114 MAY. 



BOUTINE WORK. 



Weeds now grow very rapidly ; they should be 

 picked out carefully, as fast as they intrude, from the 

 beds, borders, and pots. 



Keep gravel-walks also free from weeds ; and in 

 order to do this effectually, you may scatter salt 

 abundantly on them, taking care not to lay it on the 

 edging, which it would destroy. This is, however, 

 but a slovenly practice ; it is better to depend on the 

 hoe, or the finger and thumb. 



