Essentials in Gardening 15 



water will reach the roots in dry weather, and it is 

 really not of very much importance whether the 

 surface of the ground is wet or not. Plants 

 should be studied and notes should be made as to 

 just which require an abundance of moisture and 

 which do not. An occasional watering after the 

 earth has grown hard and dry is better than none 

 but it will not do much to promote growth. 



