ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



ond Summer strong plants that have been so 

 planted and well cared for should form a 

 border from eight inches to a foot in widtH. 

 Where the Winters are too severe for the 

 English Ivy to be grown against buildings 

 and about the trunks of trees, it will sur- 

 vive when grown as a border flat upon the 

 ground, where it can be covered in Novem- 

 ber with leaves or straw and evergreen 

 branches. 



Early in April some fine old manure, to 

 which a small quantity of bone-meal and 

 wood-ashes, about a pailful of each to a 

 wheelbarrow of manure, have been added, 

 should be dug into the ground about the 

 Roses, shrubs, and vines; the reward in 

 increase of growth and quantity of flowers 

 will be great. 



The spray machine must be looked over 

 and put in order in earliest Spring, and the 

 various insecticides provided in advance. 



Hollyhocks must be sprayed with Bor- 

 deaux mixture as soon as they are well up, 

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