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that we can get the leaves very dry we generally burn the bed 
over, but if the material is somewhat moist so that it will burn 
slowly this is rather a dangerous thing to do, as itis liable to kill 
out the plants in spots. 
After burning and cultivating,it is my custom to allow the plants 
to start and then thin out the weaker ones and cut out the weeds, 
leaving the plants about six inches apart each way in the row: 
From this time the treatment is the same as accorded to new beds, 
and it often happens that we get as good results from the old beds 
renewed as from the new beds, and sometimes even better. Unless 
the soil is very rich a good coating of well rotted stable manure 
should be applied at the time of first cultivating. 
The budding of plums, roses, apples, etc.,can be done this month. 
In case of plums it is generally desirable to do it by the 15th of the 
month, since they stop growing rather early. The process of bud- 
ding is a very simple one, far more simple than grafting, and people 
generally should be more familiar with it. Most of our cultivated 
roses are easily budded upon our native stocks and make a very sat- 
isfactory growth. Apples are also quite easily top-worked in this 
way. 
It is very likely that we shall have a drouth from the middle to 
the latter part of this month, and if such isthe case it is well to re- 
member that in watering plants of any kind one good watering is 
better than a number of light ones, and the place to put the water is 
at the roots and not on the top of the plants. Newly planted trees 
are especially liable to injury from drought, and if there is liability 
from this source they should be heavily watered, the soil then 
mulched or kept thoroughly cultivated and covered with a good 
dust blanket. 
In the vegetable garden, we can continue planting cabbage fora 
little while yet, providing we are using rather early varieties. Itis 
time to plant celery for late use. String beans, winter radishes, 
ruta bagas can be sown for autumn or winter use. 
This month we should have early potatoes, string beans, cabbage, 
summer squash, cucumbers, green corn, onions from sets and cauli- 
flower, in addition to the vegetables which were nearing maturity 
last month. 
Among the pretty hardy things that are especially interesting at 
this time are, among the light foliage trees, the Royal Willow and 
the European Olive. Among the light foliage shrubs is the Tam- 
arisk. Of the trees and shrubs having yellow foliage, the prettiest 
are the Golden Poplar, which is really the Golden Cottonwood and 
is quite attractive to enliven plantations having more sombre foli- 
age; the Golden Spirea, which earlier in the season was prettier than 
itis now, but is still attractive; the Golden Elder, just now in its 
glory with gorgeous golden foliage and large, flat clusters of white 
flowers, which havea pond lily-like fragrance. TheSpirea sorbifolia 
is just now in flower, and its large, white, erect panicles are espec- 
ially conspicuous. 
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