet to plant, and for the 

 best September and October fruit we like 

 to sow a row out of doors late in Mayor 

 early in June, thinning out the seedlings 

 when we know it is safe to spare ihem, 

 to a foot apart. They grow wonderfully 

 fast. While plants spreading on the 

 ground bear the heaviest crops they are 

 more liable to rot than when the 

 vines are trained up against or over a 

 trellis. 



Turnips. — Sow every month if you must 

 have tender roots. In hot summer 

 weather turnips don't last long in good 

 using condition; and as it often happens 

 if we leave old turnips in the ground after 

 their usefulness is past they rot in the 

 rows, they should be pulled up and thrown 

 away as soon as they are too old 

 for use. 



Miscellaneous. 



NOT BEOONIflS. 



The only fault I have to find with G.\R- 

 DENING is that it uses its friends so nicely 

 when they apply for information that 

 they feel inclined to "come often, and stay 

 long sometimes," and so perhaps abuse a 

 good thing. [The oftener 3'ou come the 

 better we like it.— Ed]. I tried raising 

 tuberous rooted begonias from seed last 

 fall, sowing the seed late in September 

 and growing the plants all winter, with 

 the idea that I would possibly get flower- 

 ing plants this summer and fall. I enclose 

 sample leaf and flower stalk of what I 

 have got so far. As 1 had never seen 

 seedling plants of this kind, and the leaf 

 looks so much different from the leaves 

 from the tubers, I send it to you with 

 the inquiry as to whether there has been 

 any mistake. Any special care required 

 for these seedlings? I am planting a sec- 

 ond lot of seed now, with the hope of 

 having fair sized tubers liv fall. 



Philadelphia. " H. C. V. 



Ans. The plant sent is one of our com- 

 monest weed crowfoots (Ranunculus 

 ahordvus); it must have come up a weed 

 in the soil. You shouldn't sow tuberous 

 rooted begonias in the fall because large 

 or small, young or old, they have a per- 

 sistent tendency to rest in winter. Sow 

 them in the greenhouse in January or 

 February and they will grow away nicely 

 and without a break and bloom all sum- 

 mer; even sown as late as the first of May, 

 if- well taken care of, they should bloom 

 nicely in late summer and fall. 



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