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freely about the plant. Such a protection I 

 find vastly preferable to shingles or pieces of 

 board set between the plants and the sun, as the 

 sun will shift, while this protection will not, 

 and your plants may be exposed and as much 

 injury be done thereby as would have resulted 

 from the entire absence of protection. Keep 

 your plants shaded, and shaded completely, 

 until they begin to grow. 



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WEEDING should begin as soon as there 

 are weeds to pull. Do not let them get 

 the start of you. If you do, j^ou will find 

 it a difficult matter to get the start of them. 

 They are aggressive, and they mean always 

 to take possession of the garden if it is pos- 

 sible for them to do so. But give them to 

 understand that you will not allow this by 

 waging war on them early in the season 

 and showing them no quarter. Those grow- 

 ing close to your flowering plants will have 

 to be pulled up carefully to avoid loosen- 

 ing the roots of the others, but those between 

 the rows can be kept down by the hoe, which 

 should be used daily. If there are not many 

 weeds for it to cut down, the loosening which 



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